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A jolly choir Christmas
DECEMBER 16 2019: The choir welcomed Christmas with a resoundingly successful concert for the Croydon Welsh Society on Saturday. Performed at its customary venue of Shirley Methodist church, the concert ranged from familiar carols to more recent items in the choir’s repertoire, including a thrilling version of the Carly Simon anthem Let the River Run which was the final item in the concert and was sung for the first time.
CMVC sings Christmas songs at Croydon Welsh (photo Steve Scott)
Cross-dressing at the Crays
NOVEMBER 19: The Croydon Male Voice Choir staged a cross-dressing act at the Church of Our Lady of the Crays last Saturday, bringing the house down with its first outing of I Feel Pretty from West Side Story.
Mike (the one on the left) and Victoria prepare for a parish meeting
Croydon boys sing "magnificent" Verdi
OCTOBER 26: A strong contingent from CMVC took part in a thrilling concert on Saturday, when the Croydon Philharmonic Choir staged the Verdi Requiem at Fairfield Halls.
The Croydon Verdi team in the Fairfield green room before the concert
The CMVC singers helped swell the choir to 150 for a performance which won lavish praise from critics and audience. Inside Croydon said the singing was “magnificent” and a leading classical critic compared it his best-ever performance of the Requiem in Rome in 1970, when Luciano Pavarotti took part.
CMVC singers swell Verdi choir
OCTOBER 1: A sizeable number of CMVC members will be singing in a performance of Verdi’s Requiem at the refurbished Fairfield Halls on Saturday October 26.The concert is being staged by the Croydon Philharmonic Choir and the CMVC contingent, a dozen strong, will help swell the choir to around 150 in all. Some of the CMVC singers belong to both choirs; others are taking part as guests.
The choir sings in Southwark
OCTOBER 29: The choir enjoyed a splendid outing to Southwark on Saturday, when it mixed a one-hour performance at Southwark Cathedral with informal sings before and after the main event.
Choir presents £327 to Marie Curie charity
JULY 20: The choir has presented the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity with a cheque for £327, which it raised from singing in Caterham shopping mall four weeks before.
Dave Bannister and Luisa Stephens with cheque