Glee Club

Our Glee Club was formed as a “social” choir in 2002 for Club purposes.  It then extended their repertoire and expertise by recruiting retired head teacher Linda Davidson to be their musical accompaniment.  Starting with performances at local Old Folks Clubs their “fame” spread throughout the Northeast of Scotland bringing invitations to functions throughout the area.  They are in great demand to perform their unique brand of musical, choral and comedic entertainment and have given almost 250 performances since they formed.  While not specifically a fund-raising group, over recent years, they have raised around £25,000 for a wide range of charitable purposes. 

In 2014 they featured in a concert organised by Banff Rotary raising funda for Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign and to develop international relationshops at Banff High School.   Several photos in their gallery are taken from the YouTube video of that perfromance.

On 7^th January 2016 water levels on the River Don reached their highest levels in 45 years during a night of severe floods caused by heavy rain.  Some 38 properties in Port Elphinstone were evacuated overnight and the impact of the floods was devastating for those affected.   The Rotary Club of Inverurie made a commitment to provide some financial relief to the victims and the Glee Club organised a Variety Concert in the town hall on 19^th February to raise funds.   The concert was a sell out and a great success raising £7,000 on the night.  The Club contributed a further £3,128, including £1,250 raised in a street collection, and a £1,000 donation from Rotary Club of Buckie brought the total raised for the flood relief project to over £11,000.

This year, following a moving presentation on conditions in war-torn Ukraine by Erik Avetisovm President of the RC Kharkiv International, the Glee Club members decided to raise funds for Ukrainian projects.  Erik is attending meeting of Ythan Valley Rotary and this week we donated £1,100 which will go direct to RC Kharkiv International to support projects where they are most needed.   The photo gallery includes some of the current seven Glee Club members performing at the Donbank Ward in Inverurie in December and club member Joe McDowall presenting Erik with the donation.