History - 50's
The year 1950 saw the beginning of a golden era for the choir when Mr John J Matthews (now a Cornish Bard for his services to music) became its Musical Director.
After a period of reorganisation and intensive rehearsal, great success and national recognition followed largely due to his great enthusiasm and legendary high standards.
The Golden Jubilee concert in October 1954 was a wonderful occasion when the choir was joined, at the Ritz Cinema, Penzance, by the great Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth.
In 1958, the choir had a very enjoyable trip to London culminating in the winning of the championship at the prestigious London Music Festival. The adjudicator, Mr C Proctor, in giving the honours mark of 95%, described their performance as 'resonant, polished, musical and deeply moving'.
Winners of The Cornish Championship in 1959.
