General

Personnel

These are the guys currently singing with the chorus:

Tenors	Leads	Baritones	Basses
Peter Drake	Tony Allies	Nick Allies	Mike Geiger
Neil Hamper	Martin Baker	Geoff White	John Clifford
Roy Kidd-Stanton	Tony Brothers	David Worley	John Darwent
	Martin Bunting	Nick Wright	Den Foster
	Sid Carter		Geoff Wells
	Dave Chapman		Peter Goodyear
	Roy Chapman		Clive Sutton
	Chas. Gyseman		Ivan Wallis
	Peter Hughes
	George Lockheart
	Bernard March
	Terry Moore
	Bob Sangwell
	Bob Wood

Barbershopper of the Year

Every year, prior to the Annual General Meeting, members are asked to vote for a ‘Barbershopper of the Year’, a man who has in their opinion contributed most to the chorus in the previous twelve months. Holders to date have been as follows:

1983 D. McWilliam

1984 D. Turner

1985 K. Bateman

1988 Len Snell

1989 Clive Sutton

1990 Den Foster

1991 East Coast Sounds

1992 Dave Smith

1993 Peter Goodyear

1994 Ron Willis

1995/6 Len Snell

1996/7 Geoff Wells

1997/8 Ron Pountney

1998/9 Martin Baker

1999/0 Terry Moore

2000/1 John Alcock

2001/2 Brian Shaw

2002/3 Terry Moore

2003/4 John Clifford

2004/5 Bryan Ward

2005/6 John Clifford

2006/7 Geoff Wells

2007/8 Nick Wright

2008/9 Nick Allies

Things They Say About Us

Here are just some of the comments we have received following recent performances:

“Thanks for the superb show on Thursday evening. The feedback from our members has been wonderful and I know they would like you to return again………” Club 55, Great Notley

“……..enjoyed your singing and lively presentation and many people were saying how much they enjoyed the group’s contribution after the conference. Many thanks for closing our conference on such a great note…….” Essex Music Services, Colchester

“Everyone so enjoyed themselves with the Barbershop singing and intermittent humour from the ‘man in charge’…….” South Essex Townswomen’s Guild

“Please pass on our very grateful thanks for a very entertaining and talented performance. We do hope you will come back and entertain us again on some future occasion……..” Chelmsford Disabled Club

“Thank you for entertaining our supporters so well. We would like to bear you in mind for a future occasion………..” N.S.P.C.C.

“I am writing to see whether Chelmsford Star Harmony would like to wow the crowds again and keep our volunteers cheered up………” Marie Curie Cancer Care

“Thank you for all the work and expertise you put into making the show such a success. Everyone thought the show was super……..” Billericay Samaritans

“Thank you for the splendid concert. The feedback has been very positive and many considered it the best show for a long time…….” Wickham Bishops Village Hall

“Our sincere thanks for the excellent concert that you gave in All Saints’. The reception given by the audience in appreciation of your efforts expressed our gratitude for the excellence of the whole evening…..” All Saints’ Church, Maldon

“Thank you for……….the wonderful evening. The ladies were thoroughly enjoying themselves ……….and losing themselves in the wonderful harmonies. We were very impressed by the very high standard that you maintain…..”

Brentwood Townswomen’s Guild