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Annual Concert
The Annual Concert will soon be upon us and we are delighted to have Huw Euron as our Guest artist. Bass/baritone Huw is a twice winner at National Eisteddfodau and has appeared in Pobl y Cwm. He is featured on our web-site (search Huw Euron) or to find out more click on the…
Read MoreChildren of Chernobyl
The Victims of Chernobyl Children’s Trust is a Caldicot Charity run by a local couple, that has for the past 23 years funded bringing together a group of children from Belarus to Caldicot for about 6 weeks every summer. The children all suffer from radiation related illness and many have lost their parents due…
Read MoreValentine’s Dance to Support the Children of Chernobyl
John Nicholson and the others in the JJR trio (Jason and Roly) have asked that we do not hold a Valentine’s night this year to raise funds for the choir, but that we hold a Valentine ‘s Dance at which they will entertain us for the benefit of the Children of Chernobyl Charity. This local charity enables child victims…
Read MoreCongratulations to Bill Nash on his Birthday
If you look and listen to Bill, you wouldn’t guess that he was a day over 65, yet on Monday 9th January he modestly celebrated his unbelievable 89th birthday. I believe originally from the Port Talbot area, Bill has been a chorister for well over half a century and has sung in every section. He is a stalwart…
Read MoreAnother New Member
They keep coming don’t they! The choir is once again delighted to welcome Paul Thomas as the latest addition to our choir. He came to help Leon work on the upstairs improvements (brilliant job) and was persuaded to come along to practice just for a listen. On just one visit he completed his voice test with Siân…
Read MoreBook Club
Good news from the Book Club! Handed over £45 to Leon for the first couple of months of the Book Club that will go to the Choir Funds. Many thanks for your contributions and the many books that have been given. Tony Griffiths
Read MoreWelcome Garry – 2nd Tenor
The choir is delighted to welcome Garry Keeble as a new member to the choir. A relative of Austin Keeble whom I believe was a very early Bass member of the choir in the ’60’s and ’70’s, Garry, not to be put off on his first night, went into the back room to do his voice test and emerged…
Read MoreDing Dong Merrily on High from The Web-site team
We three good-looking, wise men of the web-site administration team ( Tony, Graham (Spike) and Lyn) would like to close off the year by Wishing all our visitors A Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda. The new website was started only last April with simple beginnings and since…
Read MoreCarolling Choristers
Last Thursday after practice, about 50 of us made the short annual journey in the rain to give the patrons of The Old Barn in Llanmartin a feast of Christmas carols to go along with their strawberry cheesecakes and murder by chocolate puddings. Unaccompanied and generally unconducted, we gave festive renderings of The First Nowell, Silent Night,…
Read MoreIslwyn Says Thank You
Islwyn said thank you very much to all the choristers and music team who signed his specially created 90th Birthday card when it was presented to him at his family’s home by baritone, Vince Lewis on the 18th December. Although Islwyn did not give us any clues to his longevity we are sure that…
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