| 29/04/2010 |
WELL DONE FRANK! |
| Well done to Frank for completing the London Marathon in aid of Cystic Fibrosis a very worthy cause. |
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| 22/04/2010 |
CONCERT AT THE TOWN HALL! |
| What a great time Second City Sound had when we took part in a Concert along with the amazing singing group Black Voices and lots of other choirs. The audience loved every minute. Thanks to all the Organisers. |
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| 01/03/2010 |
WHAT A FANTASTIC WEEKEND! |
| Our two quartets Sugarbeat and Jiggle along with Midge from our tenor section had a great time at the quartet coaching weekend held in Kettering by LABBS. |
| What a great time we all had at the coaching weekend held in Kettering by LABBS. Sugarbeat was fortunate to be coached by The 4 Bettys (gold medalists from USA) and enjoyed every moment of it. Jiggle were given coaching by the E&J judges Nickie Chapman and Nicky Salt and had a great time and Midge was brave enough to sing in a scratch quartet accompanied by two of the 4 Bettys, what an honour, she did a great job. Thanks to all the organisers. |
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| 18/11/2009 |
WHAT A BRILLIANT SHOW! |
| What a brilliant show SCS hosted at Sutton Town Hall, the audience loved every minute of it especially organist Jean Martyn. Thank you to all the organisers and helpers on the day. £1000 was donated to Kids Kidney Appeal. |
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| 03/11/2009 |
WHAT A FANTASTIC RESULT! |
| What a great result we achieved at Cheltenham gaining 6th place out of 32 choruses. We wowed the judges and our audience with our two Elvis songs 'Love Me' & ' I Want You I Need You I Love You. A Brilliant time was had by all. Thanks to all the organisers |
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| 03/11/2009 |
JIGGLE ARE DELIGHTED! |
| Jiggle were absolutely delighted they made the finals and gained 6th place at Labbs Convention and would like to thank Rod, all the girls of SCS and everyone who came to support them. We loved every minute of it. |
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| 22/09/2009 |
'CONGRATULATIONS' TO DENISE AND STEVE! |
| Congratulations to Denise & Steve on the birth of their son born on Sunday 20th Sept at 8.45pm weighing in at a healthy 8lbs 4ozs both mum and baby are doing fine. |
| On Sunday 20th September at 8.45pm Denise from our Lead section gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing in at 8lbs 4ozs. Congratulations to Denise and Steve, mum and baby are doing fine. |
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| 02/09/2009 |
JIGGLE AT THE TALENT FEST! |
| Jiggle sang in a Talent Fest held at The Artrix Theatre at Bromsgrove. Although we didn't win but we had an amazing time. Thank you to everyone from the chorus who came to support us. |
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| 01/09/2009 |
WHAT A GREAT TIME! |
| What a great time Jiggle had at our first Harmony College. Everyone was so friendly and we had fantastic coaches through out the weekend. We were privlieged to be coached under glass by Clay Hine the American educator. A big thank you to Rod & his team. |
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| 23/06/2009 |
WELL DONE SUE! |
| Well done to Sue from our Baritone section who after 5 years of study was presented with a Batchelor of Science Degree. |
| Well done to Sue from our Baritone section who after 5 years of study was presented with a Batchelor of Science Degree. Her studies included Humanties, World Religion, An Introduction to Social Sciences, Sociology & Society and Making Social Worlds. |
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| 18/06/2009 |
'LAUGHTER, MUSIC & SONG' |
| Second City Sound will be hosting a show at Sutton Town Hall on November 14th at 7pm. Tickets £12 0121 605 4755 Compered by Dougie Parker and featuring guitarist Steve Ashcroft, organist Jean Martyn, Anvil Chorus, 2008 Gold Medal Quartet 'Monkey Magic'. |
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| 09/06/2009 |
WHAT A TERRIFIC PARTY! |
| Around 20 of the chorus plus some partners attended the celebration of Dee & Rob's Silver Wedding Anniversary and what a terrific time we all had. Dee looked fantastic. The girls along with Dee sang to her family, friends and guests. Thanks to Rob and Dee |
