2014
Remembrance Concert 8th November
Left click on the images to enlarge Caldicot Male Voice Choir is honoured to be invited by Monmouthshire County Council to perform alongside The Military Wives Choir and Welsh tenor, Wynne Evans at the Memorial Concert to remember those who made the greatest sacrifice for our country in the First World War a…
Read MoreNext Concert is Faringdon All Saint’s Church
Our next concert will be held at All Saints Church, Faringdon, Oxfordshire on Saturday 20th September. Click on the link to visit their web-site to find out more. Many of you will remember that we sang here on 4th June 2011 to a packed house although it is a narrow church and we were squeezed…
Read MoreGala Concert a Resounding Success
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett (Left click on images to enlarge) What an incredible night at Caldicot Leisure Centre on Saturday 6th September! The Choir sang its heart out perfectly, the Mabe Ladies Choir conjoined in wonderful harmony with Caldicot’s performance perfectly and Rebecca John from the BBC’s Wales Today programme compèred the evening…
Read MoreChoir to sing for Wales and South African Rugby Teams
At our Annual Concert this year, Dr Haydn James came along to listen to us. So impressed was he, that it was announced last Monday that on behalf of the Welsh Rugby Union, he invited us to sing, along with two other choirs to the 72,000 crowd before the kick off of the Wales v South Africa…
Read MoreCycle Club Trailer Passes Tests
We all appreciate that the Choir’s associated cycle club, Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club does a fabulous job in promoting our Choir through its activities, fun bike rides and charity events. In addition to the twelve or so choristers who are members of the club, events also include up to another thirty or forty…
Read MoreChris Passes Second Voice Test
Last night at practice, new chorister Chris Nolan trod the well worn path, almost unnoticed, to the back room with Siân to take his second voice test. Choosing to sing the bass part of Dafydd y Garreg Wen, he emerged to the announcement that he sang it perfectly and is now eligible to sing in…
Read MoreSian is One Degree Over
It was announced last night that Musical Director Siân has successfully completed her B.Sc. degree in Community Nursing at the University of Glamorgan. Llongyfarchiadau mawr, many congratulations from all of us in the choir, Siân. To quote Siân “I did the degree at the University of Glamorgan. It was a 2 year course part time and resulted…
Read MoreBrotherly love inspires Nigel to join choir
We have already recently welcomed brothers John and Nick Antell to the choir, but we were delightfully surprised to see a third brother, Nigel turn up to practice last night. Without hesitation, he went into the back room with Siân to do his warbling bit of oooohs and aaaahs and emerged to the announcement…
Read MoreChoristers and friends cycle for Prostate Cymru
What an event! Four days of sheer torture and happiness. Three hard stages of cycling plus three nights camping out with a great bunch of lads. Day 1 – leaving the Choir Hall early afternoon in the mini-bus, driven by Leon to the Gateway Holiday Park in Llanelli. Eventually tents put up and bedded-down for…
Read MoreChoir Visited by Belarus Children
Photos by Colleen. Left click on images to enlarge Last year the Choir’s quest was to raise over £6000 to help bring children who are victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1988. Many suffer from illnesses related to the ongoing levels of radiation which devastated this area and has…
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