MORGAN CARS CONCERT - August 2009
Another first for the choir. So far this year we have performed in Gloucester Cathedral, on the sacred turf of Twickenham, Churchdown Community Centre, Lichfield Cathedral with the English Association of Male Voice Choirs and King’s School, Gloucester. Now to add to that list is Sunday August 2, when the choir sang in a concert which closed the Morgan Cars Centenary Celebrations in the beautiful surroundings of Cheltenham Race Course. The choir sang many showstoppers and finished with a medley of songs from the 60s. As many in the approx 3000 strong audience had been alive at the time they were able to sing along with hits such as House of the Rising Sun, He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother, Pretty Flamingo, Silence is Golden and Da do, ron ron. The main act of the concert was the English Symphony Orchestra with soloists, soprano Natasha Marsh and tenor, John Hudson and the evening ended with a spectacular firework display. Also appearing were the Gotherington Singers and the St Michael Singers from Coventry Cathedral
No one had been looking forward to the Morgan Centenary Celebrations more than Julian Carter who has lovingly restored this beautiful example of a 1948 Morgan 4/4 in time for the August show. Julian is a great friend of Ralph Barnes and a loyal supporter of the choir
Julian found the car in a lock-up garage in Bath where it had stood untouched for 42 years. Said Julian, ‘Not surprisingly the ash frame had completely rotted through and the car had to be totally rebuilt’. The project took 3 years and the result, finished in Old English White, as seen in the photograph is stunning.
This is not the first rebuild that Julian has tackled; he has previously restored seven Jaguars and a Lea Frances and all have been completed to concourse condition.
Churchdown Male Voice Choir
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