| Around 20 of the chorus plus partners attended Dee and Rob's Silver Wedding celebrations and what a great time we all had. Dee looked fantastic. The girls along with Dee sang to family, friends and guests including two of Rob and Dee's favourite songs 'Something' and 'Love Me'. A big thank you to Rob and Dee for this brilliant party. A special thank you to Diane for stepping in to direct us. |
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| 31/03/2009 |
WELL DONE AURA! |
| Well done to 'Aura' one of our quartets who were this year's recipients of the Dorothy Bosley award with their rendition of Give Me A Barbershop Song receiving a certificate and £200. |
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| 17/03/2009 |
WHAT A GREAT DAY ! |
| What a great time we all had at Blakedown Village Hall a sing out for 'Lace' to celebrate their 30th Anniversary together. Thanks to everyone who helped with the organisation for this event, especially to Sid and Colin for the risers. |
| What a great time we all had at Blakedown Village Hall a sing out for 'Lace' to celebrate their 30th Anniversary together. Jacqui providing the amusement when she forgot to put her stage shoes on then again when she substituted them for her wellington boots, the audience loved it. Thank you to everyone who helped organise this event, especially to Sid and Colin for the risers. |
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| 07/03/2009 |
RADIO PROGRAMME IS WELL RECEIVED ! |
| Our two 30 mins radio programmes hosted by Kit Hesketh Harvey was received well from listeners some of whom took time to give us feedback via our website. Thank you to all who were interviewed and also thank you to Liz Garnett who recommended us. |
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| 04/03/2009 |
FUN DAY AT LITTLE HAY! |
| Second City Sound, family & friends are holding a fun day at Sutton Coldfield Model Railway, Balleny Green, Little Hay Lane, Little Hay, WS14 0QB on June 7th. All Welcome! more info to follow. |
| Second City Sound, family & friends are holding a fun day on Sunday 7th June. All Welcome! Time TBA. |
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| 01/03/2009 |
WHAT A GREAT CONCERT! COPPERS FOR KIDS! |
| What a great concert at the Birmingham Town Hall, we were warmly received by the audience who enjoyed our performance tremendously. Well done to everyone who performed for this very worthy cause. |
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| 25/02/2009 |
PLEASE TUNE IN! |
| Second City Sound will be featured on Radio 4 on a programme called 'Hairspray and Harmonies' going out on Friday 27th February at 11am & Friday 6th March 11am, presenter is Kit Hesketh-Harvey comic songbird. Please Tune In! |
| Second City Sound will be featured on Radio 4 on a programme called 'Hairspray and Harmonies' on Friday 27th February at 11am and friday 6th March 11am presenter is Kit Hesketh-Harvey comic songbird who was with them all through the run up to and at the Ladies Association of British Barbershop singers Convention held in Harrogate where the gained 4th place. What a great time we all had. Please tune in. |
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| 25/02/2009 |
BLAKEDOWN VILLAGE HALL! |
| Second City Sound will be performing on 14th March at Blakedown Village Parish Rooms, Belbroughton Road, Stourbridge, DY10 3JG for 'LACE' - 30th Anniversary Celebration. 2pm - 4pm. |
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| 10/02/2009 |
BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL - 'Coppers For Kids' - Action For Children Charity Concert |
| On the 28th February Second City Sound will be performing in Birmingham Town Hall 28th February at 7.30pm. Tickets can be purchased £17.50p on 0121 780 3333 (groups 15 - £15 each) |
| On the 28th February Second City Sound will be performing in Birmingham Town Hall along side Hereford Police Choir, West Midlands Police Male Choir & West Midlands Police Brass Band at a Charity Concert in aid of Action For Children. Tickets can be purchased £17.50p on 0121 780 3333 (groups of 15 - £15 each) |
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| 05/02/2009 |
Concert at Cramner Methodist Church, Newhampton Road West, Wolverhampton, WV6 0RS - Sat 7th February 7.30pm |
| Second City Sound will be performing in a concert being held at Cranmer Methodist Church, Newhampton Road West, Wolverhampton, WV6 0RS - Sat 7th February 7.30pm |
