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On Saturday 4th March the Kingsmen and guests performed in front of a packed audience at St Georges Church, Modbury. This was a real celebration of music with wonderful mix of song and music and proved to be a fitting concert to coincide with the completed restoration of the church roof.

The Kingsmen are a highly regarded male barbershop harmony chorus based in Kingsbridge who have performed both internationally and in the UK. They were under the direction of Music Director Mr Roy Hann as they performed a varied selection from their extensive repertoire, ranging from iconic Beatles songs to haunting Gospel songs. They had nine new members in their line up and for some this was their debut performance including Andy Lamerton who brought his new baby along to witness his performance!

After the Kingsmen’s opening set the Modbury Primary School Choir under the direction of Sarah Gill and accompanied by Jo Highly on the keyboard enchanted the audience with their beautiful singing whilst providing their own backing using woodwind instruments and ukuleles.

Either side of the intermission the audience had a special treat listening to the brilliant ‘dancing’ violin of young Jack Highley and the dexterous keyboard and church organ skills of John Ashton Thomas, who works as a composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor and teacher both here in the UK and in the USA. These were performances and performers that would do justice in any top music arena in the country.

The Kingsmen closed the evening but not before the final guests ‘Carousel’, a female quartet, took to the floor. They captivated the audience with their close four part harmonies and delivered a selection of modern arrangements that complimented their lively and magical performance.