Birmingham Clarion Singers
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Birmingham's socialist choir - singing for peace and j Singing for peace and justice since 1940.
20/12/2023
The first of our three wassailing gigs this year. 🌲🎅🔔🎼🎵🎶🍷🍺
16/12/2023
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16/12/2023
Birmingham Branch on today’s demonstration in the City Centre calling for a ceasefire now.
15/11/2023
Rob Harper’s Guitar Auction Rob’s family have kindly gifted…guitar to raise funds for Birmingham Clarion Singers.
14/11/2023
In June 2023, we lost our great friend Rob Harper. He was a well-known and much-loved figure on the left, and has
entrusted an enviable legacy to the many groups, bands and organisations he
worked with throughout his life.
Rob’s family have kindly gifted Rob’s beloved Musima acoustic guitar to raise funds for
Birmingham Clarion Singers. It accompanied
him on many a demo.
We want to give Rob’s friends the opportunity to bid for Rob’s guitar through a Sealed Bid Auction. If you are interested, you can email your bid to [email protected]. We will not accept any bids lower than £75, and all bids must be emailed by 10am on Friday 15th December. The highest bidder will win.
We will announce the winner on our website on Saturday 16th December, and arrange for collection of the guitar from Birmingham. The bid price
does not include the cost of postage and packaging, should this be necessary. Any questions? Email us at the address above.
Thank you
Rob Harper’s Guitar Auction Rob’s family have kindly gifted…guitar to raise funds for Birmingham Clarion Singers.
15/10/2023
15/10/2023
A glorious afternoon at All Saints, remembering our great friend Rob Harper.
03/10/2023
16/07/2023
Brum... can you help us out? 🩲🧦👖
We are running really low on clothing items for our male clients.
We're looking for jogging bottoms and socks in particular, as well as boxers (which must be brand new).
If you're able to help us out, give us a message or check out our online donation store: https://www.givetoday.co.uk/sifafireside/
Thank you. 🔥
A busy afternoon for the Clazzas helping to raise funds for Kings Heath Action for Refugees:
First at a wonderful KHAR festival in Highbury Hall -where the audience of all ages was a delight - and then at a lovely garden party hosted by Chris O'Malley, where we understand the donations to the cause were most generous. The pianist was fabulous, the food delicious, the prosecco very cold and the intermittent showers added an extra frisson of excitement.
Good job everybody 🎹🎼🎶🧀🥖🥗🍕🥂🍾£££ ✊🏽
10/07/2023
02/07/2023
A lovely day at the Women Chainmakers Festival in Cradley Heath.
16/06/2023
Rob Harper – Socialist Musician 1944-2023 Robbie, I will miss you mate, how you led the basses, and tenors, with quiet authority. I could always know to get the right note when I listened to you. Your musicality always inspired me, and you…
10/06/2023
Today's Morning Star:
05/06/2023
A star has gone out in the Clarion family.
Robbie Harper passed away on Friday 2 June after a long illness.
He dedicated his life to music, and enabling others to play and enjoy music. He was a formidable trade unionist for the CWU, and an ambassador for political song.
We're gonna miss you Robbie. You done good. x
03/06/2023
Birmingham Clarion Singers: Whitby Streetchoirs 2015 Scarecrow by John Tams, choir arrangement by Sue Gilmurrayhttps://birminghamclarionsingers.wordpress.com/
06/03/2023
One of the poems recited at our May Day event in Coventry last year. Here it is performed by its author, Emma Purshouse.
Congratulations and Many Happy Returns to our wonderful comrade and friend Pam Bishop.
Have a wonderful day.
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14/12/2022
Lovely night in the Red Lion, our last gig of the year. Clazzas, you were brilliant and Pauline Grace , lovely to have you back with us. X
Thank you Janice Ryder for this. It's almost possible to hear how cold it was...
13/12/2022
The third stop on our carolling triathlon last Saturday: Cartland Tea Rooms, Kings Heath Park. Always a wonderful Christmas welcome for us there.
11/12/2022
Carol singing yesterday at Edgbaston Beaumont care home, All Saints and Cartland Tea Rooms. Collecting for Birmingham LGBT Christmas appeal.
If you missed us, we've one more stint to go at the Red Lion, Vicarage Road Kings Heath on Wednesday 14th at 8pm.
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Does anyone who was at our 80th Anniversary celebration on October 8th have photos of the performances, including Tayo's, and would you share them with us please?
08/10/2022
From today's Morning Star:
07/10/2022
Tomorrow: our long-awaited anniversary celebration.
The venue details are at the bottom; click on the poster. 🚩✊️
03/10/2022
... did we mention our forthcoming 80th anniversary celebration? Message us for further details
03/10/2022
A depleted but determined nucleus of Clazzas joined the thousands in Victoria Square yesterday to voice our resistance to the government, the T*ries and the appalling fact that Birmingham has to have them here.
Amongst the Highlights:
•the inspiring speakers (too many to mention, but: Lynch for PM!)
•lending an extra thread of sound to the vuvuzelas, drums and chants with "Bring Out the Banners ", "Power in the Union", "Solidarity Forever "... and gaining some joiners-in on the way
•Getting within spitting distance of Jacob Rees Mogg but confining ourselves to booing. (Maybe that was more of a Lowlight...)
Solidarity with our sisters and brothers in RMT.
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If anyone needs car transport to our October 8th concert, or can offer lifts, please message us.
10/09/2022
At long last and well worth waiting for!
08/09/2022
Another lively, hilarious and productive weekend at the beautiful Cranham Scout Centre, preparing for our October 8th 80th anniversary celebration, postponed from spring 2020.
Thank you, Ruth and Cal, always a part of the Clazza family # # #
21/07/2022
Clarion's Tolpuddle visit. A really uplifting and inspiring experience.
Thanks to UNITE for inviting us!
We think this event just might feature again in the Clazza calendar...
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