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6 Nations Rugby is Back Again at the Choir Hall
Left click on images to enlarge All matches of The Guinness 6 Nations Rugby Championship are being shown live on the Caldicot Choir Hall”s Giant 4 metre screen again this year. Together with the Autumn Internationals played by Wales the showings have always been a great occasion in a fabulous atmosphere. Together with a fully…
Read MoreChoristers share their birthday with a celebratory cake
Photograph and post by Lyn Gauntlett 76 years ago on January 16th 1943 the country echoed not only to the boom of Hitler’s bombs but also to the sounds of baritone David Kirton and top tenor Peter Hanks entering the world. This has carried on for many years as they continue to be long standing…
Read MoreAnother birthday milestone for Bill Nash
It was with great delight and pleasure that on Monday 7th January the choir was able, once again to wish its oldest chorister a forthcoming happy birthday by enthusiastically singing the tune ‘Happy Birthday’ to Bill Nash. Bill will be celebrating his unbelievable 96th birthday on Wednesday 9th January which surely must make him…
Read MoreChoir entertains residents of Cherry Tree Nursing Home
Photo by Colleen Gauntlett On Thursday 20th December the choir was pleased, as part of its Christmas programme to visit the Cherry Tree Nursing Home in Caldicot to entertain the residents and staff with a range of Christmas Carols from its programme. Conducted by Shirley-Anne James and accompanied by John Nicholson the choir invited the audience…
Read MoreColleen’s Christmas cake eagerly consumed by choristers
Photos by Lyn Gauntlett It’s become a Christmas tradition that chorister’s wife Colleen Gauntlett treats the boys and girls of Caldicot Male Voice Choir to a special Christmas sponge cake complete with hand made festive decorations, 2018 is no exception and the cake was presented at choir practice on Monday 17th December. The theme…
Read MoreChoir invites Dewstow Infant School to the Choir Hall
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett To open its busy festive season. Caldicot Male Voice Choir invited the children of Dewstow Infants School to join in some festive fun and carol singing at the choir hall on December 11th. The small choir of about twenty girls and one boy entertained the choir and the audience with three…
Read MoreThe Choir returns to the White Hart for an evening of Festive Fun
Photo by Colleen Gauntlett Described in the poem ‘Usk’ by T.S. Eliot, the 15th century, family run White Hart Village Inn in Llangybi once owned by Henry VIII and part of his dowry to Jane Seymour, has in its long history echoed to the sound of the chants of Cistercian Monks and to the tramp…
Read MoreVice Presidents’ Cheese and Wine party is a great success
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on an image to enlarge A change to normal practice last night (Monday 19th November) when Caldicot Male Voice Choir invited its vice president supporters to a cheese and wine party at the Choir Hall. They were treated to a short video and slideshow presentation of the choir’s…
Read MoreJayne’s Quiz Night Poses Questions
A great Quiz night at Caldicot Choir Hall on 16th November organised by Jayne and Robert Stallard. Lots of questions to stump the 80 odd participants with music and general knowledge questions from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Not to mention the Baby Quiz to identify choristers from their baby photos set up by Darren Lloyd…
Read MoreChoir Sings at Rogiet War Memorial
Based on an initiative and idea in 2014 by Jayne Stallard, wife of Rogiet Community Council Chairman, Rob Stallard the building of an exquisite and poignant new War Memorial was completed at the Recreational Field in Rogiet in October 2018 to replace the previous wooden memorial which was seriously deteriorating. With an assembly of many of the…
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