Wycombe Orpheus Male Voice Choir welcomes new patron (From This Is Local London)

Wycombe Orpheus Male Voice Choir welcomes new patron

4:10pm Monday 1st March 2010

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A WELL-known TV personality has delighted a Wycombe choir by agreeing to be their patron after hearing them sing in London.

Gloria Hunniford will now champion Wycombe Orpheus Male Voice Choir after accepting the invitation from her friend and co-patron John Ratcliff,CBE.

The television star and radio presenter who currently presents Cash in the Attic for BBC1 and Cash in the Celebrity Attic on BBC2 first heard the choir sing at the Variety International Awards Banquet at London's Guildhall last year.

As host of the awards ceremony she led the 500 celebrity guests in the applause that followed adding: “I would jump at the chance to sing with them”

Ms Hunniford has a musical background as she started out as a singer in her native Northern Ireland. She has also co-hosted The One Show and is a regular on The Alan Titchmarsh Show for ITV1.

As patron Ms Hunniford will attend as many events as possible and has already agreed to present the Young Musicians’ Awards at the Orpheus’s annual concert at the Wycombe Swan on May 8.

Newly-elected chairman of the Choir Jim Cleary said: “We are all delighted to have Gloria Hunniford as Patron of Wycombe Orpheus Male Voice Choir, alongside John Ratcliff.

“Her sunny personality, enthusiasm for music and media fame will be of tremendous value in our exciting future.”

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