Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click to enlarge   On the 20th March the Choir opened its doors, free of charge to the public to raise awareness of  prostate cancer in men.  Prostate Cymru is the designated charity for the choir this year and it followed up its opening charity event, a table top sale…

  Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click to enlarge   Caldicot Male Voice Choir is proud to support many charities where it can and at our Open Evening on March 20th to support Prostate Cymru, we were also pleased to host a presentation by The Monmouthshire Province of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, or…

A few weeks ago John Antell walked through the door, sat and listened for a little while and passed his first voice test to join us as a top tenor.  We are delighted to report that last night at our Open Evening, after considering it for a while, his brother Nick came in to listen…

    On Saturday night at the concert to help the Teenage Cancer Trust, Rob Stallard and his wife turned up to listen to us.  Rob was so impressed on hearing us and with joining in with the after concert events, he put on his Facebook page that he might like to join. The good…

On St David’s Day, March 1st the choir performed its first concert of the year to a full house of about 140 at the Choir Hall.  62 choristers took the stage and together with the musical team of Siân Hatton, Shirley Anne James and accompanist John Nicholson a musical feast from around the world was…

    Plans for our St David’s Day Concert at the Choir Hall are still on schedule and is in aid of The Teenage Cancer Trust Unit at The University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff.  Ann Huxtable and many others at Teen Spirit work tirelessly to raise funds to support this very worthwhile unit which supports young people in Wales who are…

    Last night, 20th February, top tenor Garry Veale nervously (there’s no need for nerves) was put through his singing paces by Siân to check out whether he had learned enough in the past few months to credit him with becoming a full member of the Choir. We  were all delighted that he emerged unscathed, with…

It was welcome news that after illness, second tenors Garry Keeble and Ivor Rickards are able to return to practice.  We are really glad to see you back.  An equally welcome observation is that last night’s practice was attended by 70 choristers making it more enjoyable and rewarding for everyone.  Siân’s comments were that it was…

The choir was surprised and delighted last night to see two new faces at the front of practice.  Who were they was the whisper going around?  It turns out that both Gary Smith, introduced by chorister Spencer Dowse, and Scott Davies, introduced by chorister John Antell, wanted to see what we were like.  So impressed were they…

  Please click on the pictures to enlarge.   The Choir was pleased to welcome Anne and David Huxtable to Choir Practice on Thursday evening.  Anne and David are representatives of The Teenage Cancer Charity Trust which is the only UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the chances of survival for young people between the ages of…

  Photos by Lyn.  Left click on images to enlarge   As part of its commitment to help raise money for our chosen charity, Prostate Cymru the Choir’s cycle club has a programme of events lined up.  The first of these was a table top sale on Sunday 19th  January.  We are pleased to say…

This year the Choir is supporting Prostate Cymru Charity and is hoping to raise £10, 000 for this wonderful charity.  Prostate cancer is more common among men than is realised and can be cured if caught early enough.   The first event of the year is a TABLE TOP SALE organised by the Choir’s Cycle Club (Côr…

Chorister Bill Nash rarely misses a practice, travelling from Bristol twice a week to be with us, but tonight, Thursday 9th January he was badly missed.  Why?  He was celebrating his 91st birthday so he had a pretty good excuse.  Bill has been  a male voice chorister for over 50 years, starting in the tenors…

Photos and You-tube video by Lyn.  Left click on the images to enlarge.   On January 31st 2013 a packed house of about 160 members of the choir including guests and friends got together at the Choir Hall to see out the Choir’s 50th Anniversary Year and to look forward to welcoming the New Year…

A few months ago, I was e-mailed through the web-site by a lady named Judith Le Maire from Germany who asked for a copy of ‘Voices of Severnside’ recorded in 1978.  During the choirs’ tour to Waghausel, she was given the LP by Owen and Bernice Howells with whom she stayed in 1979 on school…

  Photos taken by Amy Jones.  Left click on images to enlarge.   After last week singing at the Castle Inn and the cutting of the Christmas Cake at the Choir Hall, Côr Meibion Caldicot Choristers completed their Christmas celebrations as a choir by entertaining the local community at a packed Haywain pub after practice…

  Not only does Colleen Gauntlett often take photographs of the choir during its concerts and other activities for the web site and newspapers, it’s become the custom for her to try out her celebration cake designs on the choristers (who can forget the cake displays made for the 50th Anniversary) and on Monday 16th…

  On Thursday 11th December after practice, the choir made its way up Church Road on a rainy, blustery night to begin its round of seasonal festivities at the bar of the Castle Inn near the picturesque Caldicot Castle.  Crowded into the lounge, the choir entertained the locals at  this historic hostelry with a rousing…

The choristers and Musical team were deeply saddened last night to hear of the sudden death, after collapsing at his home earlier this week, of Allen Griffiths. Allen was a regular non-singing attendee of practice nights to support his son, baritone Tony Griffiths and would also be seen helping out at fund raising events and…

  Seventeen months ago, Caldicot Male Voice Choir coalesced with the Bradford-on-Avon Freemasons in collectively facilitating a fruitful and productive ‘sell out’ concert, at the town’s majestic Holy Trinity Church. Such was the success of that evening, in July 2012; that the choir was invited back to Wiltshire by the Freemasons, for a reprise of…