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| 31/01/2009 |
Concert at St Peter's Church, Hall Green |
| Second City Sound will be performing at a Concert being held on 31st January - 7.30pm at St Peter's Church, Hall Green. Tickets £6 can be obtained on 0121 777 5738 or 0121 777 5535 (Parish hours) |
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| 27/11/2008 |
Black Magic Go Out On A High |
| On Tuesday 25th November Black Magic sang out for the last time at Aston Wood Golf Club and the audience really enjoyed our performance. A big thank you to Carol for taking us to all these sing outs we have really enjoyed doing them. |
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| 05/11/2008 |
WHAT A GREAT RESULT! |
| What a fantastic result we had at Harrogate. 51 of us including Rod took to the stage and sang our hearts out to the audience and the judges and we were buzzing when we came off stage what a fantastic feeling. Well done everyone! |
| What a fantastic time we all had a Harrogate gaining 4th place is a great achievement. 51 of us including Rod took to the stage to strutt our stuff and what a great performance we gave which the audience enjoyed. A big thank you to all the people involved with the organisation, all our family and supporters and a special thank you to Kit and Lucy (Radio 4) who came with us to share this special event. |
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| 05/11/2008 |
4th PLACE AT HARROGATE WHAT A FANTASTIC RESULT! |
| On the 1st November Second City Sound came 4th at The Ladies Association of British Barbershop Convention held in Harrogate. Winners were Cheshire Chord Company from Lymm. |
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| 03/11/2008 |
What A Fantastic Result! |
| What a Fantastic Result! Second City Sound took part in the finals of Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers held in Harrogate gaining 4th place what a great result! |
| Second City Sound gained 4th place in Harrogate where we wowed the audience with our rendition of For The Sake Of Auld Lang Syne and Elvis's Love Me. Everyone had such a lovely time. A big thank you to Rod for all his hard work and to everyone who came to coach us and help us achieve this fantastic result. |
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| 02/10/2008 |
HARROGATE HERE WE COME! |
| Second City Sound will be taking part in Labbs Convention held in Harrogate 31st October to 2nd November 2008. Look out Harrogate here we come! |
| Second City Sound will be taking part in the Labbs Convention held in Harrogate. Fifty one will take to the stage with all of our finery including our Md Rod looking as great as ever. Coming along for the fun and excitement are a team from Radio 4. What a great time ahead. |
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| 08/09/2008 |
What A Fantastic Show! |
| Second City Sound hosted a fundraising show at the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove on Sat 6th Sept supported by Anvil Chorus, Bromsgrove Operatic Society & Aura one of our own quartets. Everyone had a great night. Well done to all who helped with this event. |
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| 06/09/2008 |
'Encore' at the Artrix Theatre 6th Sept 2008 at 7.30pm |
| Second City Sound will be hosting a show at the Artrix Theatre on 6th Sept 2008 featuring 'Anvil Chorus' 'Bromsgrove Choral Society' & 'Aura' one of SCS new and exciting quartets. Tickets £11 (£9) via box office on 01527 577 330 or www.artrix.co.uk |
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| 11/08/2008 |
Ben loses his battle after a long illness |
| It is with heartfelt sadness we announce the passing of Ben beloved son of Frank & Pam Doherty.The funeral will be held on Monday 11th August 2pm at St Peter's Church, Highfield Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 0HS. Family flowers only please. |
| It is with heartfelt sadness we announce the passsing of Ben beloved son of Frank & Pam Doherty, our prayers and thoughts are with them. The funeral will be held on Monday 11th August 2pm at St Peter's Church, Highfield Road, Hall Green, Birmingham B28 0HS, followed by a private cremation at Robin Hood crematorium. Family flowers only please, any donations can be made to Heartlands Cystic Fibrosis Centre appeal by cheque or cash on the day of the funeral. |
