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  • Joint concert with Man Choir – 22 Nov 2025

    We sold 112 tickets and received good feedback from members of the audience. Man Choir started and closed the evening. We were in between, performing seven songs before the interval and seven afterwards. Colin also led all present in Belle Mama. We finished with The Parting Glass where the first verse was sung by senior…

  • Abingdon Music Festival – 2025

    This took place at on the 11th October at Abingdon School with Christine Cairns as the Adjudicator We sang: When I’m 64, Parting Glass and Longest Time. It was a very pleasant experience. The assessment of our performance was that we were “Very Good”. This is the front of our certificate. The back is the…

  • Concert with Beatroots – 17th September

    This concert was held in St Mary Magdalen Church, Oxford OX1 3AE. People found the position of the venue to be convenient and the acoustics seemed fine. We will be using it again for the joint concert with man choir. I am waiting to get some recordings from the Beatroots and will make them available.…

  • Phil Lang award 2023 and 2024

    Following the AGM when we had failed to track down the award it was re-discovered and has now been engraved. David who won it in 2023 was allowed to hold it for around 30 seconds before it was awarded to Colin for his work in 2024.

  • AMF Performance – 2024

    We opened the show on Sunday 3rd November – the performance was well received.

  • BBQ – 2024

    The Oxford Harmony BBQ was once again generously hosted by hardworking chairman Clive and his wife Carol supported by two lovely helpful neighbours at Besselsleigh. On a lovely clear-skyed ‘autumnal’ early evening with not a drop of breeze, 25 of us were welcomed into their house and back garden where 3 BBQs were attentively tended by Clive…

  • Oxford Harmonised

    This was a joint concert with the Oxford Gargoyles. It was fun! We sold 30 tickets for this event with minimal advertising and sang: In Jesus College Chapel.

  • Oxford Music Festival – 2024

    This was held on the 27th January at the Cherwell School. We sang Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Freddie Mercury and arranged by Anne Raugh and Deke Sharon with choreography by Elena Stamp followed by And So It Goes by Billy Joel in an arrangement by Kirby Shaw. The adjudicator, Ralph Allwood, commented favourably…

  • 20th December – Christmas Dinner at the Dog House, Frilford

    The food was good and the staff were excellent.

  • Come and Sing

    Invite your friends to this event and remember to spread the word. All are welcome to just come along but it is easiest for us if you email us so that we have an idea of numbers. See Find Us to locate the venue. Parking is free after 18:00. This runs over four Wednesdays (18th…