On Sunday 31st March, 30 members of Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club and four Guests from Newport Social Cycling Club spent 8 hours riding round and around Redwick to try and complete as many laps of the ‘Redwick 2 mile circuit’ as they were able.  780 laps were completed in all – a total of…

The National Eisteddfod is to be held in Monmouthshire at Abergavenny from 29th July to 6th August in 2016 and the Proclamation of this has to be announced one year in advance.  This year the Eisteddfod Proclamation Ceremony is to take place at Caldicot Castle on 27th June, starting in the town centre at 10-am.   The…

  Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge.   On a gloriously sunny afternoon of Saturday 16th May over 60 members of the choir made the journey to the Christchurch Centre in Old Malpas Road, Newport to join in with the Rotary Club of Newport concert for Senior Citizens and Supporters.   The…

  Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to enlarge. The Choir was pleased to give up its usual Thursday night practice to come together at Caldicot Methodist Church on Thursday 14th May.  65 choristers and the musical team made the short journey to create a wonderful, diverse concert and joined by well known, delightful local…

Great news for the Choir is that we are thrilled to have welcomed four new members into the choir in the past few weeks.  Many thanks to Jeff Williams for writing the following details while Lyn Gauntlett (who normally writes these posts) was away:-   HARRY GILBIN Harry joined the Choir on Monday, 20th April and is…

    On Saturday, 25th May, 2015, Caldicot Male Voice Choir combined in concert with the Chepstow based Divertimenti Recorder Consort; in order to raise funds for Parkinson’s Research UK. The concert had been arranged by Mr Steve Lewis of the Chepstow and District Parkinson’s Support Group and the venue was the magnificent St. Mary’s…

  This year the 52nd Annual Concert by Caldicot Male Voice Choir was a resounding success thanks to all the hard work put into it by the choristers over the past few months.  A challenging but entertaining programme was put together and included an eclectic mix of music from classical Welsh hymns to songs from…

Photos by Lyn. Left click on the images to enlarge.   Last Thursday 2nd April, the Choir was delighted to be visited by old friends from Wiesenthal in Germany.  Wiesenthal is of course twinned with Caldicot.  The Choir has toured there in the past and visitors from the town regularly come to Caldicot as supporters…

Photos by Lyn Gauntlett.   Left click on the images to enlarge   Last Friday the Choir Hall was turned into something resembling Chepstow Race Track without the grass for the Annual run of the Caldicot Male Voice Choir Race Night.  This event, now organised for the third time by chorister Ron Powell, has raised…

Sometime we undervalue the role played by our Choir in creating new friendships but equally important, is there a role that the choir can have in reuniting long lost friends from the past?   On Monday 16th March we were visited by Richard Nelson from Charleston in the USA as a guest of accompanist Stephen Berry.…

Left click on the images to enlarge   The Choir has recently purchased and installed a professional cinema screen and projector at the Choir Hall and on Friday March 13th it opened its doors for its first showing of the film The Hobbit’s latest release ‘The Battle of the Five Armies’.  The attendance was a…

          The Choir is extremely fortunate that we have a highly talented and loyal Musical team who pull together to ensure we belong to a choir to be proud of.   Musical Director Siân and her husband Dai had arranged to visit Australia in February and March for 3 weeks so…

It was with great delight that we learned that recent recruit David Woolnough went into the back room with Siân to take his 2nd voice test.  Supported by fellow 2nd tenor Mike Thurman he bravely sang a part of Nidaros and emerged to the announcement  that he had passed his 2nd voice test and is now eligible…

  Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge       Following the invite of Cirencester Male Voice Choir to sing with them, about 50 choristers and musical team of Caldicot Male Voice Choir made their way through the rolling Cotswold countryside to the so-called cathedral of the Cotswolds. the wonderful St…

  The Annual Concert is almost upon us and we’re all working hard to make it a great one.  The poster says it all.  We’ve got a world famous tenor in Wynne Evans to sing for us and the wonderful Rebecca John is hosting it.  How can you not miss this one.  

 Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge.   The Choir’s chosen charities this year are ‘Sparkle’ a Newport based charity which supports severely disabled children from Newport and parts of Torfaen and Monmouthshire to lead more rewarding lives and local Caldicot youngster Annalese Gosling who suffers from a severe genetic disease known as FOP.   Sparkle…

  On Saturday 7th March the choir is once again, after a two year respite going to visit the historic medieval Cotswold town of Cirencester.  Most of you will remember our many bi-annual visits, organised by Vice -presidents Alan and Margaret Moss, to Bingham Hall with its glorious chandeliers to sing to raise money for local…

Left click on the image to enlarge.   Throughout its 52 year history Caldicot Male Voice Choir has always been proud of its tradition to fund-raise for many charities and worthwhile organisations, locally, nationally and internationally.  Last year the choir raised £8000 to help Prostate Cymru as well as over £1000 for The Teenage Cancer…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click to enlarge.   Almost fifty members of the choir made their way across the border by car and coach to the beautiful setting of Clearwell Castle, nestled in  a picturesque valley of the Forest of Dean.  The romantically set venue, on appropriately St Valentine’s Day, played host to the wedding reception…

Did you know that Caldicot Male Voice Choir has produced eight recordings? The latest was made in 2010 at Sain Studios in Pentyrch, Cardfiff and it is still available at £10 each. plus p & p. Great sounds including American Trilogy, Fields of Athenry, Tydi a Rhoddaist, Bohemian Rhapsody and many more. Listen to extracts on…