50 years a tenor

CONGRATULATIONS: Joe, centre, and his wife Doreen with choir president Malcolm Hill, right, and watched by other choir members

VETERAN Joe Buchanan’s voice has been heard around Europe, but one of his proudest memoents came closer to home.

Joe, a tenor, has just celebrated 50 years with the Saddleworth Male Voice Choir. At a recent rehearsal members and wives celebrated 84-year-old Joe’s golden anniversary.

Over the 50 years, Joe has performed in 600 concerts and has notched up almost 50 performances of Handel’s Messiah - which the choir sings every year.

Joe has enjoyed tours to Germany, Holland, Slovenia, Spain, Gibraltar and Italy. Choir president Malcolm Hill presented him with an engraved glass plaque.