Service of Thanksgiving

The event will take place on Sunday, February 21 at 6.30pm.

Service will be conducted by Rev J Trevor Magowan BA BD with the Queen’s Island Victoria Male Voice Choir.

The choir was formed in 1974 when the two oldest choirs in the province amalgamated - the Queen’s Island Choir and the Victoria Choir.

In the years both before and after the 1939-45 war the two choirs performed with great distinction in musical competitions throughout the British Isles. Indeed during the war, the Queen’s Island Choir broadcast from Belfast on the national airwaves to give the impression to the enemy of normality in the country. Among previous conductors of the two choirs were John Vine and Douglas Armstrong, men of great distinction in the province.

During the early 1970’s both choirs were finding it difficult to maintain their membership as a result of ‘The Troubles’ and rather than disband they decided to join forces and the Queens Island Victoria Male Voice Choir was born.

On the local front in recent years, the QIVMC has given pleasure to audiences in Armagh, Newry, Coleraine, Enniskillen, Donegal and Omagh as well as the Belfast area.

The choir continues to grow in strength and reputation maintaining the proud traditional of the two original choirs.

Tea will be served in the Church Hall following the service.

A special collection will be held in aid of the RNLI.