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2026 Summer Concert Generates Donation For The Air Ambulance Service

The ‘Sounds of Summer’ concert, held at All Saints Church in Basingstoke on June 8th 2026, was a resounding success with the audience entertained with renditions of over twenty songs from the choir.

After taking costs into account we were able to donate £100 to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance service.

2025 Summer Concert Results In Donation To St Michael’s Hospice

The choir’s summer concert, held on 12th July 2025 in Church Cottage, was a great success with a packed audience enjoying the full breath of the choir’s repetoire. The evening was one of the hottest in the year and the choir dressed in their best holiday shorts and shirts to celebrate.

The net result of the evening was that we were able to donate £400 to St Michael’s Hospice.

Christmas Concert 2024

Our 2024 Christmas concert was held on December 14th at Church Cottage in Basingstoke and was in aid of Parkinson’s UK. We performed to a full house who enjoyed the concert as well as the mince pies and mulled wine in the interval.

As a result of the ticket sales and the raffle we were able to donate £400 to Parkinson’s UK.

60th Anniversary Concert

We held a concert on 29th June 2024 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the choir and to raise funds for the Camrose Centre, a Basingstoke charity that helps homeless people. We presented a cheque for just over £500 to Mike Browning of the Camrose Centre at one of our rehearsals in September.

Nick Thompson (BMVC Chairman) presenting the donation cheque to Mike Browning of the Camrose Centre