Left click on image to enlarge   From research of the Choir archives (kept by Ron Palmer), accompanist Stephen Berry determined that the first ever major concert held by the choir was held on October 12th 1964 at the Methodist Church in Caldicot.   To celebrate this significant and momentous anniversary, a concert has long…

At practice last night, the door opened and in walked a complete stranger who, after introductions sat down to listen to us.  At the interval he approached Siân and asked to take his first voice test.  Keen or what? He emerged just a few minutes later and was announced that he can indeed sing and…

      On a cool but sunny October 4th Autumnal afternoon the choir made its way over the Severn Bridge and along the M4, past majestic Windsor Castle before turning off to drive through the maze of suburban streets that make up the London Borough of Harrow.  The Choir was delighted to accept the…

    It is always a pleasure to report any significant moments in the lifetime of one of our most noted choristers and it is with delight to report the  80th birthday on Saturday October 4th of long standing, baritone chorister  Mervyn Roberts.   Mervyn first joined the choir, after re-locating from Neath in 1962…

GREAT NEWS!    Firstly, every one was so impressed with our compère, Rebecca John at the Gala Concert recently, that we had no hesitation in inviting her back to host our Annual Concert next year on April 11th.  To our delight she is available and has immediately accepted our invitation.  We all fondly remember, not only…

We were delighted when a stranger walked into the choir hall and asked to listen to us practice.   It seems that 71 year old  John Phelps was walking past the choir hall a while ago on his round the Wales coastal path walk when  he heard us singing.   He resolved that when he finished his…

  On a misty day the Caldicot Male Voice Choir  meandered its way through the the rolling pastures of the English countryside for the third time in five years to the ancient 12th century All Saint’s Church in Faringdon, Oxfordshire.  On the 20th September , in aid of the Rotary Club of Faringdon and District, the…

Left click on the images to enlarge     Caldicot Male Voice Choir is honoured to be invited by Monmouthshire County Council to perform alongside The Military Wives Choir and Welsh tenor, Wynne Evans at the Memorial Concert to remember those who made the greatest sacrifice for our country in the First World War a…

  Our next concert will be held at All Saints Church, Faringdon, Oxfordshire on Saturday 20th September.  Click on the link to visit their web-site to find out more. Many of you will remember that we sang here on 4th June 2011 to a packed house although it is a narrow church and we were squeezed…

  Photos by Colleen Gauntlett (Left click on images to enlarge)     What an incredible night at Caldicot Leisure Centre on Saturday 6th September! The Choir sang its heart out perfectly, the Mabe Ladies Choir conjoined in wonderful harmony with Caldicot’s performance perfectly and Rebecca John from the BBC’s Wales Today programme compèred the evening…

  At our Annual Concert this year,  Dr Haydn James came along to listen to us.  So impressed was he, that it was announced last Monday that on behalf of the Welsh Rugby Union, he invited us to sing, along with two other choirs to the 72,000 crowd before the kick off of the Wales v South Africa…

  We all appreciate that the Choir’s associated cycle club, Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club does a fabulous job in promoting our Choir through its activities, fun bike rides and charity events.  In addition to the twelve or so choristers who are members of the club, events also include up to another thirty or forty…

Last night at practice, new chorister Chris Nolan trod the well worn path, almost unnoticed, to the back room with Siân to take his second voice test.  Choosing to sing the bass part of Dafydd y Garreg Wen, he emerged to the announcement that he sang it perfectly and is now eligible to sing in…

It was announced last night that Musical Director Siân has successfully completed her B.Sc. degree in Community Nursing at the University of Glamorgan.  Llongyfarchiadau mawr, many congratulations from all of us in the choir, Siân.   To quote Siân  “I did the degree at the University of Glamorgan. It was a 2 year course part time and resulted…

We have already recently welcomed brothers John and Nick Antell to the choir, but we were delightfully surprised to see a third brother, Nigel turn up to practice last night.   Without hesitation, he went into the back room with Siân to do his warbling bit of oooohs and aaaahs and emerged to the announcement…

  What an event!  Four days of sheer torture and happiness. Three hard stages of cycling plus three nights camping out with a great bunch of lads.   Day 1 – leaving the Choir Hall early afternoon in the mini-bus, driven by Leon to the Gateway Holiday Park in Llanelli. Eventually tents put up and bedded-down for…

        Photos by Colleen.  Left click on images to enlarge   Last year the Choir’s quest was to raise over £6000 to help bring children who are victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1988. Many suffer from illnesses related to the ongoing levels of radiation which devastated this area and has…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click to enlarge   Caldicot Male Voice Choir has a long and proud heritage in helping to raise many hundreds of thousands of pounds for local and national charities and two years ago the choir formed Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club, not only to help raise fitness and enjoyment levels…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett  Left Click on images to enlarge   The Choir has taken on a sporty theme this year and following its recent participation at the opening T20/20 Bash at the Swalec stadium, we were delighted to be the only Male Voice Choir to entertain the crowds at the British National Road Race Cycling…

    Photos by Colleen.  Left click on the images to enlarge.   The bells rang out and the choir sang at the beautiful, little St Mary Virgin Church, Caldicot for chorister Tony Griffiths’ son, Paul and his fiancée Rhiannon Hughes on the longest day of the year, June 21st.   On a brilliantly sunny and…