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Charity  Concert in aid of Cancer Research UK

Our next Local concert is in memory of one of the choirs founding members, Judy Watkins, and  will  feature  Kidderminster Male Choir  and the Starlight Singers alongside the Kidderminster Valentines.

Compered  by  Don Maclean  MBE (of Crackerjack fame) it will be at Kidderminster Town Hall  on Saturday 29th October  at 7-30 pm

Tickets  £10  from the Town Hall  01562 732158 , John Watkins 01562 67276,  07862 180072 and Judy Morris 01562 751753

Photo John Watkins  with  members of Kidderminster Male Choir and the Kidderminster Valentines

Images by Colin Hill

Concert News!!!!!

We are pleased to announce we now have 2 confirmed dates for concerts and are looking forward to being able to sing in public once again.

Saturday 19th March 2022

We are holding a charity concert in aid of the Leapgate Activity Centre at St Anne’s Church Bewdley at 7pm.

Admission to the concert is free but there will be a raffle and retiring collection for the Centre. If you would like to find out more about Leapgate head to their website.

Saturday 9th April 2022

This is the date of our annual Valentines concert at Kidderminster Town Hall at 7.30pm.

We are pleased to welcome Beverley Male Voice Choir as our guests and look forward to singing with them again after a successful concert with them in 2019. Tickets are £10 each and available from choir members, the Town Hall, Beards in Kidderminster or from Judy Morris on 01562 751753.

We look forward to seeing you!!

Singing together again

 

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Many of you will know that the Valentines have been holding online rehearsals via Zoom during the last year due to the pandemic.

We are pleased to announce that after having our hopes dashed in May, physical rehearsals will resume on July 22nd with small groups socially distanced, supported for a while by a continuation of our online practice.

 

We are looking forward to getting back to regular singing together without the need for a ‘mute’ button, and preparing for our next concert.

We already have some provisional concert dates pencilled in so please pop them into your diary. More information about how to obtain tickets will be shared via our website and social media pages nearer the time.

Provisional dates so far:

Saturday 13th November 2021 Kidderminster Town Hall

Saturday 4th December 2021 At Anne’s church Bewdley

Saturday 9th April 2022 Kidderminster Town Hall

We are also opening the choir to new members. If you would like to join us, whether you are new to singing or would like to start singing again, then please get in touch. All our details can be found on our website.

Wyre Forest Community Lottery

Our choir has decided to join the Wyre Forest Community Lottery.

Wyre Forest Community Lottery is a weekly online lottery. All funds raised go to good causes that benefit the local communities in the area of Wyre Forest.

It is a weekly online lottery. The draw takes place every Saturday night at 8pm. Each ticket costs £1 per week and consists of six numbers. The more numbers you match in a draw the bigger the prize you win. Players choose who their ticket purchase will support. They can either support the Central Fund, funds are then distributed to the local community by a committee, or they can choose a specific good cause to support, one of which is the Kidderminster Valentines which we hope you will choose.

Players are notified by email when they win. To claim their winnings, they log in to the Wyre Forest Community Lottery site and choose to either have the winnings paid directly into their nominated account or donate their winnings back to the good cause.

How does the £1 (each ticket) get spent? 60% from every ticket sold goes directly to good causes, 50p to us and 10p to other causes. The remaining 40p goes towards admin and prize money.

What are the prizes? Matching numbers: You must match the first or last 2-6 numbers in a row to win. Match 6 Prize £25,000 Match 5 Prize £2,000 Match 4 Prize £250 Match 3 Prize £25  Match 2 Prize 3 tickets.

You may wish to buy a ticket yourself or promote to your family and friends in the knowledge you will be supporting the choir.

This is the link to the lottery website and our page on it.

https://www.wyreforestcommunitylottery.co.uk/support/kidderminster-valentines