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| 02/08/2008 |
Dedication To Music Award |
| Penny Martin is the recipient of the award for 2008. Well Done! Penny. |
| Penny Martin is the recipient of this year's 'Dedication to Music Award'. This award is donated to Grove Vale Primary School by Second City Sound and Anvil Chorus. Well Done! Penny. |
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| 09/07/2008 |
What a Great Night! |
| Black Magic sang at Pinner Court Sheltered Housing for the residents, Aura and Jiggle our two quartets also sang, well done girls! thanks to everyone for their support it was a wonderful night. |
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| 29/06/2008 |
TABLE TOP SALE - 29TH JUNE 2008 |
| A big thank you to all the girls who came along to help at the table top sale especially to Janet for all the organising. Can we have more people next time please! |
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| 09/06/2008 |
WHAT A GREAT DAY ! |
| What a great time everyone had at our Fun Day, thank you to all who turned up to support and to all those who worked so hard with the orgainising. Well Done! |
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| 08/06/2008 |
FUN DAY AT LITTLE HAY near LICHFIELD WS14 0QB - SUNDAY 8th JUNE 2pm to 5PM. |
| Second City Sound, family & friends are holding a funday at Sutton Coldfield Model Railway, Balleny Green, Little Hay Lane, Little Hay, WS14 0QB. Adults £2 Children Free. All Welcome. |
| Second City Sound is having a great fun day at Sutton Coldfield Model Railway, Balleny Green, Little Hay Lane, Lttle Hay, WS14 0QB Nr Lichfield on June 8th 2pm to 5pm. Adults £2 Children Free. All Welcome. |
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| 02/06/2008 |
WELL DONE ! |
| What a great job Yvonne, Michelle, Diane & Elaine on your radio interview with Carl Chinn to promote Barbershop and Second City Sound, Carl was great and sends his best wishes to Rod and all the girls. |
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| 01/06/2008 |
TUNE INTO THE CARL CHINN SHOW ON SUNDAY 1ST JUNE |
| Tune into the Carl Chinn Show Radio WM On Sunday 1st June 2-3pm where Michelle, Diane, Yvonne & Elaine will be interviewed on barbershop and a cd of SCS singing will be played. |
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| 28/04/2008 |
WHAT A FANTASTIC RESULT! |
| What a great day we all had at prelims taking 1st place chorus award. 43 of us took to the stage and both the judges and the audience enjoyed our performance. Well Done! |
| What a great time we all had at prelims taking the 1st place chorus award with our rendition of Love Me and How Deep is The Ocean. Well done to Rod, Jacqui and all the girls for all your hard work. Convention here we come! |
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| 27/04/2008 |
Pre-lims at Long Eaton 27th April 2008 |
| Second City Sound will be taking part in a pre-lim competition on the 27th April 2008 being held at Witsthorpe College, Long Eaton, pick up point Malt Shovel, Newton Road, 10am prompt. |
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| 31/03/2008 |
Gold Rush 3 - A Great Success |
| What a fantastic show six gold medal quartets, two gold medal choruses and two youth choruses what a great combination to have on a outstanding show. Sally McLean did a wonderful job as MC for the evening keeping the audience amused with her jokes. |
| A show was held on Saturday 29th March at The Y Centre, Leicester. Among the acts were six gold medal quartets , Pitch Invasion, After Hours, QED, Finesse, Havoc, Enigma, two gold medal choruses, QC & BQC, and two youth choruses NYBC & Ivy League. The MC for the evening was Sally McLean who did a wonderful job. A big thank you goes to all the organisers, for a lovely evening. |
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| 14/03/2008 |
WOMBOURNE CIVIC CENTRE 14TH MARCH 2008 |
| Second City Sound together with Pitch Invasion & Anvil Chorus will be performing at the Wombourne Civic Centre on the 14th March 2008, Tickets £12 available from Tony on 01902 897 175 or Michelle Mills Porter at Monday Rehearsals. |
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| 08/03/2008 |
What a Fantastic Concert |
| On Friday 7th March a concert was held in Wombourne Civic Centre featuring Pitch Invasion, Anvil Chorus & Second City Sound the audience loved it, well done to all who helped with the organisation. |
