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The current music director is Martin Webster of Carnforth.

Martin has had over 40 years conducting experience with a variety of groups including children’s choirs, church choirs and male voice choirs.  He has been Director of The Mewses, a small Kirkby Lonsdale based choir since 1995 and recently retired after over ten years as Conductor of The K Shoes Male Voice Choir of Kendal.

Martin was a Primary School head in Hertfordshire for 22 years and  then he retired to Kirkby Lonsdale where he and his wife ran The Mews Coffee House and Restaurant for nine years. They retired from  that  in  2002 and now live in Carnforth .

Our accompanist is Richard Bromley who is a piano teacher from Kendal. He also conducts Beetham Church Choir and the Hornby Occasionals (Gilbert and Sullivan). Richard has an honours degree in music from Huddersfield and a licentiate diploma in piano performance.

The team also includes Sandra Hale (Secretary and social); Matt Patrick (Chairman and publicity); John Wright (Concert secretary); Alec Fraser (Treasurer); Gill Webster (Assistant concert secretary); Sue Beckinsale and Jennifer Greenhough (Music librarians) and Joan Ashworth (Fund raising).