Northern Chorus Prelims 2002

The BABS Northern Chorus Preliminary competition was held at the Assembly Rooms, Derby on Saturday Saturday 16th November 2002. Anvil Chorus, with 37 singers plus director, scored 52.7% (948 marks) and were placed 10th on the day.

After the Southern chorus prelims on 30th November the results will be combined into one list of all choruses ranked by their score. The top twenty will then qualify to sing in the chorus finals at the convention in Harrogate in May 2003

The top three choruses on the day were as follows:

Grand Central Chorus First place
GRAND CENTRAL CHORUS
from East Midlands
74.2% (1335 marks)

Second place
COTTON TOWN CHORUS
from Bolton
74.0% (1332 marks)
Cotton Town Chorus

Hallmark of Harmony Third place
HALLMARK OF HARMONY
from Sheffield
65.5% (1179 marks)
Photographs are taken from the choruses own websites.

For the complete Northern prelim scoresheet visit the BABS guild of judges website


Rod Butcher and Dennis Hodgetts

Our photos

West Midlands Barbershop Harmony Club was founded in February 1978, hence we will be celebrating our 25th Anniversary in February 2003. However, the founder members joined BABS before the club was formally recognised, and two of these founders received their BABS 25 year recognition badges at the Northern prelims.


Dennis Hodgetts

Dennis Hodgetts is pictured here receiving his badge from Rod Butcher, himself a 25-year badge holder and founder member of our club. In 1977 Dennis was singing in the Kenrick and Jefferson Male Voice Choir in West Bromwich and was also in a quartet formed from within that group, singing songs in barbershop style. This quartet formed half of what was to become WMBHC.

Rick Scott and Rod Butcher

Rick Scott

Rick Scott was also a founder member of our club. He and Rod were teachers at Menzies High School and were also doing some singing in the barbershop style. When Brian Lake, a barbershop singer from the Leicester club moved to West Bromwich he made contact with these two groups, and the fledgling West Midlands Barbershop Harmony Club was formed.

Previous quartet prelims: 2002 2001

Previous chorus prelims: Northern 2001 Southern 2001