Christine Anthony MBE

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Tags: singing, choir, Christine Anthony, Guernsey Girls Choir, MBE, Guernsey

Date: 23 June 2008 22:33:47

This week I found out that one of the most influential teachers in my teenage years was made an MBE. I am absolutely delighted as she was an amazing teacher.

Christine Anthony (or Dawber as she was when I was her student) taught me music when I was at school. Later on she went on to be a choral periphatetic teacher and she founded The Guernsey Girls Choir which I was part of for about 6 years. She worked us really hard every Thursday night and she was a complete and utter task master. She was never satisfied, even when we thought whatever we had been singing was perfect she always thought that we could have done better. Someone has started a Facebook group dedicated to her, and one of the discussions is 'favourite quotes'... I still like the classic line, "That was perfect, now do it again. Kind of sums it up for me I guess!! As part of the choir we went on tour, we went to the Llangollen Eisteddfod. Many of my closest friends were in the choir and singing released something in me that nothing else has ever been able to. Singing in harmony was, and still is, a huge passion.

What Christine Anthony was amazing at doing was instilling self-worth and confidence into individuals. The choir was a huge part of my life and a few years ago she formed a choir called Bel Canto which was for the 'old' girls and I so wish I could be part of it. She was, and is, inspirational and I am very grateful for all that she did for me when I was younger.

In my very humble opinion she is exactly the sort of person who should get an MBE. She changed and influenced lots of lives and I am thrilled for her!!