Wexford Male Voice Choir

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Wexford Male Voice Choir Wexford Male Voice Choir was founded in 1941 by Dr. George Hadden who had returned from Missionary work in China to settle in Wexford. He recruited singers from the local factories and Mr Henry Saville from the Gas Yard as conductor and in June of that year they gave their first public performance a...

Happy to all our colleagues in song.

What a lovely afternoon we had singing for the residents of Wygram Nursing Home

Huge thanks to The Male Voice Choir who opened our Christmas Calendar in wygram nursing home this afternoon. ❄️🌟🎉💐🌲🎅

We will be singing for our friends in Knockeen & Kerlogue Nursing homes today.
Always a great afternoon.

We are delighted to announce that our 🎄Christmas Concert🎄will take place on THURS 14 DEC, 8PM at Franks Place 1860, Wexford!
This will be a great night of entertainment where we will delight you with a variety of songs a ca****la!

Guest performers include soprano duo LONRA who will be accompanied on piano by Declan Murphy!

👇Seats are limited so book your tickets at the link below now!👇
https://www.franksplace1860.ie/

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And so begins the best time of the year 🎶🎶🎶
Only 39 days to go🎄🎅 🎄

We will be going live in 2 mins for one of our numbers : Take Me Home from Wexford Spiegeltent Festival

Looking forward to seeing you all at 3pm in Wexford Spiegeltent Festival

Special Guest The IVY Sisters

Tomorrow is the day we make our long awaited return to the Wexford Spiegeltent Festival
With our special guests The IVY Sisters
Still some tickets available on the door.
Hope to see you there.

SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to announce that we will be appearing in this years Wexford Spiegeltent Festival on Sunday November 5th 3PM with special guests The IVY Sisters

Tickets are €15 and are available from the box office www.wexfordspiegeltent.com - 0539121974 or from Choir members.

Tickets available on the door or from the box office.

SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to announce that we will be appearing in this years Wexford Spiegeltent Festival on Sunday November 5th 3PM with special guests The IVY Sisters

Tickets are €15 and are available from the box office www.wexfordspiegeltent.com - 0539121974 or from Choir members.

Choir practice in full swing tonight. Preparing for our Concert on November the 5th in Wexford Spiegeltent Festival.

Are you looking for an activity to pass the long winter evenings?

Why not stop by our practice on a Thursday night at 8 p.m. and see what the choir is all about!

SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to announce that we will be appearing in this years Wexford Spiegeltent Festival on Sunday November 5th 3PM with special guests The IVY Sisters

Tickets are €15 and are available from the box office www.wexfordspiegeltent.com - 0539121974 or from Choir members.

Before tonight's concert in Christchurch, Gorey with the men of Bridgend Male Voice Choir.

Wexford Male Voice Choir will perform at a very special concert in Christchurch, Gorey this Saturday Sept 2nd at 8pm as special guests of The Bridgend Male Choir.
All proceeds towards Talk To Tom and The Hope Centre.
Tickets available on the door.

Hello to all our Members past & present and their families. Our supporters, and the wider Wexford Male Voice Choir family in Ireland and around the world.

On this day in 1941 the newly established Wexford Male Voice Choir stepped on to the stage of the old Theatre Royal to give their very first public performance to the people of Wexford.
In this, our 82nd year we would like to take the opportunity to thank all who have been associated with the Choir over the years.
We remember fondly all our deceased members for the contribution they made to the Choir through their years of service.
We are forever indebted to all those who have gone before us for helping to make the Choir the institution it is today.
We also would like to extend our sincere thanks to our loyal followers & sponsors for their continued support since 1941.

We are looking forward to returning for a new season of rehearsals in September with a number of public engagements already on the cards including the return of our annual festival concert in the magnificent Spiegeltent in October. And we very much hope to see you there.

As always new members are always welcome to join.
Keep an eye on our page for more details.

Photo by Ger H**e.

We are, as always, very proud to have been invited to take part in this evenings Annual Patron in the Paupers Graveyard in memory of all those who are buried there.

All welcome to attend at 7.30pm in Coolcotts.

We were delighted to welcome two guests to rehearsal tonight. Mr. Keith Harding and his wife Anne who are visiting from Wales.
Keith is a member of the world renowned Morriston Orpheus Choir who have visited Wexford on a number of occasions.
Thanks for dropping in Keith & Anne, we hope you enjoy the rest of your stay in Wexford.

We are very proud to once again be able to support our friends in Wexfords Able Disabled Club.
We are looking forward to welcoming the members of Caernarfon MVC to Wexford for this event.

Tickets only €10

Everyone at Wexford Male Voice Choir is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of another one of our most loved members, Peter Murphy.
Peter first joined the Choir in 1959 and sang in the First Tenor section where he was a mentor to all those who sat around him.
He was renowned for his sweet tenor voice and his singing of songs like The Impossible dream and Isle of Hope and tears were legendary within our ranks. Peter was always on hand to sing when requested and his love of all things music was evident to all who met him.
We were proud to have Peter as a soloist for many years and his performance of the great Russian folk song Kalinka will forever be remembered as one of his outstanding performance pieces.
Peter also had a brief spell as conductor of the Choir in the 80's and often joked that we could always call on him if we were in need.

The entire Wexford Male Voice Choir family extend our sincere condolences to Peters family and friends at this very sad time.
A gentleman always to all who knew and loved him,Peter will be sorely missed by us all.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Everyone at Wexford Male Voice Choir is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our most loved members, Nickey Lacey.
Nickey joined the Choir in 1989 and sang in the Bass section until his retirement in 2016.
Nickey was a regular attendee at our concerts and engagements and loved nothing more than an after show sing song with his friends. We were delighted to have Nickey join us at this years Service awards and Christmas party in December where he was the life and soul of the party.
Nickey was renowned for his Bass voice and his singing of songs like Cuchullainns Son, Hard Times and Nicky Rackard will never be equalled.
The entire Wexford Male Voice Choir family extend our sincere condolences to Nickeys family and friends at this very sad time.
Nickey will be sorely missed by us all.
May his gentle soul Rest In Peace.

