Choir Milestones
1981 Varna, Bulgaria
1987 Georgia, USA
1989 Georgia and South Carolina, USA
1991 Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Wales
1991 Sligo International Festival
1992 4th Malta International Choir Festival, Valetta
1992 Huddersfield National Male Voice Choir Championships
1993 Huddersfield National Male Voice Choir Championships
1994 Sligo International Festival
1995 Georgia and South Carolina, USA
1997 Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Wales
1998 Ontario, Canada
1999 Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Wales
2000 Ontario, Canada
2002 14th Malta International Choir Festival, Valetta
2005 Georgia and South Carolina, USA
2007 Athens International Choir Festival, Greece
2008 Carnegie Hall, New York USA
2009 Cornwall International Choral Festival
2010 Eskdale Festival of Arts, Whitby, Yorkshire
2011 Lake Garda, Italy
2012 Glasgow, Scotland
2012 Krakow, Poland
2013 Krakow, Poland
2013 Navan Choral Festival
2014 Navan Choral Festival
2014 Eskdale Festival of Arts, Whitby, Yorkshire
2014 Barcelona, Spain
2015 Perpignan, France and Barcelona, Spain
2016 Chatel – Guyon, Auvergne, France
2017 Warsaw, Poland
2018 Opatija, Croatia, ‘We are Singing Adriatic’
2019 Budapest, Hungary
Presidents
In the early years the senior elected officer in the choir was ‘The President’.
The following served in this office:-
John Moore
Fergus McConkey
Willie Roberts (Sen)
Willie Hamilton
John Moore (Jun)
Tom Troughton
Eric Magee
Harold Sterling
Sandy Ferris
Jack Glenfield
In 2013 Lady Hermon MP was elected President
Conductors
1932 – 1937 Jim Savage
1937 – 1939 Mr Baldwin
1939 – 1941 Bertie Lynas and Sammy Martin
1941 – 1944 Mrs Donagh
1944 – 1948 Herbie McLeane
1948 – 1951 Val Smylie
1951 – 1952 Norman Gamble
1952 – 1954 Walter Wood
1954 – 1959 Ernest Brown
1959 – 1968 Cecil Thompson
1968 – 2015 Robert Wilson MBE
2015 – 2019 Ivan Black
2019 – 2021 Norwood Steele
2021 – Emma Morgan
Chairmen 1968 –
1968 Arther McDowell
1969 Cyril McCready
1970 Frank Lee
1971 Jim Rea
1972 Herbie Kennedy
1973 Jim Steele
1974 George Williamson
1975 Jim Frazer
1976 Ken Magill
1977 Eric Addy
1978 Alec Doherty
1979 John Clarke
1980 Tom Baxter MBE
1981 Jimmy McKee
1982 Albert Lee
1973 Edwin Sargaison
1984 Norman McColbe
1985 George Williamson
1986 John Watson
1987 Ken Magill
1988 Alec Ireland
1989 Norwood Steele
1990 Norwood Steele
1991 Stanley Baxter
1992 Sydney Wylie
1993 Brian Small
1994 David Pauley
1995 Deryck Powell
1996 Deryck Powell
1997 Tom Robinson
1998 Sydney Wylie
1999 Norman Hawthorn
2000 Mark McClements
2001 Mark McClements
2002 Wallace Seawright
2003 Clyde Bell
2004 Michael Pritchard
2005 Brian Jones
2006 Ivor Morrison CBE
2007 Raymond Gregg
2008 George Sittlington
2009 Fergie Bell
2010 Norwood Steele
2011 Michael Pritchard
2012 Frank Lee
2013 Jim Hamilton
2014 Andy Day
2015 Mark Mawhinney
2016 Terry Craig
2017 Gareth James
2018 Richard Montgomery
2019 David McAlpin
2020 David McAlpin
2021 David McAlpin
2022 Ed Wheeler
Choral Festivals
First Place in Male Voice Section
1950 Holywood
1954 Bangor
1955* Bangor
1969* Belfast
1970 Holywood
1970 Bangor
1970 Morcambe
1972 Whitby/Eskdale
1973* Bangor
1973 Whitby/Eskdale
1974* Carrickfergus
1974 Portstewart
1975* Belfast
1975 Bangor
1977* Bangor
1977 Belfast
1978 Warfdale
1980* Cheltenham
1982 Cork
1983* Bangor
1983* Belfast
1984 Carrickfergus
1984* Belfast
*Denotes Overall Festival Winner
1985 Bangor
1985 Carrickfergus
1985 Portstewart
1986 Carrickfergus
1986 Belfast
1990 Portstewart
1990* Cheltenham
1994 Bangor
1994 New Ross
1996 Chester
1999 Bangor
1999 Coleraine
2001 Portstewart
2002 Portstewart
2002 Coleraine
2002 Portadown
2004 New Ross
2005 New Ross
2009 Belfast
2013 Navan
2014 Navan
