Mayo Male Voice Choir End October on a High!
October was a busy month for Mayo Male Voice Choir with two major engagements less than a fortnight apart from each other.
The second major engagement for MMVC was a trip to Derry to participate in the Derry Choral Festival. Truth be known, the choir like nothing better than a weekend away!
Mayo Male Voice Choir End October on a High!
October was a busy month for Mayo Male Voice Choir with two major engagements less than a fortnight apart from each other.
On October 10th, the choir joined Louisburgh Junior Church Choir and Louisburgh’s own world class mezzo-soprano, Ann Marie Gibbons for what is now fast becoming the annual Louisburgh Order of Malta fundraiser, this year in the Derrylahan Inn.
Walter Loughrey, Past President, RIP
Tribute by Patsy Murphy.
It was with deep regret and sadness that we learned of the death of our good friend and colleague Walter (Wally) Loughrey on Tuesday last, 30th September. He passed away very peacefully, surrounded by his family, from whom he had received the utmost of care and attention during his illness.
Mayo Male Voice Choir members formed a guard of honour along with other musical and sporting organisations in his home town of Ballinrobe on Wednesday evening for the removal of his remains to St Mary’s Church. At the funeral service the following morning, the choir gallery was full as members of the MMVC and the local church choir joined forces. They sang the Mass together with hymns that included ‘Soul of my Saviour’ and ‘A Mhuire Mháthair’.