EDM 1319: 65 years of song from Kirkintilloch Ladies Choir

That this House congratulates Kirkintilloch Ladies Choir on their 65th anniversary; notes that their celebratory concert held on 10 May 2025 provided a diverse programme of music from the choir’s wide repertoire; further notes that the aim of the choir is to promote the enjoyment of singing among women and provide entertainment to audiences both locally and further afield; also notes that the choir was founded in 1960 by Nan Duncan, a local music teacher who conducted the choir for 20 years; notes that to this day the choir rehearses on the same piano; further notes that the choir has always been based in Kirkintilloch and has its present rehearsal home in the Park Centre; also notes that when other choirs were not able to sustain themselves through and beyond the pandemic the choir were lucky to have musical director Stephen Langston and accompanist Nancy Burns who had the almost impossible task of conducting and accompanying online to the Zoom years, and it is thanks to them and the passionate persistence of members that the choir survived when so many up and down the country did not; notes that the joy of singing remains to be shared by the members of Kirkintilloch Ladies Choir and their audiences locally and nationally; and wishes them every success for the future.