Around The County
We perform at a variety of functions each year including weddings, birthdays, Christmas concerts and fundraisers for other charitable and worthy good causes.  We also stage our own concerts, sometimes inviting other choirs, brass bands etc, as well as young people from local school choirs and ensembles, to perform with us.  The choir has competed in the Radio Shropshire Choir of the Year competition, Minsterley Eisteddfod and we have also been involved in the Shrewsbury International Music Festival.

Charity Work
The Choir achieved registered charity status in February 2009 which significantly enhances our ability to support local charities and good causes.  We are entirely self-financing and proud to have helped raise many thousands of pounds for other organizations over the years.

Each year we choose a charity to support and concert fees for that year go directly to it.  This year, Choir members voted to support West Shropshire Talking Newspapers For The Blind.  Apart from our concerts, choir members organize other events such as fairs, auctions and quiz evenings throughout the year to raise money for the charity.

Repertoire
Our repertoire is constantly changing and ranges from sacred music to show tunes and modern pieces from the likes of Queen and Snow Patrol as well as classics from the 60s and 70s.  English Traditional Folk and pieces sung in Latin, Swahili and French have figured in our repertoire over the years - Welsh has been conspicuous by its absence but we're working on it!  We have a separate repertoire for Christmas which also changes every year, with new songs to learn as well as older favourites revisited.

The Singing Experience
All our performances are undertaken without copy which means we must learn the whole repertoire off by heart.  This may seem daunting to new members at first but constant revision, reinforcement in rehearsal as well as individual and section training does the trick.  The advantages of being able to follow The Director's lead without distraction are well worth the effort.

The Choir is "better than the sum of its parts".  This certainly applies to us.  We are all part of the team - even the Basses, a much maligned and vilified group of well sung heroes.

Choir On Tour
Every other year the choir organises a singing tour.  This broadens the choir experience and gives us the opportunity to share our music with and enjoy other cultures.  The Choir has visited Canada, Germany and Belgium, all of which were very successful both socially and musically, with concerts in larger sometimes ornate Gothic venues being the high points.  This year (2010) we stayed closer to home and were very pleased to visit the beautiful City of York and then delighted to be invited to sing in the Minster.

Minsterley Eisteddfod
For the past few years we have supported the local Eisteddfod at Minsterley.  Being part of such an event is both exciting and testing.  To be in competition with choirs of such a standard always sharpens our performance and the honest and often frank opinions of the judges lends focus to our efforts in the following year.  Last year it was the turn of the basses to be focussed upon - bless 'em.  In spite of the detailed critique we were surprised and delighted to be awarded the cup for the Open Choir Category against a very strong field of accomplished choirs.  We continue to support the Eisteddfod as an important part of our commitment to promote choral music in the County.