The Mendip Men Male Voice Choir is preparing for a series of summer concerts following their recent success at the Mid-Somerset Festival.

The Mendip Men will team up with Westfield Voices for the first concert of the year. It will be a fund-raising performance organised by Midsomer Norton Rotary, staged at Downside School, at Stratton on the Fosse, on Saturday, May 10, at 7.00pm.

Expect a variety of music for the concert, with the Mendip Men bringing old favourites and new material into the repertoire. Funds raised will go to Rotary Midsomer Norton Boot Swap and other Rotary charities.

The choir will continue with fundraising for Rotary at its next concert, when it will team up with the Chew Valley female choir Vox in Frox. Chelwood Bridge Rotary will be the hosts, raising funds for Great Western Air Ambulance and other Rotary charities. The concert will take place on Saturday, May 24, at St John’s Church, Keynsham, starting at 7.30pm.

The choir’s next concert on Saturday, June 7, will bring the Mendip Men together with Cowbridge Male Voice Choir from South Wales. Cowbridge MVC will be fresh from a tour of the Lake District and will join the Mendip Men at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Weston-Super-Mare for a Harmonies for Hospice concert, raising funds for Weston Hospicecare.

The concert is being organised by Weston-Super-Mare Rotary. This will be the first joint concert with Cowbridge MVC this year. The Mendip Men will be on tour in South Wales in September and will join Cowbridge MVC on stage at Llantwit Major School on September 19.

There will be another opportunity to see the Mendip Men in June when they perform Songs from Stage and Screen at Holy Trinity Church, Paulton, on Saturday, June 21. All proceeds from the concert will support the restoration of the church organ.

This concert will take place at Midsomer Norton Methodist Church on Monday, July 14. Along with the annual Christmas concert, it’s an opportunity for the choir to raise money for its own funds which will help it to continue to offer fundraising concerts for charities and other good causes throughout the year.

Chairman Richard Luscombe, said: “Success at the Mid-Somerset Festival has fired up the choir for our summer season, the concerts give us a great opportunity to help raise funds for a range of charities and good causes, including Great Western Air Ambulance and Weston Hospicecare, which do such great work for the communities here in the South West.

“We look forward to singing with several other choirs this term, and enjoying sharing our music far and wide, and we are delighted to welcome the superb woodwind player, Emma Powell as our guest soloist at our annual concert on Monday 14th July. Hope to see you at one (or all!) of our concerts.”

For further information about the choir’s summer concerts, visit https://www.mendipmen.co.uk/performances, where full details of the concerts and ticket sales can be found.