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In 1977, as a result
of an item in the local newspaper seeking out local
interest in Barbershop Singing, a handful of men met
at the White Lion public house, Niton,
Isle of Wight.
Over the following months they were taught the
rudiments of harmony under the guidance of
experienced singers from the mainland, and the
Garden Isle Barbershop Harmony Club was born. Later
that year, the Club was of a sufficient standard to
join the British Association of Barbershop Singers (B.A.B.S.)
and the Chorus was named Wight Harmony.
The Chorus enters annual competitions organised by
B.A.B.S., and has won the “Best Small Chorus Award”
on several occasions. All of the men are
volunteers, and regularly entertain for theatres,
hotels, and numerous other events and venues on the
Isle of Wight. They once appeared in Cilla Black’s
“Surprise, Surprise” TV Show.
In 1978 the Club adopted the Isle of Wight Society
for Mental Health as its nominated charity, and to
date has donated over £26,000 to the Haylands Farm
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