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The Choir Have Finally Returned Home!

On Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, the choir returned to their old rehearsal room in the Clift Room at Police Headquarters, Maidstone following a five-year absence due to COVID-19 and other reasons. The Clift Room had previously served as the rehearsal space since the choir started in 1978. Their last rehearsal took place on March 12, 2020, and the following week, the country went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Once lockdown ended, the choir rehearsed at Kent Police College and at The Holy Family Church Hall in Parkwood, Maidstone. Here are some pictures of our return to the Clift Room.

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Pictures From Our Concert at
St Mary's Church, Chilham
26th April 2025

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Members of the audience volunteer their singing skills to join two members of the choir and Martin Rendle in a rendition of 'A Policeman's Lot' complete with actions!

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Martin Rendle, our MD, is joined by five members of the choir to sing a South African Lullaby, 'Thula Baba'.

Pictures From Our Concert at
Cornwallis Academy, Maidstone
29th March 2025

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For the first concert of the year, it was wonderful to have a large number of volunteers to assist Martin in performing "A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One" from the operetta *The Pirates of Penzance* by Gilbert and Sullivan. 

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Our Nominated Charity For 2025

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Our nominated charity for 2025 will be 'Catching Lives'.

 

Catching Lives is an independent charity based in Canterbury, supporting people who are homeless or insecurely housed in Canterbury & East Kent.  Their Canterbury Day Centre provides essential facilities (food, laundry, showers etc) and individual support to improve housing, health and social connection.

For further information as to what 'Catching Lives' do please click on the logo above and for further information regarding Canterbury Day Centre please click on the picture.

Our Nominated Charity 2024 - 'Movember'

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Our Thanks for a Local Author's Generosity

Pam Mills - Policing Tonbridge, The First 50 Years

Local author Pam Mills has achieved notoriety following publication of her book about 'Policing in Tonbridge - The first 50 years and more.' Sales of her book are moving fast. Pam has kindly donated profits from her book to the Kent Police Male Voice Choir’. Thank you Pam - we hope the sales move into four figures.

 

George H. Rogers

Chairman

Twelve Months on........

During our concert at Sandhurst  on 11th November 2023, our chairman explained to the audience that a local author, Pam Mills, had approached the choir twelve months previously asking if she could donate monies to the choir - we of course accepted her very kind offer. Pam a former Police Officer and magistrate had written a book entitled ‘Prevention, Detection and Keepers of the Peace’ (policing Tonbridge a Division of the Kent Police). Once costs had been taken care of Pam donated profits from the sale of her book to our choir. Initially we imagined we may gain a few pounds. After a year of publicising and selling her book, the choir have benefited from upwards of one thousand pounds! A huge amount. We are extremely grateful for Pam’s generosity and support - it has made a big difference.
At the concert our chairman George Rogers presented Pam with a bouquet of flowers as a token of that appreciation.

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© 2025 Kent Police Male Voice Choir Registered Charity in England & Wales No.1148490

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