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New Year in with a Swing
Left click on images to enlarge Those of you who couldn’t get here or couldn’t get a ticket, look at the photos and see what you missed! Shame I can’t reproduce the sound on the site. Following the success of the last time Barry Hammett’s Swingshift Band appeared at the Choir Hall in…
Read MoreChoristers Carolling at Haywain
Before the Choir Hall in Mill Lane was built, the choir would practice in Green Lane School and then make its’ way to the local Haywain public house for a welcome thirst quencher and a bit of a sing song. Since 1996 when the choir hall was opened with its own bar, this twice weekly trek to…
Read MoreBill Thomas
The Choir was faced with the sad news that 74 year old baritone Bill Thomas passed away following a long term illness on Friday 14th December. Bill joined the choir only about five years ago but in that short time, his cheerful nature, and dedication to the choir were soon noticed and he…
Read MoreTabernacl Musical Taster
Press Release Please left click on images to enlarge It is not often that two National Eisteddfod winning Choirs appear together on the same stage, in a wonderful setting such as Tabernacl Baptist Chapel (Eglwys y Tabernacl) right in the centre of Cardiff, but such an evening of wonderful Welsh Male Voice Choir Music was…
Read MoreChoir Chorus under Crystal Chandeliers
Left click on photos to enlarge For the sixth biannual visit, the choir was privileged and delighted to be invited once again, to sing at Bingham Hall in the picturesque, ancient wool town of Cirencester set in the verdant, rolling hills of the Cotswolds. This event, previously organised by Margaret and Alan Moss, vice-presidents…
Read MoreChoir to Sing for Seren
Seren Olivia Witcombe was born 3 months prematurely in Southampton on 27th December 2011, weighing only 500g, which is about the same as half a bag of sugar. Transferred to the Royal Gwent Hospital when considered strong enough she tragically, despite the hopes of her family, parents Sian and Daley and the devoted care of the…
Read MoreSinging Together! Caldicot and Bridgend in Gala Harmony
This web site promised you a fabulous evening of Welsh Male Choir singing at its very best and those who were privileged to be at our Gala Concert on September 8th were not disappointed in listening to two of Wales’ finest male choirs. Caldicot Male Voice Choir was delighted when Bridgend Male Choir…
Read MoreChoir Collects for Chernobyl Victims
Press Release Many of you will remember the visit made by six Belarus children and their interpreter, Hannah on July 9th this year, Their bravery and spirit in the face of severe illness and disability brought about by the Chernobyl disaster in nearby Ukraine in 1988 so inspired the choir that they were moved to…
Read MoreChoir Hall laid out for Blood Donors
This web-site has recently featured some of the maintenance work that has gone on recently; from repainting, cleaning guttering, cleaning and polishing, replacing doors and lighting and not least the monumental job of stripping and polishing the floor. Keeping our Hall in peak condition makes it not only a wonderful place to sing, practice and socialise, but it also…
Read MoreChoristers Reflect on Polished Performance
With expertise, equipment and chemicals supplied by 2nd Tenor Mike Thurman the group of Mike, baritones Dai Kirton, Theo Roberts, Leon Jones and bass chorister Dave Scott worked like Trojans over the 3 days of the Bank Holiday weekend to move all the tables, chairs, piano and staging out of the hall. They chemically stripped…
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