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Hosted by Dame Esther Rantzen, Romsey Male Voice Choir’s next concert ‘Men & Magnificent Music’, featuring five male voice choirs, will be held in Romsey Abbey on 15 July as part of the Romsey Festival, and once more the concert will be in aid of Parkinson’s UK.

Two years ago, Romsey Male Voice Choir enjoyed a very jolly and successful concert tour in Jersey singing with the Island’s only male choir, The Jersey Harmony Men. At the end of April, the Harmony Men returned the compliment to sing a kaleidoscope of music with RMVC……

Just a few hiccups threatened to render us late to RMVC’s participation in its second ever competition at the Mid Somerset Festival in Bath.

If we didn’t know it before we certainly know it now. Our Musical Director, Marion Maxey is a star, and her ‘Choral Celebration’, staged in Romsey Abbey, was a triumph!

It’s a Romsey Male Voice Choir tradition started by Choir President Keith Lawrenson shortly after the Choir was formed in 1995 when he was a partner at Bells Solicitors, and which has been generously continued by the current partners.

In his own words RMVC President Keith Lawrenson thanks everyone who made the trip to the Royal Albert Hall possible and says how it was for him. Photograph courtesy of John Downing MBE

Treasurers don’t usually like giving away money, but Romsey Male Voice Choir’s Treasurer Andrew Fleming was delighted to present a cheque for £1802.94 to the Reverend Canon Tim Sledge as a donation towards Romsey Abbey Funds…..

There’s no doubt we all love singing in Romsey Abbey, the venue for so many of our best concerts, so we were delighted when Saturday 23 July proved no exception.

Hosted in their gorgeous garden, Chairman Geoff and his wife Pamela, along with Dave Witt, gave us all a relaxed and not so relaxed afternoon in the hazy July summer sun.