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Tarporley women’s choir Decibellas hits high note with fundraisers

Tarporley women’s choir Decibellas hits high note with fundraisers

Tarporley based women’s choir Decibellas has hit a high note with its fundraising over the past 12 months.

The choir has raised thousands of pounds and dished out grants to several local mental health charities to support their work with children.

January 24, 2024
Christmas concert brings festive cheer to Wistaston village

Christmas concert brings festive cheer to Wistaston village

By Jonathan White
Wistaston Community Council’s annual ‘Christmas Concert’ brought festive cheer to villagers.

The concert, at St Mary’s Church Hall on Church Lane in Wistaston, featured the Wells Green Choir led by Myra Wood, The Swinging Woodpeckers and Wistaston Church Lane Academy Choir.

December 15, 2023
Acton church to host Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol”

Acton church to host Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol”

By Jonathan White
Local choir The Groves Singers will perform a special re-telling of the Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” on Saturday December 16 at St Mary’s Church in Acton.

The well-known story written by Charles Dickens will be told in song, interwoven with familiar old carols.

December 3, 2023
Cheshire choir Decibellas appoints new assistant director

Cheshire choir Decibellas appoints new assistant director

Liv Westhead has been appointed the first ever assistant musical director for Cheshire upper voices choir, Decibellas.

Liv, 30, a singer and singing teacher in the county, will support Marcus Williams, musical director with Decibellas since 2016.

November 16, 2023
Tarporley choir Decibellas raise funds for mental health charity

Tarporley choir Decibellas raise funds for mental health charity

Tarporley choir Decibellas has gifted mental health charity Platform for Life over £2,000 raised from their summer concert and awarded in a grant.

The 75-strong choir for upper voices invited Platform for Life to hold a collection at their concert in St Boniface Church in Bunbury, which raised over £1,140.

October 16, 2023
Nantwich Roots Festival to feature Ukraine Women’s Choir

Nantwich Roots Festival to feature Ukraine Women’s Choir

Nantwich Roots Festival – which runs from May 15 to 21 inclusive – is to stage a one-off event in aid of Ukraine featuring a Ukrainian choir!

Festival organisers were keen to dedicate one night of this year’s festival to a fundraiser, with all profits going to the Disasters Emergency Committee for the ongoing Humanitarian work in Ukraine.

May 2, 2023
South Cheshire singer and Ukrainian choir unite for fundraising song

South Cheshire singer and Ukrainian choir unite for fundraising song

By Jonathan White
A South Cheshire singer has teamed up with a Ukrainian choir to release a new fundraising “A Million Flags” single.

Local jazz singer Megan Lee and acclaimed Ukrainian ladies choir Czervoni Maky came together inspired by the ongoing war in Ukraine.

March 23, 2023
Tarporley choir Decibellas awards £2,250 to local charities

Tarporley choir Decibellas awards £2,250 to local charities

Tarporley-based choir Decibellas has dished out more than £2,000 to local causes it raised from concerts held in 2022 at St Boniface Church in Bunbury.

Most of the proceeds have been awarded to local charities through small grants, it says.

January 2, 2023
Nantwich Choral Society ends season on a high

Nantwich Choral Society ends season on a high

Nantwich Choral Society is planning a 50th anniversary programme of concerts after ending the season on a high with a sell-out concert at St Mary’s Church.

The choir was in fine voice for Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, an upbeat piece penned by the Italian composer in 1863 but never heard in his lifetime because he could not get permission to use female singers in church.

July 23, 2022
Nantwich Concert Band joins school choir for Civic Hall performance

Nantwich Concert Band joins school choir for Civic Hall performance

Nantwich Concert Band will be joining up with Stapeley Broad Lane School Choir to stage a rousing performance next month.

They will perform a concert at Nantwich Civic Hall on Sunday July 10 from 7pm.

June 17, 2022
South Cheshire company hits right note with special gift to conductor

South Cheshire company hits right note with special gift to conductor

South Cheshire cereal makers Mornflake have come to the rescue of a musical conductor too small to be seen by members of a popular community choir!

At 5ft 2in, Clare Shackleton spent much of her time on tips toes during rehearsals with Wistaston Singers until the big-hearted Gresty Road company stepped in to help.

June 8, 2022
Tarporley choir Decibellas raises £2,500 for homeless charity

Tarporley choir Decibellas raises £2,500 for homeless charity

A South Cheshire choir has raised more than £2,500 for Chester’s homeless charity, Chester Aid to the Homeless (CATH), from their latest concert.

Decibellas, a choir for upper voices based in Tarporley, raised £2,554 for CATH through ticket sales and a bucket collection at their concert at St Boniface Church in Bunbury.

January 18, 2022
St Luke’s Gala concert set for St Mary’s Church in Nantwich

St Luke’s Gala concert set for St Mary’s Church in Nantwich

St Luke’s Gala concert will be staged at St Mary’s Church in Nantwich on March 28.

The event will feature appearances from the Roberts Bakery Band and the Rhos Orpheus Male Choir.

March 15, 2020