North Norfolk songsters the Sheringham Shantymen will be celebrating a quarter of a century of performing next Saturday, with an anniversary concert at the town's Lighthouse Community Church.
The group will be giving a second celebration concert at St Peter's Church, Sheringham, on August 22, as well as entertaining locals and holidaymakers with a series of summer 'busking' sessions around the town.
Later in the year, they will be recording a CD of their favourite songs, and are asking music fans to nominate the Shantymen tunes they would like to see included.
Retired civil engineer Dick Grieve, who took on the job of secretary after joining the Shantymen five years ago, said group members were keen to involve the public in their anniversary celebrations.
'There are very few groups like ours in the country, who can boast 25 guys coming together and singing the way we do,' he said.
'And I think it is important that we celebrate the fact that we have being doing this for 25 years and still have some of our original members.'
The group, which was founded by a handful of musicians and singers in 1990, has performed all over the UK, as well as in Ireland, Germany, France and America.
TV appearances have ranged from the children's show Blue Peter, to the BBC's Countryfile series, with the Shantymen also singing at more than 1,000 festivals, events and concerts.
Their fundraising efforts have seen them raise tens of £1,000s for local charities, while their long-term support for the RNLI has led to them donating £3,000 towards a new lifeboat for the village of Freshwater, on the Isle of Wight, and buying a boat outright for Wicklow, Ireland.
Mr Grieve put the Shantymen's longevity down to the group's singing talent, as well as its 'second to none' sense of camaraderie.
'I have done all sorts of singing in my life, from close harmony, to church music, and, as far as I am concerned, this is the best gig there is,' he said.
The Sheringham Shantymen anniversary concert is at the Lighthouse Community Church, Cromer Road, Sheringham on Saturday, May 30 at 7.30pm. For a full programme of performances and concerts, and to nominate your favourite Shantymen song, visit www.shantymen.com
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