Maureen Dawson and Eileen Rickers received the first awards made to ladies at FMVC, for their years of service as a catering team. At the next rehearsal an award was also made to Jean Thompson for all her hard work as Patron Secretary. Stan Dawson also received a long service award at the summer dinner.

See our ‘Members’ page for info on two new singers in our bass section, as well as our new Assistant Accompanist.

Fantastic concert at RAH last night. Amazing performances from the massed bands and voices. Just a pity we couldn’t go to The Scoop this morning. Never mind, maybe next time.

Final rehearsals take place this week for our performance at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 14 November. Those taking part are really looking forward to the weekend, however all this extra singing has taken its toll on some voices! There have been a number of sore throats recently. Lots of TLC and gargling required…

Another step forward with social media: Featherstone Male Voice Choir now has a Twitter account! Anyone with the correct technology can now tweet a concert report to the whole Twitter-sphere during the refreshments break – not during the concerts please!

We have performed several concerts with The Greater Manchester Police Male Voice Choir, and we are delighted to read that they are lined up to perform at a harvest festival concert in Cawthorne. The choir was founded in 1974 with little more than a dozen members. The concert will take place at All Saints Church…

We were delighted to welcome three new members after our summer break. If you are interested in joining the choir, rehearsals are held at Wilson Street Methodist Church in Featherstone at 7pm on Wednesdays and Fridays. We have a short refreshments break at 8-ish then continue until 9pm. First year’s membership is free – so…

Rehearsals start again on Friday 21 August, following the summer break. The choir members who will be singing at The Albert Hall in November have had a couple of additional rehearsals over the past three weeks, but all the chaps will be back in full strength this Friday, rested and raring to go.

We have added another Carol Concert to our Christmas schedule. It will take place on 16 December at the Rovers Clubhouse at 7pm, and will include pupils from a local school.