| What a great concert on Friday 7th March featuring Pitch Invasion, Anvil Chorus and Second City Sound, the audience loved it, well done to everyone who was involved with the organisation. A dvd of the performance will be on sale soon. |
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| 05/03/2008 |
Marie Burson loses her battle after a long illness |
| With heartfelt sadness we announce the passing of our dear friend Marie. Funeral will be held on 14th March at 11am, Bushbury Crematorium, Underhill Lane, Bushbury, WV10 7JG, thereafter The Goodyear Restaurant. Family flowers only please. Cards to Terry |
| It is with heartfelt sadness we announce the passing of our dear friend Marie who lost her battle after a long illness. The funeral will be held on the 14th March 10.45am at The Bushbury Crematorium, Underhill Lane, Bushbury, WV10 7JG, thereafter at The Goodyear Restaurant. Family flowers only please, cards may be sent to Terry at his home address. Any donations to Compton Hospice, c/o Roy Quinton, Funeral Directors, 83 Westcroft Avenue, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LN. |
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| 03/02/2008 |
WHAT A FANTASTIC SHOW |
| What a fantastic show on Saturday, all the acts gave a wonderful performance and the audience loved Doug Parker who kept the show together brilliantly. We have had glowing reports from lots of the audience who are asking when the next one will be. |
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| 02/02/2008 |
SECOND CITY SOUND'S SHOW |
| Second City Sound will be hosting their show at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall on Saturday Feb 2nd 2008 at 7pm compered by Doug Parker & featuring Pitch Invasion, Anvil Chorus, Joolz Gianni and Irish dancers. Tickets £10 from Elaine on 0121 605 4755. |
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| 21/01/2008 |
Elaine receives the Joe Riseborough Rosebowl at the Anvil Dinner |
| On January 19th at Anvil Chorus's annual dinner Elaine Mobsby received the Joe Riseborough Rosebowl from John Eardley the club's chairman. This award is presented to the person who in the committee's opinion has contributed most to the club this year. |
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| 02/01/2008 |
What A Great Christmas Party |
| What a great time we had at our Christmas Party with a number of members entertaining us perhaps we can have more having a go next year. Sorry to all the members who couldn't manage to be with us I hope you can next year you missed a brill night. |
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| 28/10/2007 |
What a Great Time in Bournemouth |
| What a great time we all had in Bournemouth at the weekend when around 18 of us went down to watch the competitions and party, it felt strange not competing ourselves but hey watch out Labbs next year here we come. |
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| 09/10/2007 |
What A Fantastic Time In Ireland! |
| What a fantastic time we all had in Ireland |
| What a great time we all had in Ireland, we just missed out on the medals gaining 4th place but the audience loved our performance and that's all that really counts. Our quartet 'Charmed' came 4th on their first outing and Rod and the chorus supported them all the way. There was lots of partying and Guiness being drunk and a brilliant time was had by all. A big thanks to Rod for all his hard work and coaching, everyone concerned for getting us there, for all our supporters and especially to all you girls who sang really well. |
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| 01/10/2007 |
Congratulations to Heather from Rod & all the girls xxx |
| Congratulations to Heather on the birth of her daughter Evie May weighing in at 7lbs 8ozs both are doing fine. |
| Well Done! Heather on the birth of your daughter Evie May weighing in at 7lbs 8ozs both mum and baby are doing fine and will come for a visit in the near future. |
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| 17/09/2007 |
What a Great Concert |
| What a Great Concert ! |
| Second City Sound held a fundraising concert at the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove on Sunday 17th Sept they were supported by Anvil Chorus , Barnt Green Choral Society and our own new quartet Charmed, the audience really enjoyed the show. Well done to everyone who helped organise this event especially to Michelle our PRO for all her hard work. |
