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Birdie Boys Score again at the St Pierre
Photos by Lyn Gauntlett. Left Click to enlarge This Autumn’s rain seems to follow all the events organised by Caldicot Male Voice Choir recently and the Birdie Boys St Pierre Challenge was no exception on the drizzly morning of September 10th. This annual event is organised by the choir’s associated Golf Society, The…
Read MoreGala Concert with Serenata Ladies
Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to enlarge The rainy season seems to follow Caldicot Male Voice Choir around these days but undaunted by the weather about 250 people, including MP for Newport East Jessica Morden and Monmouthshire County Council Chairman Jim Higginson, made their way to Caldicot Leisure Centre to make up…
Read MoreLong serving chorister awarded by Choir
Photos by Leon Jones. Left click on images to enlarge. A few weeks ago on Thursday 4th August the Choir was delighted that long serving chorister Colin Jones visited us at practice and he was thrilled to be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Vice Presidency by Musical Director Siân Hatton and chairman…
Read MoreStormy Weather Charity Ride for Choir Cyclists
Caldicot Male Voice Choir is well known for and is proud of its charity fund raising efforts through its concerts over many years and has raised several hundreds of thousands of pound in its history. It continues to be active in this through its charity concert programmes over the year. To enhance its endeavours it…
Read MoreCanadian Chorister walks in to Choir after seeing Gala poster
We are always thrilled to welcome visitors to our Choir Hall, none more so than to welcome a visitor who originally comes from Canada but has lived in Caldicot since last November. Andy Friedman came to listen to us after seeing a poster advertising our Gala Concert on Saturday and at half time was so keen…
Read MoreChoir sings at Luke and Sarah Jayne’s Wedding
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to view Last year almost to the day, Caldicot Male Voice Choir was proud to have sang at St Mary’s in Magor for the wedding of Joanne Hunt to John Sabin on a glorious August day at St Mary’s church in Magor so were were thrilled…
Read MoreChoir is Proud of its Eisteddfod Performance
Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett. Click on images to enlarge For the first time since 2004, Caldicot Male Voice Choir took up the challenge to enter the National Eisteddfod, this year held at Abergavenny on Saturday 6th August. Entry into this has meant huge amounts of organisation, dedicated practice and commitment from all of the choristers and…
Read MoreEx soldier Chris swells the Baritone ranks
Last Monday 4th July, Chris Richards came into the choir hall with his neighbour, tenor Nigel Antell who’d been nagging him for months to join us, to have a listen and meet a few of us. Even though we were practicing hard to learn the new songs that we will be singing in the Eisteddfod this…
Read MoreCaldicot Choir shares Cardiff stage with American Tapestry Choir
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to enlarge. Last Thursday 30th June the choir travelled down the M4 to Cardiff to sing at the beautiful St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in Roath, Cardiff with the 1oo strong, mixed voices of the American Tapestry Choir. The M4 signs warned us of heavy…
Read MoreChoir Sings in Three Choirs Concert at the Castle
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click to enlarge It was unusually splendid, sunny afternoon in the grounds of Caldicot Castle on June 18th when three Male Voice Choirs from Monmouthshire took part in the Choirs in the Castle Concert to raise funds for the National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny in August. Caldicot, Chepstow and Monmouth got…
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