1947: Three men of the Chacewater Institute decided to form a choir.

1947: They persuaded an ex BBC bass, Foster Manley, to become their Musical Director.

November 1947: The twenty-eight members of the choir gave their first concert – in Chacewater.

This programme has been deposited at Kresen Kernow

1950s Chacewater & District Male Voice Choir in Truro Methodist Church

1987: Placed first at the County Music Festival in Truro.

1988: Placed first at the Camborne Music Festival.

1989: Placed first at the County Music Festival in Truro.

1989: Placed first at the Camborne Music Festival.

During the 1980s: The choir made three visits to Morlaix (Brittany) as part of twinning celebrations.

1988: Ann Thomson, Musical Director. (1988 prog)

1988: Dennis Bennetts, Accompanist. (1988 prog)

Only five miles apart, Chacewater & District Male Voice Choir and Carnon Vale Male Voice Choir enjoyed a friendly relationship over the years giving the occasional joint concert together and even loaning each other singers when needed. However, by the early 1990s the membership of both choirs was falling and the obvious solution was to amalgamate. After a unanimous vote in favour by both memberships, amalgamation occurred in 1991, and the Chacewater Carnon Vale Male Voice Choir was born. Ann Birch became their Musical Director.

 

 

We are indebted to John Larke of the City of Truro Male Choir for permission to include information and photographs from the City of Truro website: https://www.cityoftruromalechoir.co.uk/history

 

This is a part of the Cornish National Music Archive (CNMA) project to Collect, Preserve and Share our Cornish Heritage and Culture.