Photos by Colleen.  Left click on image to enlarge.   The Choir’s fund raising campaign to help Annalese buy a new bed and also provide support to Sparkles, a Newport based Charity which supports severly disabled children and those with learning or behavioural problems lead a more rewarding life, got off to a good start…

    2014 saw the Caldicot Male Voice Choir, its associated cycle club Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club and the Birdie Boys Golf Society busying themselves with several events to raise funds for a very worthy cause, Prostate Cymru. The year kicked off with a table top sale at the Choir Hall in January, raising…

It was announced at practice that this Saturday 17th January, David Scott reaches his eightieth birthday. Known variously as Davey, sometimes Dai, he moved from Scotland to South Wales some forty odd years ago and has stayed ever since.  Still retaining most of his Scottish brogue and a fellow Celt proud of his Scottish roots,…

  Following the success of the past two Quiz Nights we’ve held at the Choir Hall, we are pleased to announce that we are holding another one on 30th January.  Doors open at 7-00pm and we’ll start the Quiz at about 7-30pm.  Please pay at the door at £2 per person and teams of up…

Alongside his wife and family, long serving second tenor, chorister Ken Gibbs was thrilled to receive a well deserved Lifetime Achievement Award and elected as an Honorary Vice President on November 27th 2014 at his son’s restaurant, The Woodlands Tavern in Llanfair Discoed on 27th November in front of over 40 choristers who gave him a…

It wasn’t so long ago that Dylan (pronounced Die-lan) Balgobin walked into the Choir Hall to listen to us and immediately joined in by passing his first voice test.  Experienced chorister and singer in various roles, Dylan soon settled in as a top tenor and on Monday 5th January he elected to go into the…

I don’t know what inspires people to join our choir.  Is it because they already have friends who are choristers, have they seen us in the local papers, visited our web site or been to one of our concerts?  Whatever the reasons we have seen our numbers rise by 24 new choristers in the past twenty months…

    After a two year hiatus, the long standing tradition of the Caldicot Choir Carol Concert was reintroduced onto the choir’s Christmas calender. The ever popular concert features the choir and a local primary school in yuletide harmony; singing festive songs and raising funds for the designated Parent Teacher’s Association. Thus it was that…

Saturday, 29th November 2014   WALES 12 SOUTH AFRICA 6      A MILESTONE MOMENT AT THE MAJESTIC  MILLENNIUM.   Caldicot Male Voice Choir were highly honoured to have been invited to the majestic Millennium stadium, on Saturday 29th November, 2014 to join with choral colleagues from Maesteg a’r Cylch and Penybontmawr, as guest choirs of the Welsh Rugby…

  What a great evening at the Choir Hall on Saturday, 15th November. About a hundred and fifty people flocked to the hall to watch the local group ‘The Beat Goes On’ getting the room rocking with their array of Beatles hits. They were all there, from ‘Love Me Do’ to ‘Yellow Submarine’, a splendid…

 Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on the image to enlarge. The final concert of three in one week by the choir to support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and Welsh Warrior was an incredible event at the fabulously poppy festooned Caldicot Castle.  Organised by Monmouthshire County Council on Saturday November 8th.,  an audience of…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on the images to enlarge. On a wet and stormy Friday night on November 7th  the Choir of about 70 members made  its way over the Severn Bridge and on to All Saint’s Church at Long Ashton Bristol to support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and Church Restoration funds.…

 Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge   On Saturday 1st November, the Choir was privileged to be invited to join several other choirs from across Wales to sing at the The Wales Festival of Remembrance 2014 at St David’s Hall, Cardiff.  After making our way through the labyrinth of corridors and…

  Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge         October 24th saw the last of the fund raising events supported by the Choir this year to raise funds for Prostate Cymru, our nominated charity.   Several events have been staged, starting with a Table Top Sale last January, an Open Rehearsal Evening in March and…

We already had one brother, top tenor John Antell in the choir and a few months ago his two brothers Nick and Nigel also walked through the doors and after listening to us for a short while, walked into the back room with Siân to take their first voice tests to determine which section they…

As most of you know we’ll be singing at the Wales – South Africa game on 29th November at the Millenium Stadium.   The choir is very busy practising all the pieces we have to sing including the South African National Anthem   If you click on the link below it will take you to…

The Quiz night as the last event in our fund raising efforts for Prostate Cymru is fast approaching and will be with us on 24th October.  It starts at 7-00pm and Lyn will be the Quiz master once again.  There were many requests to hold a Quiz night at more frequent intervals but once a…

    An event to look out for when on November 15th the Beat Goes On, a Tribute to the Beatles Band are coming to Caldicot Choir Hall.   This is the night when the Grand Draw will also take place for prizes of £500, £100 and £50 to the lucky winners.  Tickets are £5…

  Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on the images to enlarge.   On a cold, wet, windy October 13th morning the choir assembled inside the new ASDA store in Caldicot while hundreds queued in the pouring rain around the car park, waiting to be the first to enter .  Ten o’clock arrived as local heroine…

     Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge     From research by accompanist Stephen Berry of the choir archives, maintained by chorister Ron Palmer, it was determined that the first ever major concert by the fledgling choir took place 50 years ago in the Methodist Church in Caldicot.  While we…