How We Work

The Group consists of Members (acting and non-acting) and Patrons and is run by a central Committee. The current committee is as follows:

Chairman - Lisa Green-Smith
Vice-Chairman - Matt Fry
Treasurer - Jane Cottee
Secretary - Stephanie Gray-Blest
Publicity Officer - Rob Harrison
Promotions Officer - Dan Mee
Social Secretary - Anna Town
Patrons & Subscriptions Secretary - Mike Cottee
Society Representatives - Ruth Maddison and Jenny Allen

The Society's President is Sue Wildy and the Vice-Presidents are David Hinchliffe, Tony Smith and Stuart Veitch.

The Society is non-profit making and a registered charity. Money to put on concerts and shows comes from a number of sources - Members and Patrons fees, ticket sales, grants and donations.

Every year the Group puts on a show and, approximately 6 months afterwards, a series of concerts are performed. We get regular press coverage and superb reviews.

BMTG is a member of NODA, the National Operatic and Dramatic Society - more details are available by clicking here.

Being Social

Other than its singing, BMTG is well known for its friendliness and a lot of social activities are arranged. There are no regular activities, apart from an annual Dinner Dance in the latter part of the year. Other activities in the past include tobogganing (or "hurtling down a steep hill on a chrome slide"), a Barn Dance, barbecues, trips to see other shows, quizzes, sponsored swimming, etc. Every Christmas we also go carol singing and raise money for charity. Money made from the other social activities goes towards the Group's funds.

As a group of friends we often take part in social activities that are not arranged by BMTG - house warming, movie evenings, etc. We are particularly well known for our parties!

Being Charitable

The Society, as well as being a registered charity, does what it can for other charities - both "regular" charities and new ones in current need (for example, the fund to rebuild the Duchess Theatre). Special concerts, proceeds from social events and one-off donations go towards such funds. We even collect used stamps for RNIB - if you would like to donate to this then please pass your stamps onto a member.