As part of a busy week, about 50 choristers, dressed in their casual uniform, took time out to travel to Tondu Rugby Club in Aberkenfig to entertain a group of Australian tourists, here for the Rugby World Cup.  The very appreciative group of Rugby enthusiasts and their wives were treated to an opening of ‘Advance…

Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click to enlarge.     On a beautiful, sunny, autumnal day, Saturday 10th October, Caldicot Male Voice Choir was delighted to sing at the wedding of chorister Gareth Thomas and his wife Davina’s son, Owain Rhodri Thomas to Alison Reeder, a charming American lady from Charleston, South Carolina in the USA, at the Baptist Church…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge.         On Saturday 3rd October, approximately sixty Caldicot choristers made their way down the M4 to the dreamily spired, historic University City of Oxford to perform at the magnificently decorated Oxford Town Hall with Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir.  This is the third…

    This will be a fabulous night for anyone who likes big band sounds from the forties and fifties or modern jazz smooth dance. The Chepstow Community Big Band give out a fabulous sound which will be enjoyed by all.   This is the first big event to be put on by the Choir’s…

  Photographs by Lyn Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge.   The Birdie Boys not only tweet and twitter in the choir, they and their friends play a round of Golf or two to raise funds for Charities.  Last Saturday 36 of them came along to the St Pierre Marriott Golf resort near Chepstow…

     Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge     Caldicot Male Voice Choir’s Gala Concert on September 5th was extra special this year in that our guest choir was the Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir who made their way down from the City of Spires via the M4 to be with…

  Left click on the images to enlarge.   A few weeks ago a Gwent choir suggested in a newspaper report that it was recruiting heavily and was now the largest choir in South Wales with 65 members.  I think this suggestion was a mis-quote perhaps.  Also there are a number of choirs in South Wales who…

    Glorious sunny Saturday 15th August saw 58 choristers, Musical Director Siân Hatton and accompanist John Nicholson make the journey to sing at the wedding of Joanne Hunt to John Sabin at midday at St Mary’s Church, Magor.  We probably outnumbered the wedding guests but what a fabulous turn out.   The choir packed themselves…

It was with great delight that after the break in practice last night, Musical Director Siân mounted the podium to announce to loud cheers that top tenor John Searle had passed his second voice test.  John’s membership now swells the ranks of the top tenors to twenty two.  The top tenor section is the second largest…

Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge       On Saturday August 1st,  54 members of the choir and the musical team endured the slow moving traffic down the M5 to reach Tiverton before driving up the picturesque Exe valley, through narrow lanes to the tiny village of Oakford, nestling in…

Photograph by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on the image to enlarge.   The Choir is continuing to recruit new members to its ranks and we are pleased to record that in 2013 and 2014 we recruited 24 new members and to date in 2015 another five.  In that time a few older members have retired or passed…

  It is with mixed feelings that we sing the beautiful hymn in Welsh, ‘Gwahoddiad’ meaning ‘Invitation’ because so often it is sung in tribute to the passing of a current or retired chorister.  Last week was no exception when we learned of the sad death on 21st July, after illness of long standing and…

  Next Saturday 1st August the Choir is going to St Peter’s Church in Oakford, North Devon near Tiverton for the first time.  Please make every effort to come.  It’s our first away concert in a while.   It is known that there has been a church on the present site since the 15th Century…

It was only a few months ago that 19 year-olds Sam Atkins and Liam Evans walked into the choir hall after hearing us at an afterglow in Chepstow in May and decided to try a bit of choral singing with us.  At about the same time Harry Giblin also came in and decided to give it a…

        Those who were at the choir hall last Saturday evening to celebrate the return of the cycle club and its friends from their epic ride were impressed with the visit and performance of some of the Serenata Ladies Choir who came to entertain us.  They certainly did!  The choir committee has…

    Photos by Lyn and Colleen Gauntlett and Leon Jones.  Left click on images to enlarge.   From the source of the River Severn and steep slopes of Plynlimmon, across the mid Wales hills to Shrewsbury, up hill and down dale through Shropshire including Ironbridge gorge, to Bridgenorth, Stourport-on-Severn to Worcester and Tewkesbury and…

Photo by Lyn Gauntlett   Members of Cõr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club, friends and supporters leave the choir hall this morning to set out on their epic three day sponsored cycle ride from the source of the Severn to Caldicot via Shrewsbury, Ironbridge, Bridgnorth, Stourport upon Severn, Worcester, Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Thornbury and finally over the…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett   On a typically sunny, early Summer evening on Saturday 27th June the choir made its second appearance of the day (previously at Caldicot Town Centre prior to the Bardic procession) at the small Caerwent Parish Church of St. Stephen’s to help raise funds for the building restoration. The choir has sung…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett        On 27th June the Choir were proud to sing in the town centre prior to the parade and proclamation of the forthcoming Eisteddfod in Abergavenny in 2016. This has to be done at least one year before the Eisteddfod takes place and Caldicot is honoured that the castle…

    Photograph by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on the image to enlarge.   On Sunday 7th June, 59 choristers and the musical team of Siân Hatton, Shirley Anne James and Stephen Berry assembled at the 550 seat Wyastone Concert Hall near Ganarew, a village about 3 miles north east of Monmouth, in the glorious, sunlit…