Super St Peter’s choir is going from strength to strength
St. Peter’s Male Voice Choir held its AGM last week. The chairman, Paul Delaney, said that the choir was going from strength to strength, welcoming many new members, and building on its hugely successful diamond jubilee in 2016. Highlights of 2016 included the choir’s first series of St. Patrick’s Day concerts, its performance with Moya Brennan of Clannad in aid of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust, and its Christmas concerts in St. Peter’s Church of Ireland and the Droichead Arts Centre, plus a trip to Germany.
The choir took great pride in being the first choir to perform at St. Laurence’s Gate at September’s “Save the Gate” concert with the Drogheda Brass Band and sang loud and proud at another great Drogheda landmark at its November concert in Millmount in aid of NECRET. In October it extended a great Drogheda welcome to the men of the Bridgend Male Voice Choir from Wales, who packed St. Peter’s R.C. Church to the rafters at their joint performance with the choir in October. Already, 2017 is shaping up to be another great year for the choir, whose next big event is their concert in St. Peter’s Church of Ireland on 5th May with the acclaimed Irish soprano, Celine Byrne.
The chairman expressed his thanks to Edward Holly, Musical Director, all the choir members and their families, and all the members of the public for their help and support in making occasions like these possible. Special tribute was also paid to Archdeacon James Carroll for his unstinting support of the choir. The choir members also recalled Larry Delaney and Peter Hughes, who passed away in 2016, with affection.
In the immediate aftermath of the AGM, the choir was deeply humbled to have been invited to sing at the funeral of Captain Mark Duffy, who tragically lost his life on Rescue 116. The members extend their sincere sympathies to his family and friends. He was a true Irish hero.
Committee: Chairman, Paul Delaney; Secretary, Oliver Plunkett; Treasurer, Tony Grealy; Librarian, Alan Cox; PRO, Anthony Moore; along with Paddy Davis, Cecil Whitty, Peter Delaney, Donal Black and Liam Kelly.