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Teenage Cancer Charity Visitors
The Choir was pleased to welcome Anne and David Hextable to Choir Practice on Monday evening. Anne and David are representatives of The Teenage Charity Trust which is the only UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the chances of survival for young people between the ages of 13 and 24 who have…
Read MoreTwo New Tenors!
Last week, introduced by baritone Allan Saye, Stefan Edwards came along to practice to have a listen to us and was so encouraged by us reading our new pieces from music sheets that he thought ‘it couldn’t be too hard, I might join’. This Monday he saw and heard us singing a range of familiar songs…
Read MoreCaldicot Concert Starts 50th Anniversary Year
Press Release Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to enlarge What better way to start our 50th Anniversary Year than with a concert in our own home town of Caldicot! Almost 60 choristers travelled the short distance from the choir hall in pouring rain to sing to a full house at Caldicot…
Read MoreBill Nash, 90 Years Young
All the members and friends of Caldicot Male Voice Choir joined together in his rare absence at practice on Monday to congratulate and wish long serving chorister Bill Nash a very happy 90th Birthday on Wednesday 9th January. Born at a time of economic depression and general strikes, Bill hails from Llanharan, saw wartime service…
Read MoreNew 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 MoreNew Year’s Eve Sell-out
Following the success of previous social evenings this year, Mark Stocker is delighted to announce that the New Year’s Eve Event with Barry Hammett’s Swingshift Band is a total sell-out. Entry to the Choir Hall on New Year’s Eve will be strictly TICKET ONLY as all seats and table arrangements have been finalised. Many thanks to…
Read MoreAnniversary Calendar for 2013
Following on from wonderful past calendars, Bass chorister Wyn Goodwin and son James have produced a superb calendar for the Choir’s Golden Jubilee Year in 2013. The front page shows the earliest known photograph of the choir in its’ foundation year of 1963 and the pages turn, month by month to reveal scenes of the Caldicot area in an…
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…
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