Did you know that at our Choir Hall we have a state of the art cinematic projector system which is coupled up to our superb sound system in the acoustically designed hall? To take even more advantage of this, the Choir has obtained a TV licence and we can now show…

The choir is saddened on two counts so far this year.       Firstly long standing chorister of over thirty years, bottom bass David Scott informed us that due to continuing ill health he has reluctantly decided to retire from the choir.  A native of Scotland Dave, also known as Davy or Dai, is an adopted…

Christmas is a joyous time at Caldicot Male Voice Choir. The yuletide festivities begin at the end of November when the dust is blown off the choristers’ Christmas carol music and the seasonal songs are sounded out once again. The traditional Christmas School Concert is staged at the Choir Hall with an invited local primary…

Christmas celebrations started a little early for the Choir when Colleen Gauntlett, wife of our PRO, Lyn came to the choir hall and resumed a tradition she started a few years ago.   Colleen presented a self baked Christmas cake for consumption by the choristers at half time at practice on Monday 21st November.  Many…

  Photo by Lyn Gauntlett.  Left click on image to enlarge   The choir loves to sing at weddings when it can and one of its favourite venues is the local St Mary the Virgin church in Caldicot. On a chilly but sunny November 5th some fifty choristers were delighted to sing at the wedding…

  It seems like every time we open our doors for practice a newcomer walks in and wants to join in.  This time it was the turn of Nathan Smith, a 22 year old from the Spytty area of Newport.   A few weeks ago we were joined by a new member, bass Oliver Edwards…

  Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on an image to enlarge.   On Saturday 15th October over 50 members of Caldicot Male Voice Choir travelled up the modern M50 and M5 motorways before following in the footsteps of the ancient Romans along the Fosse Way to the picturesque All Saint’s Church in the village…

  On October 6th Caldicot Male Voice Choir was thrilled to be visited by prize winning soprano Ffion Edwards who was presented with a £1000 award and a crystal glass plaque as winner of the Geraint Morris Memorial Award by the chairman of the Welsh Association of Male Choirs, Ellis Davies and Association representatives, vice-chairman Richard Howells and former chairman…

In a remarkable few weeks the choir has recruited an unprecedented FIVE new choristers since the beginning of September and we also welcome the return of a top tenor to our ranks.  This increase brings the recruitment of new members since the Annual Concert to TEN, nearly two a month!  Last Monday, two of these,  baritones Chris…

    On October 6th the Choir will be visited by prize winning soprano Ffion Edwards who will be presented with a £1000 award as winner of the Geraint Morris Memorial Award by the chairman of the Welsh Association of Male Choirs, Ellis Davies.  Hopefully, health permitting, WAMC secretary Layton Watkins will also be there.   The…

Photos by Lyn Gauntlett.  Left Click to enlarge     This Autumn’s rain seems to follow all the events organised by Caldicot Male Voice Choir recently and the Birdie Boys St Pierre Challenge was no exception on the drizzly morning of September 10th. This annual event is organised by the choir’s associated Golf Society, The…

Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge   The rainy season seems to follow Caldicot Male Voice Choir around these days but undaunted by the weather about 250 people, including MP for Newport East Jessica Morden and Monmouthshire County Council Chairman Jim Higginson, made their way to Caldicot Leisure Centre to make up…

    Photos by Leon Jones.  Left click on images to enlarge.   A few weeks ago on Thursday 4th August the Choir was delighted that long serving chorister Colin Jones visited us at practice and he was thrilled to be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Honorary Vice Presidency by Musical Director Siân Hatton and chairman…

Caldicot Male Voice Choir is well known for and is proud of its charity fund raising efforts through its concerts over many years and has raised several hundreds of thousands of pound in its history.  It continues to be active in this through its charity concert programmes over the year.  To enhance its endeavours it…

We are always thrilled to welcome visitors to our Choir Hall, none more so than to welcome a visitor who originally comes from Canada but has lived in Caldicot since last November.  Andy Friedman came to listen to us after seeing a poster advertising our Gala Concert on Saturday and at half time was so keen…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.   Left click on images to view   Last year almost to the day,  Caldicot Male Voice Choir was proud to have sang at St Mary’s in Magor for the wedding of Joanne Hunt to John Sabin on a glorious August day at St Mary’s church in Magor so were were thrilled…

Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Click on images to enlarge   For the first time since 2004, Caldicot Male Voice Choir took up the challenge to enter the National Eisteddfod, this year held at Abergavenny on Saturday 6th August.  Entry into this has meant huge amounts of organisation, dedicated practice and commitment from all of the choristers and…

Last Monday 4th July, Chris Richards came into the choir hall with his neighbour, tenor Nigel Antell who’d been nagging him for months to join us, to have a listen and meet a few of us.  Even though we were practicing hard to learn the new songs that we will be singing in the Eisteddfod this…

    Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to enlarge. Last Thursday 30th June the choir travelled down the M4 to Cardiff to sing at the beautiful St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church in Roath, Cardiff with  the 1oo strong, mixed voices of the American Tapestry Choir.  The M4 signs warned us of heavy…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click to enlarge   It was unusually splendid, sunny afternoon in the grounds of Caldicot Castle on June 18th when three Male Voice Choirs from Monmouthshire took part in the Choirs in the Castle Concert to raise funds for the National Eisteddfod in Abergavenny in August. Caldicot, Chepstow and Monmouth got…