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| 17/09/2007 |
Watch Out Ireland Here We Come ! |
| What a fantastic rehearsal night we had on Monday when we had Doug Harrington coach us. |
| Doug Harrington a well known coach came to put us through our paces and what a great rehearsal it was, there was a lot of hard work and a few laughs but the end results were amazing. Watch out Ireland here we come. |
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| 16/09/2007 |
Second City Sound's Concert |
| Fundraising Concert To be held on 16th Sept 8pm at The Artrix Theatre Bromsgrove |
| SECOND CITY SOUND is holding a fundraising Concert with Special Guests ' ANVIL CHORUS' & 'THE BARNT GREEN CHORAL SOCIETY' in aid of their trip to Ireland in Oct where they are taking part in the IABS Convention. Tickets £9 can be purchased via the Artrix Box Office on 01527 577330 or www.artrix.co.uk |
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| 10/09/2007 |
Well Done! Michelle |
| Our PRO does a great job. |
| What a great job Michelle our PRO is doing to promote our club, concert and trip to Ireland we have appeared in numerous local newspapers with great write ups. Well done! Michelle keep up the good work. |
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| 20/07/2007 |
Dedication to Music Award |
| Georgia Dudley is the recipient of the award for 2007. Well Done! |
| Georgia Dudley is the recipient of this year's 'Dedication to Music Award'. This award is donated to Grove Vale Primary School by Second City Sound and Anvil Chorus. Well Done! Georgia. |
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| 18/07/2007 |
Congratulations to Jacqui & Andy from Rod & all the girls xxxx |
| Congratulations to Jacqui & Andy on the birth of their son Toby Christian born at 2.09am weighing in at a healthy 7lbs 8ozs both mum and baby are doing fine but dad is a bit tired. |
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| 15/07/2007 |
Brit Invasion In Denver |
| What a Great Time in Denver. |
| What a great time we all had in Denver at the International Convention. Pitch Invasion and Cambridge Chord Company did us proud with great performances which the audience really enjoyed and leaving us all with tears of laughter. Well done! |
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| 08/07/2007 |
A Lovely Day at Little Hay |
| Great Day at the Minature Railway |
| What a lovely time we all had at the minature railway fun day courtesy of Dorothy & Jim Bayliss who organised this for us. A big thanks from Rod & all the girls. |
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| 17/06/2007 |
Jane & John's Garden Party - What a Great Success |
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| What a great time we all had at Jane & John's garden party lots of food, drink and plenty of fun. A big thank you to you both and to everyone who helped, donated or attended this fantastic fundraising event. We raised over £600. Well done! |
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| 21/04/2007 |
Dorothy's Party |
| What a Great Time |
| What a great time we all had at Dorothy and Jim's party, a great meal, good entertainment, good singing, dancing, and lots of fun with old and new friends. A big thank you for inviting all of us. |
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| 18/12/2006 |
Christmas Party |
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| What a great night we all had at our Christmas party and the new venue was well received. Well done to Michelle and Sylvia for all their fund raising efforts good job girls and thank you to everyone who helped to raise money for the club. Can't wait to next year's party where I hope we have more new members and guests there to share in our fun. |
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| 13/11/2006 |
Convention 2006 |
| On the 11th November 2006 Second City Sound came 8th out of 21 choruses at the Ladies Barbershop Singers' Convention held in Harrogate. The Gold Medal winners were Signature from Iver Heath. |
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| 13/11/2006 |
8th place at Convention 2006 |
