2013

  On the 18th October over 40 choristers crossed the Chepstow bridge over the River Wye and followed the meandering A48 alongside the Severn Estuary to the picturesque small town of  Westbury-on-Severn, nestling on the banks of the River Severn and famous for its views of the unique, world-famous Severn Bore.   The coach was…

Press Release   You will remember that one of the 3-D, 50th Anniversary fruit cakes made and decorated by chorister Lyn’s wife, Colleen Gauntlett was auctioned at the afterglow following the Gala Concert.  The cake was bought by a consortium of four choristers, Ron Powell, Bob Brown, Tony Griffiths and Mark Stocker.  It was decided…

  On Friday 1st November, there will be a QUIZ NIGHT, courtesy of Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club at the Choir Hall at 7-00 pm. to raise funds for the Choir.   On the sponsored ride from Brecon to Caldicot, the Cycle Club raised about £5000 in sponsorship to help the Victims of Chernobyl Children’s…

  While it is great to have our own Choir Hall it means that we all have a responsibility to keep it clean and maintain the structure and buildings. We are rightly proud of our building and so this week-end about twenty or so willing volunteers turned up to work hard on all the little…

    The Choir was thrilled and delighted when local lad, John Antell from Caldicot walked through the doors at practice last night.  Well known to many choristers and the son of a former chorister, also called John, he sat down and listened to us for a while and then announced he would like to join.  …

Photos by Phil Cody, Mike Knepper and Lyn. To enlarge left click on images     Press Release   On a cool but sunny October 5th Autumnal afternoon the choir made its way over the Severn Bridge and along the M4, past majestic Windsor Castle before turning off to drive through the maze of suburban…

As always the choir opens it’s arms to visitors and it was with great pleasure that we welcomed a guest all the way from Los Angeles, USA to practice tonight (October 3rd 2013).   Stephen Jones who is staying in Caerwent visiting has mother, was brought along to practice by our most fervent supporter, Allen…

Press Release   The Choir is proud to continue its Open Door Policy and at last Thursday’s practice  it was particularly pleased to welcome Chepstow and District Welsh Society through its doors.  Regrettably many choirs have a limited repertoire of Welsh songs but we are rightly proud to support our Welsh heritage, culture and language…

Within the past few months, the choir has been delighted to welcome four new members to the choir, top tenors Frank Wells,  Stephen Edwards, 2nd tenor Russell Woodward and baritones Craig Howells and Philip Cody. Steve and Phil joined after years of intensive persuasion and cajoling by other choristers, Phil being a long-standing vice-president and Steve…