2014
Beatles Tribute Comes to Choir Hall
An event to look out for when on November 15th the Beat Goes On, a Tribute to the Beatles Band are coming to Caldicot Choir Hall. This is the night when the Grand Draw will also take place for prizes of £500, £100 and £50 to the lucky winners. Tickets are £5…
Read MoreCaldicot Choir sings at Asda Store Opening
Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on the images to enlarge. On a cold, wet, windy October 13th morning the choir assembled inside the new ASDA store in Caldicot while hundreds queued in the pouring rain around the car park, waiting to be the first to enter . Ten o’clock arrived as local heroine…
Read MoreChoir Performs at Caldicot Methodist Church
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to enlarge From research by accompanist Stephen Berry of the choir archives, maintained by chorister Ron Palmer, it was determined that the first ever major concert by the fledgling choir took place 50 years ago in the Methodist Church in Caldicot. While we…
Read More50th Anniversary Concert at Caldicot Methodist Church
Left click on image to enlarge From research of the Choir archives (kept by Ron Palmer), accompanist Stephen Berry determined that the first ever major concert held by the choir was held on October 12th 1964 at the Methodist Church in Caldicot. To celebrate this significant and momentous anniversary, a concert has long…
Read MoreYet another new chorister! A top tenor too!
At practice last night, the door opened and in walked a complete stranger who, after introductions sat down to listen to us. At the interval he approached Siân and asked to take his first voice test. Keen or what? He emerged just a few minutes later and was announced that he can indeed sing and…
Read MoreChoir Returns to Roxbourne, Harrow
On a cool but sunny October 4th 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 streets that make up the London Borough of Harrow. The Choir was delighted to accept the…
Read MoreMervyn Reaches Birthday Milestone
It is always a pleasure to report any significant moments in the lifetime of one of our most noted choristers and it is with delight to report the 80th birthday on Saturday October 4th of long standing, baritone chorister Mervyn Roberts. Mervyn first joined the choir, after re-locating from Neath in 1962…
Read MoreArtistes at our Annual Concert in April
GREAT NEWS! Firstly, every one was so impressed with our compère, Rebecca John at the Gala Concert recently, that we had no hesitation in inviting her back to host our Annual Concert next year on April 11th. To our delight she is available and has immediately accepted our invitation. We all fondly remember, not only…
Read MoreWalk in visitor comes to practice
We were delighted when a stranger walked into the choir hall and asked to listen to us practice. It seems that 71 year old John Phelps was walking past the choir hall a while ago on his round the Wales coastal path walk when he heard us singing. He resolved that when he finished his…
Read MoreChoir returns to Faringdon
On a misty day the Caldicot Male Voice Choir meandered its way through the the rolling pastures of the English countryside for the third time in five years to the ancient 12th century All Saint’s Church in Faringdon, Oxfordshire. On the 20th September , in aid of the Rotary Club of Faringdon and District, the…
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