ALCESTER Male Voice Choir is celebrating its five year partnership with Johnsons Coaches.

The coach company, based in Henley in Arden, recently agreed to sponsor the choir for a further twelve month period.

Johnsons Coaches will be taking the 80-strong choir to various venues during the next year as well as providing funding support.

Johnsons director John Johnson said: "As a company we have a built an excellent reputation for delivering high standards of service to our customers on holidays, excursions and coach hire and with our bus services, and it is vital that any organisation we support mirror those high standards, and with The Alcester Male Voice Choir that is certainly the case.

"The choir work very hard to ensure they deliver top quality professional performances time after time and over the years have raised many thousands of pounds for charities.

"The profile of our customers and the choirs audiences is a natural fit therefore the arrangement works well and we are delighted to support the choir once again”

Judith Land, choir founder and director of music, added: "We are once again grateful to Johnsons for their sponsorship. Apart from the sponsorship they are always available with sound and reliable advice when we need coach transport and always put a lot of effort into ensuring our trips go well, both home and abroad, they are a pleasure to work with.”