Round tables used to create room to move in pleasing space
The Choir has recently updated its seating arrangements by purchasing 16 round table which can seat up to ten people on each. Not only is the arrangement more attractive but more people can be accommodated in the hall, more comfortably and wioth more space to move around. Augmented by purpose made white table cloths the…
FABULOUS JOINT EVENING OF SONG WITH BARRY MVC
On the competition stage there is great rivalry between male voice choirs but away from that there is true friendship and camaraderie amongst all who share the incredible, common hobby and experience of singing in a Male Voice Choir. This was exemplified when Barry Male Voice Choir took up the invitation of the choristers of…
Dragon Photo presented to ProSteel Engineering
On 15th September Caldicot Male Voice Choir had the privilege of being the first choir to sing at the new 89 million pound International Convention Centre, Wales at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport. On the plaza outside the Centre is an impressive, huge 22 tonne, 10 metre high Red Dragon of Wales and the Choir…
Choristers prepare for Royal Albert Hall in 2021
Sunday 13th October 2019 saw the first rehearsal of those Choirs that will be travelling to London in May 2021 to participate in the Welsh Association of Male Choirs’ incredible Festival of Male Choirs in the magnificent surroundings of the Royal Albert Hall. Caldicot Male Voice Choir has participated in many of these occasions in…
Choir’s Birdie Boys Raise Funds for Sepsis
On Saturday the 5th October the rain held off long enough for some 42 golfers to go a sponsored round in aid of The Sepsis Trust UK. at Llanwern Golf Club near Newport. The event was organised by members of Caldicot Male Voice Choir’s Golf Society, the Birdie Boys. Attended by Terence Canning, Director of…
Choir Sings at Magor’s St Mary’s Church
Photograph by Colleen Gauntlett On Saturday 28th September over forty of the Choir’s members made the short journey to St Mary’s Church in Magor to support the Magor Benifice Churchmen’s Society and Magor Events which raise funds to local deserving good causes and charities. Organised and compered by Robert Kenny, the concert opened with the…
CHOIR ROARS IN FRONT OF ICC WALES DRAGON
Photographs taken by Colleen Gauntlett Caldicot Male Voice Choir became the first ever choir to sing at the new International Convention Centre, Wales at the Celtic Manor, Newport on Sunday 15th September 2019. This was also the first ever convention and exhibition held at the centre which has not officially opened yet. The Choir sang…
CHOIR SINGS AT ANNUAL WORLD SEPSIS DAY DINNER
Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett Caldicot Male Voice Choir was pleased to perform at the World Sepsis Day Dinner at the Park Plaza Hotel in Cardiff on Friday 13th September. The entertainment was in two parts of about 30 minutes each. Part one was at the drinks reception prior to the dinner and part 2 was…
Choristers attend first Anniversary of Sensory Garden
Caldicot Male Voice Choir has a proud history of raising funds through its activities and concerts for National and local charities and good causes. 2018 was no exception when it succeeded in raising about £4000 to enable the Severn View Nursing Home in Chepstow to create a sensory garden for its residents, many of whom…
Choir Sings at Caerphilly Castle Wedding
Caldicot Male Voice Choir was delighted to be invited to sing at the wedding of Jess Andrews and Peter Green in the majestic hall of Caerphilly Castle on 9th August. Luckily the rain held off for the happy couple who met in the Tippling Philosopher in Caldicot (now closed) 9 years ago. Jess is a…
Choir Sings at Monmouth Gymanfa Ganu
For the third consecutive year, Caldicot Male Voice Choir’s Assistant Musical Director Shirley Anne James, was invited to conduct the Annual Gymanfa Ganu at the beautiful Monmouth Methodist Church as part of the Monmouth Festival on Thursday 1st August. Shirley Anne has been conducting Gymanfaoedd Canu and singing festivals since her early twenties, beginning in…
Choir Sings for King of the Zulu Nation
Caldicot Male Voice Choir has a long connection with Royalty having sung before Queen Elizabeth II, The Duchess of York and recently the Prince of Wales. However, perhaps its most unusual connection to date was to be privileged to be invited to sing before King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, King of the Zulu Nation at a…
CHOIR HALL PAYS HOST TO INDIAN PRE WEDDING
Caldicot Choir Hall paid host to one of its most unusual events on Saturday 20th July, namely the pre-wedding Indian Sangeet ceremony of Kiran Pabla and Dee Jay Bains. Kiran is the daughter of Charanjit Pabla and Uma Pabla from Rogiet. Dee Jay hails from Coventry and the couple were introduced via the Internet about…
Another Birthday Celebratory Cake
It’s become something of a tradition that if there is a special event in the Choir, Choir photographer, Colleen Gauntlett will on special request make a celebratory cake as a treat for appreciative choristers on a practice night. In recent months cakes have been made to celebrate the thirty years service by Sian Hatton to…
Fabulous Concert in Aid of Sepsis UK Trust
Caldicot Male Voice Choir is proud of its heritage of raising funds for charity and good causes and Saturday 6th July at Caldicot Choir Hall saw a new dimension in its efforts to raise funds for its adopted charity, The Sepsis UK Trust (Wales) this year. The event raised about £1800 for the charity which…
Choir enjoys June Krakow Tour
About 40 choristers from Caldicot Male Voice Choir, the music team of Sian Hatton, Shirley Anne James, Stephen Berry and John Nicholson and another 40 supporters left the choir hall to undertake a five day tour of the wonderful Polish city, Krakow on June 6th 2019. On the first day, during glorious weather the choir…
Choir honoured to sing at Vice President Funeral
On 14th May 2019 at St Mary’s Church, Magor, the Choir was saddened but honoured and privileged to be invited to sing at the funeral of long standing Vice President Olive Evans MBE. Olive had been a stalwart in the Monmouthshire community, devoting her life to service not only as a school teacher and deputy…
Choir Visited by Icelandic Choir
Sunday evening 28th April saw fabulous entertainment at the packed Caldicot Choir Hall when Caldicot Male Voice Choir paid host to visiting Choir ‘Karlakor Eyjafjardar’ from northern Iceland. The Icelanders had already performed at St John’s Church in Cardiff, visited Swansea and the Gower coast and watched Cardiff Blues play the Ospreys at the Principality…
Shirley Anne Presents a Celebratory Cake to the Choir
Normally Caldicot Male Voice Choir gives out presentations and accolades to well deserving choristers, supporters and guest artistes but on April 29th something different and special occurred. Assistant Musical Director for the past 17 years, Shirley Anne James decided that to mark her 60th birthday she would present the choir with a specially commissioned cake…
Presentations Made to Two Outstanding Choristers
Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett At Caldicot Male Voice Choir’s Annual Concert on Saturday 6th April, following a wonderful performance by both the choir and its Guest Artiste, Rhydian Jenkins, two presentations were made to well deserving, outstanding choristers. The first presentation was to long standing chorister Mervyn Roberts (who is approaching forty years service) of…