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| Wow when those curtains opened what a reception we had all 61 of us including Rod our MD. we all enjoyed our performance and can't wait for next year's Convention. Well done to all our new members. Our after glow party back at our hotel was in full swing when we had some unexpected guests the new Labbs Gold Medalists 'After Hours' joined us and delighted us with a few of their songs and their company for the rest of the evening oops early morning and then 'Pitch Invasion' the current Babs Gold Medalists popped in too and both quartets sang together what a terrific night. A big thanks goes to both quartets for taking time out to share their love of music and their friendship with us. A few members of the Pitch Pipers also joined us and were made very welcome bring more friends next time girls the more the merrier. |
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| 31/10/2006 |
Dedication to Music Award |
| Laura Humphreys and Alex White are the recipients of the award for 2006.. |
| Laura Humphreys and Alex White are the recipients of this year's ' Dedication to Music Award '. This award is donated to Grove Vale Primary School by Second City Sound and Anvil Chorus. |
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| 24/06/2006 |
The English Association of Male Voice Choirs |
| Second City Sound were Special Guests at the Annual Gala Concert held in the Great Hall, Birmingham University on June 17th 2006. A great night was had by all. |
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| 24/10/2005 |
Convention 2005  |
| On the 22nd October, Second City Sound came 6th out of 25 choruses at the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers' Convention in Cardiff. Winners were The White Rosettes from Leeds |
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| 22/10/2005 |
6th place at Convention 2005 |
| SCS came 6th out of 25 choruses in the national competition at Cardiff, 2005 |
| We took to the stage with all our new members with us and what a great time we had performing to our audience we were delighted to come 6th out of 25 choruses. We looked fantastic in our new stage costume and our perfect comfy shoes made specially for us. We are all looking forward to next year's convention where we hope we will bring even more new members with us to share our great love of music and have a lovely time. |
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| 30/04/2005 |
Singing course is a great success |
| The singing course that we held at the beginning of 2005 was a massive boost to the club. |
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| 13/11/2004 |
Convention 2004 |
| On the 13th November Second City Sound came 6th out of 37 choruses at the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers' Convention in Harrogate . The winners were Phoenix from Potton. |
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| 13/11/2004 |
6th place at Convention 2004 |
| SCS came 6th out of 37 choruses in the national competion at Harrogate 2004 |
| What a great time we all had at Convention held in our favourite venue in Harrogate we were delighted to come 6th out of 37 choruses and enjoyed every moment of it roll on next year where we have new members to bring with us. |
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| 30/11/2003 |
8th place at Convention 2003 |
| SCS came 8th out of 28 choruses in the national competition at Harrogate, November 2003. |
Every Convention has its “firsts”, the most obvious one this year being our allocated time for stage performance- 5:00p.m.Recent years have seen us at rehearsal at 9:00a.m. and on stage at 11:00a.m.It was very nice to be able to have breakfast on the Saturday morning at a civilised time rather than at what seemed the middle of Friday night! A rehearsal at 10:00a.m. and another at 2:00p.m. did mean that we were unable to get a look at the competition. That did have its pros and cons. It was possible to prepare and give some quiet thought to 5:00p.m. but on the other hand it was difficult to keep the adrenalin under control until just the right moment!
Unfortunately, for various reasons, Sandy, Hilda, Jean Hallam and Sharon were unable to be with us. We did miss them but took their good wishes with us. This gap between rehearsals did give us the chance to go into the Convention Centre and have a look at all the presentations on offer in the Reception area. Thanks to Gladys, our archivist, who produced a superb book in spite of her personal health difficulties.
