Nowadays MBC’s Worship Band can consist of as many as seven musicians; singers, a key board player, guitarists, bass players, clarinets, flutes, an occasional trumpeter and of course drums. However, back in the day it was a very different story.
That’s because whilst in the fifties, sixties and seventies all the above named instruments were in common use, at Moortown they were rarely seen or heard.
Instead, our choir was accompanied by an organ, whether that be the massive pipe organ that between 1969 and 1993 completely covered our back wall or by one of the smaller, electronic models that proceeded and succeeded it.
Having said that, certainly throughout the first thirty or so years of its life, the choir’s talents weren’t reserved exclusivelely for our Sunday services. Indeed not, throughout the whole of that time MBC’s choristers also performed in numerous concerts and shows.
One highlight, however, that needs special mention is something that took them all away from Moortown, and that was the annual choir trip. And above you can see two pictures, the top one taken in 1973 at the Blue John Mines in Castleton, the bottom at High Force way back in 1959 which show just how popular these family outings were.