Its with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our great friend and colleague Mr. Liam Gaul.
Liam's association with Wexford Male Voice Choir stretches back many decades. In the early years he was often called upon to accompany the Choir on his Accordion during various local engagements.
In more recent times Liam acted as Master of Ceremonies for our Annual Festival Concert, a task that he carried out with huge pride and professionalism each and every year.
Liam could always be called upon to recount stories of places the Choir had performed and people that had passed through the ranks.
Oft in the Stilly Night was one of Liams favourite pieces that the Choir performed and during his preparations for concerts he would always ask if it was in this years show. We were proud to make a presentation to him in 2016 in the Choir Hall for his many years of service as MC to the Choir and also to perform Oft In The Stilly Night especially for him.
All of Wexford Male Voice Choir mourn his passing and he will be remembered fondly as a great Musician, Historian and MC but mostly as a great friend to us throughout his life.
We extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends at this very sad time.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h'anam dílis

As our season draws to a close we would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members, past & present, their families our sponsors & all our loyal followers near and far a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
We look forward to seeing you all when we return for our 82nd year in 2023.

This is our annual posting of our version of "Rise Up Shepherd and Foller" recorded by James Bell in 2016.

Wexford Male Voice Choir - Rise up Shepherd and Foller - Live In Wexford Live in Wexford - Rise up Shepherd and Foller - Wexford Male Voice Choir.Filmed and Edited by James Bell

We have 4 new WMVC service medals to present TODAY.

John Carson 10 years.
Willie Murphy 10 years.
John Ennis 20 years.
Ger Codd 25 years.

Congratulations to you all and thank you for your service and dedication to Wexford Male Voice Choir

Tis the Season 🎶🎶

It's that time of year again! 🎄😍🎄

Come and join us for a festive afternoon of your favorite Christmas songs at the Gallery at Green Acres Wexford on Sunday 4th December, 1:30 pm.

We'll whisk you away to a winter wonderland where sleigh bells jingle and chestnuts are roasting! This will be an afternoon you won't forget!

Tickets are now available in store at Green Acres Wexford and online at https://greenacres.ie/products/lonra

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Get ready for the grand opening of the festival, an entertaining evening is in store for both young & old alike🤗

In early 1941 Dr. George gathered together a bunch of men from the local factories in the town to form Dr. Haddens Choir.
On June 18th of that year Wexford Male Voice Choir stepped on to the stage of the old Theatre Royal to gave their very first public performance to the people of Wexford and are now recognised as oldest Male Voice Choir in the Republic Of Ireland.
On this our anniversary we'd like to thank all the current and former members, their families and those loyal followers who supported us over the past 81 years.

The Choir will be singing this evening at the Annual Patron in the Paupers Graveyard tonight at 7.30pm.
This will be our first engagement since 2019.

A fine bunch of gentlemen.

Picture by Sean Dempsey

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We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members, past & present, their families, our sponsors & all our loyal followers near and far a very Happy Christmas & a peaceful New Year.

Unfortunately our 80th Anniversary year was not quite what we planned but we are looking forward to returning in 2022.

This is our annual posting of our version of "Rise up Shepard and Foller" which was recorded by James Bell back in 2016 for his Live in Wexford series.

Stay safe everyone and we hope to see you all in the New Year.

Wexford Male Voice Choir - Rise up Shepherd and Foller - Live In Wexford Live in Wexford - Rise up Shepherd and Foller - Wexford Male Voice Choir.Filmed and Edited by James Bell

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our great friend & colleague Mr. Jim Whelan.

Jim joined the choir in the early 1990's and sang in the 2nd Tenor section going on to serve the Choir with distinction for almost 30 years.

Even after his retirement from singing Jim was a loyal supporter to the Choir and could often be seen in the audience making sure that the Choir was hitting the right notes.

This was Jim accepting his 25 year service medal from our then President Mr. Dick Crosbie RIP in 2011. A very proud moment for Jim and his family.

We would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere condolences to Jim's wife Kathleen and family at this very sad time.

May his gentle soul Rest in Peace.

Listening to our friends & colleagues from Wexford Ladies Choir in Talbot Hotel Wexford at their end of year concert 🎶🎶🎶

Another season draws to a close for Wexford Male Voice Choir. When we return in September we will be starting our 77th year of continuous performance.

The Choir were honoured to be invited by Wexford Memorial Trust to sing at a very moving ceremony for those forgotten souls buried in the Paupers Graveyard on Friday evening.

We would like to thank all our members & their families, our supporters & friends for their continued support throughout the year. Thanks also to our musical team of Fearghal O'Connor & Fiona Kelly.

We hope you all have an enjoyable Summer and we look forward to seeing you all in September.

Some pictures taken in Clonmel after our guest appearance at the Belle Voci concert in the Minella Hotel.

A very special evening at Wexford Male Voice Choir Hall tonight as the Choir bestowed the Honour of President to Mr. Marty Robinson.
Marty joined the Choir in 1972 and has been ever present since then. Throughout Marty's 45 years service he has served the Choir as Chairman, Secretary & Treasurer along with serving on several committees over the years.
Marty's father William was founding member and stalwart of the Choir for many years and the link to the Robinson family continues to this day.
We would like to congratulate Marty & wish him every success in his role as President.

Pictured below are President Marty Robinson receiving a presentation from Chairman Billy Quirke.