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Choir March 2019
Front row: Kenny Graham, William Muir, David Mathieson, Oksana Mavrodii (Conductor), Paulius Rudokas (Accompanist), Richard Smith (Accordianist), Muriel Jones (Secretary), Davy Watson, Walter Paterson
Second row: Douglas Hay, Archie Boyd, Stephen O'Rourke, Arthur Baxter, Rob Jones, Don Malcolm, Andrew Burnett, Peter Moffat, Jim Falconer, Iain Lindsay, Gus Wiseman
Third row: Alec Hunter, David Hamilton, Jim McIntyre, David Affleck, Jim Hope, Jim McSkimming, Archie Lang,
Come and Join Us!
To join in the fun you don't need to be a trained singer, only able to hold a tune; guidance will be given. All ages welcome, as long as your voice has broken!
In addition to the great pleasure of singing in harmony, members, with partners and friends, participate in a robust and active social life.
We rehearse from 6.30pm to 8.30pm every Sunday night, and 7.00pm to 8.30pm every Wednesday night in the Bertrams, Abbeygreen, Lesmahagow from October through to the end of March, with breaks for Christmas etc.
Concerts Planned
Annual Concert 2023
The Choir's annual concert will be held on Thursday 9th March 2023 and Friday 10th March 2023 in Woodpark Primary School, Lesmahagow.
Concerts Past
Annual Concert 2020 In this our centenary year the Choir held their Annual Concert on the 5th and 6th March in Lesmahagow Old Parish Church. All reports suggest that the choir continue to maintain their usual high standard under Oksana's baton and supported by our pianist Paulius Rudokas. The artistes this year were Richard Smith (Accordian) and Claire Hastings (Folk Singer). Both played a Selection which added to the enjoyment of the evening.
Annual Concert 2019. The Choir's Annual Concert was held on Thursday and Friday 7th and 8th March 2019 in Lesmahagow Old Parish Church. Once again we had an excellent turnout and so far all reports have been very favourable, with the choir maintaining our high standard under the leadership of Oksana ably accompanied by our new pianist Paulius Rudokas. This year our guest artiste was Richard Smith an excellent accordianist who proved very popular. Richard was our guest artiste in 2000 as a young school leaver and has since played abroad in various countries including New Zealand, France, Belgium, Poland and most recently Africa.
The Choir were also due to perform at the Lanarkshire Massed Male Voice Choirs concert on 27th March in Hamilton Townhouse. This however had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus epidemic.
Please come along and join us (see below) as we prepare for our 99th concert, in 2022.
Invite Us We'd be delighted to sing at your function,either as a full Choir, small group or quartet. Complete the details on our Contact Us page for a discussion and more info.
About Us Lesmahagow Male Voice Choir is one of the longest existing organisations in our historic village in Clydesdale Scotland. We have been in existence, uninterupted since 1920, when the Choir was formed to take young men off the streets during a time of high unemployment. We are an amateur group ranging in age from 20 to 70 and beyond!.
Our programme changes every year and covers a wide range of pieces, from modern through to classical.
Concerts The Choir performs at events for charities, churches, guilds and clubs etc, throughout the local area and beyond. Why not contact us to discuss your requirements.
In addition our annual concert is usually held on the Thursday and Friday of the second week in March. We also take part in the annual Festival of Male Voice Choirs in Hamilton and also performed at: the Scottish Massed Male Voice Choirs in the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow; Leonard Cheshire fund raising concerts held in Dumfries; recorded for the BBC with the Scottish Massed Male Voice Choir for a Christmas Eve carol service which was shown before midnight on 24th Dec. 2012.
