The 100 volunteers who formed the Men United choir, after only nine weeks of training and rehearsals, gave their first public performance at Southwell Minster in early May with their sponsors, the Radcliffe on Trent Male Voice Choir. That was the defined goal to which they all subscribed and what a concert that was, finishing in a standing ovation from the enthusiastic and wowed audience. Theoretically that was it, project over. However, the choir used that concert as a springboard to the Albert Hall concert in late May, as part of a 400-man choir, with more fund-raising and to further acclaim. Finally, as a thank you to their supporters, they gave a farewell concert at West Bridgford to invited guests. With more applause and fund-raising of course. In all, over £57,000 was raised for Prostate Cancer UK!
Since then, volunteers have caught the singing bug, joining ROTMVC for performances in July at a Flashmob in Nottingham and a concert in Woodthorpe, with a D-Day commemoration to come in October .
And Southwell was the springboard!
(Many thanks go to publications like The Bramley who graciously publicised these events).
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