Introducing the Carnegie Hall FireChoir!

The Cheshire FireChoir has been working tirelessly to put on a top performance at the world's top concert hall, Carnegie Hall, so who are they?

The FireChoir is made up of four different sections. There are the Sopranos, the glass breakers of the group who hit the high notes. Then there are the Altos that form the female 'voice' of the choir. We have five Tenors, with two female and three male singers in the section who blend the sound, with, finally, the Bass section which makes up the low/deep male voices. We're particularly fortunate to have an extra deep voice in this section, owned by Station Manager Gareth Scott.

Meet the Cheshire fire Choir

So, without further ado, please welcome the Cheshire FireChoir in New York:

Sopranos

Lisa Morris from Stockport who is a Control Operator at North West Fire Control
Claire Moores from Macclesfield, a Community Safety Officer
Fiona Owen from Middlewich who is a Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service Volunteer
Emily Flanagan from Runcorn, a Control Operator at North West Fire Control
Michelle Dalton from Widnes, a Prince's Trust Team Leader

Altos

Gwyn Williams from Widnes, a Control Operator at North West Fire Control
Louise McMahon from Connahs Quay who is an Advocate
Jayne Nixon from Kelsall. Jayne is a CFRS solicitor
Lorraine Page from Wilmslow who is Locality Safety Manager for Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington
Nicky Whittall from Crewe, the Service Community Resources Coordinator

Tenor

Sue Cleaver from Crewe who is a Family Case Worker
Helen Oulton from St Helens, a Control Operator at North West Fire Control
Gus O'Rourke from Warrington, Area Manager
Matt Lloyd from Bollington, a firefighter at Macclesfield
Dan Selby from Macclesfield, on-call firefighter at Macclesfield

Bass

Tom Daniels from Middlewich, ICT Analyst
Phil Marke from Macclesfield, Watch Manager at Macclesfield Fire Station
Maurice McBride from Northwich, independent Cheshire Fire Authority member
Steve Flanagan from Widnes, a Station Manager (retd)
Gareth Scott from Wrexham, a Station Manager

Musical Director for the FireChoir is the extremely talented Ruairi Edwards. We got to know Ruairi, from Lichfield, during the filming of Sing While You Work - he played keyboards throughout the filming - and invited him to be our MD. He has been with us ever since and is our lynchpin, mentor, guiding light and all round star! Ruairi will be singing with the Tenor section at Carnegie Hall.

And last, but by no means least, is our Pianist Wendy Dolby. Wendy, from Middlewich. Wendy is a professional pianist and piano teacher extraordinaire. She will also be singing with the choir at Carnegie Hall in the Alto section.