The witching hour arrived and there we were, actually on the stage with the curtains opening. As usual our performance seemed to be over before we had drawn breath. As we were the last but one chorus to perform another “first” followed. Following the photo call we went into the auditorium in our stage dresses, something that professional artistes never do! However, we needed to be there for the results. Other competing choruses made many positive, complimentary comments to us as we walked to our seats and we felt quite confident. However, it was not to be and although we were 5th in the Singing category we did not make sufficient impact on the judges and we came 8th overall.
After all the analyses and heart searching the fact remains that Convention is a highlight in the year. However you can’t keep a Barbershopper down for long and following our disappointment I heard several of the girls discussing Convention 2004. It would be almost impossible to thank by name all those who contributed to this highly organised event. It was a real team effort and we should be mindful of the extremely hard work put in by the Convention team, not forgetting the chorus as a whole. The work continued after our return with Diane chasing information from the judges, which we hope, will be of value in the future. |
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| 10/03/2003 |
5th place in the European competition in Holland! |
| Second City Sound came 5th in the European Competition held in Holland on March 8th 2003 |
Yes, it really has come and gone. All the months of planning, fundraising and rehearsing all squeezed into 10 minutes on 8th March in Eindhoven.
First of all some statistics. From Birmingham airport to the Holiday Inn in Eindhoven and back was 792 miles. Second City Sound diversified in a big way with some travelling to and from other airports, on different days, at different times, by land and sea. Indeed, some took advantage of the opportunity and made a real holiday of it - and why not? 22 quartets competed. 21 choruses, numbering 471 singers, raised the rafters at the Koningshof.
Questions;
Who managed to get a seat on the Friday evening flight next to a dishy young man?
Who was given the wrong key to the wrong room at the hotel at 11.00pm on Friday night and got poor Eileen out of bed in her vain attempt to gain access to the room?
Who moved all the cushions in the reception area at the Conference Centre in an attempt to find coins lost down the side of the settees? Times is 'ard and we're not proud.
Who, on the return flight, immediately got the rather suave, distinguished man on her right to help her with her seat belt?
The Friday night out and Sunday night return flights were both an hour late but it was good to do a bit of singing at Amsterdam airport to while away the 4 hours we sat and kicked our heels.
We were very glad to have the support of Sid and our other "groupies" - Ken, John and John. We had a very nice room allocated for our use at the Koningshof and although we arrived hours in advance of our performance, the time seemed to go by quite quickly as we breathed, sung, exercised and generally wound ourselves up to performance standard.
Along with the reading of cards of good wishes before we went on stage, we spared a moment to think of our 3 absent ladies, Jean, Mary and Hilda. We performed with gusto, enthusiasm, determination and confidence but I think we all knew who was going to get the gold! However, our 6th place was very creditable and we will be able to learn much from them. The shows were really good with guest performers coming from the USA (and of course UK!!!) Afterglow was just that, with lots of meeting, singing and mingling by and with various choruses.
I heard many comments at the shocking number of smokers and it was disconcerting to see quite a haze when looking down the long corridors in the building. I certainly had a very troublesome throat the following week. Kaleidoscope gave me a private performance of their new number - it has potential and I hope they don't discard it. Perhaps I liked it because it is a golden oldie.
As usual, these weekends away gave an opportunity to get to know the "other side" of many members of the chorus and I found it very interesting to hear about the other "hats" that people wear.
Special mention must be made of Dorothy who showed devotion above and beyond the call of duty. While sitting on the coach on the Sunday morning, waiting for it to take us to the conference centre, the Deputy Lady Mayoress complained that the open door was creating a draught across her legs and feet. Dorothy immediately leapt up and laid down across the door. Although this act of heroism does not permit Dorothy to sit in the House of Lords, she does now carry the Civic Warrant as Official Draught Excluder.
John Hyde celebrated his you-know-what birthday and now has his bus pass - welcome to the world of the twerleys, John.
Gladys and John celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary actually on the 8th March and, having shed a tear as we sang to them, many of us cried again when Matrix sang to them on the Sunday morning following the show.
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