2018
Andy’s View on meeting the Royals
Many thanks to chorister Andy Friedman for taking the time to write about his experience at Buckingham Palace. Unfortunately there isn’t a photo of Andy available. Buckingham Palace! We are in London to give a performance at the garden party in honour of Prince Charles 70th birthday. We were chosen to be the Welsh choir…
Read MoreChoir meets Royalty at Buckingham Palace
Photos from Choir members. Left click to enlarge. Following on from an incredible weekend in London, which included a performance at the Royal Albert Hall, 65 members of Caldicot Male Voice Choir returned early on Tuesday 22nd May to provide Welsh choral music at Buckingham Palace by singing for Prince Charles, the Duchess of…
Read MoreChoir Appears at the Royal Albert Hall
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on the images to enlarge. What an incredible occasion! The culmination of 18 months of hard work practising and learning twenty pieces for this fabulous event. There were times of despair, thinking that we would never learn all these pieces, some familiar, some totally new to us but…
Read MoreChoir make live appearance on BBC Wales Today
Photo by Colleen Gauntlett Prior to our visit to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 22nd May, on the evening before Nicky Smith of BBC Wales, with cameraman Rhodri and sound man Paul came to the choir hall to hear us sing and interview the Choir’s Public Relations Officer, Lyn Gauntlett and Musical Director Siân Hatton live…
Read MoreA Personal perspective of the Royal Albert Hall
Photo by Andy Friedman Chorister 2nd Tenor Andy Friedman was so moved by the experience of singing at the Royal Albert Hall he has written a piece to relay his feelings of the occasion. I’ve reproduced it below. Well done Andy, you’ve expressed all our feelings in this. We’re probably the Christians, Andy and the…
Read MoreChoir meets up with Whitland MVC
About 850 choristers from 49 male voice choirs are travelling to London to take part in the Festival of Male Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening May 19th. Caldicot Male Voice Choir is the largest single contingent with over 60 making the trip but many of its choristers and their wives…
Read MoreRedwick Cycle Challenge a great success
Caldicot Male Voice Choir is not just about singing in a great choir, which has obvious health benefits but it also has an active cycling club, Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club and Golf Society, the ‘Birdie Boys’ which hold events to raise money for charity. On a glorious Spring day just right for cycling around…
Read MoreCHOIR CHOSEN TO SING AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
On Saturday the 28th April, on our return from the wedding of Michael and Rachel at Mathern, we were thrilled to receive the following notification by e-mail from the Welsh Association of Male Choirs confirming that we will be representing it at Buckingham Place on May 22nd. HRH The Prince of Wales is Patron of…
Read MoreChoir Sings for Chorister’s son’s wedding
Photograph by Colleen Gauntlett On Saturday 28th April, Caldicot Male Voice Choir was privileged to sing at the wedding of Michael John Griffiths to Rachel Elizabeth Davies at St Tewdric’s Church, Mathern near Chepstow. Michael is the son of baritone chorister Anthony Griffiths and his wife Carolyn Griffiths and Rachel is the daughter of Steven Davies…
Read MoreFour new 2nd tenors in as many months
Someone once said that second tenors are as rare as hen’s teeth but somehow in the past few months we have recruited no less than four. First to join before Christmas was Ken Nurden whose movement into becoming a full member has been delayed due to surgery but nevertheless is committed to the choir. He…
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