On Friday, 15th November, as autumn finally surrendered to winter; Caldicot Male Voice Choir performed the first of a brace of official November concerts before the Christmas celebrations close the curtain on 2013.   In milky moonlight, blazers buttoned against the evening chill; the choristers alighted a warm bus to navigate a meandering lane to…

All 70 choristers who were at practice last night gave a rousing warm welcome to another two new members, Garry Veale falls into the ranks of the top tenors and Lee Rees joins the 2nd tenors.  Garry is a former school mate of Leon Jones, is a member of Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club and…

Photos by Coll. Left click to enlarge     Friday 1st November saw the first ever Quiz Night at the Choir Hall. This was organised by the Choir’s cycle club (Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club) as a thank you to all the choristers who supported it on its fund raising activities for the Victims of…

  Following the Annual General Meeting held at the Choir Hall on Monday 28th October, the choir paid tribute to the outstanding work, achievements and efforts put in by retiring Chairman, Leon Jones and Secretary, Ken Cooper.  Leon has been chairman for over four years and has led the choir through the planning stages and…

Photos by Phil Cody.  Left click to enlarge.   Press Release   On Saturday 26th October, continuing its tradition of supporting local as well as national charities, over forty choristers and the Musical team of Siân Hatton, Shirley Ann James and Stephen Berry, braved the fearsome gales and stormy rain to perform at the new…

  On the 18th October over 40 choristers crossed the Chepstow bridge over the River Wye and followed the meandering A48 alongside the Severn Estuary to the picturesque small town of  Westbury-on-Severn, nestling on the banks of the River Severn and famous for its views of the unique, world-famous Severn Bore.   The coach was…

Press Release   You will remember that one of the 3-D, 50th Anniversary fruit cakes made and decorated by chorister Lyn’s wife, Colleen Gauntlett was auctioned at the afterglow following the Gala Concert.  The cake was bought by a consortium of four choristers, Ron Powell, Bob Brown, Tony Griffiths and Mark Stocker.  It was decided…

  The company which set up our 50th Anniversary Concert have put a time – line clip lasting about 2 minutes of the 50th Anniversary Concert.   While it doesn’t show any of the choir’s music performance, it is quite interesting to see the lighting, seating and special effects, not to mention the full house.…

  On Friday 1st November, there will be a QUIZ NIGHT, courtesy of Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club at the Choir Hall at 7-00 pm. to raise funds for the Choir.   On the sponsored ride from Brecon to Caldicot, the Cycle Club raised about £5000 in sponsorship to help the Victims of Chernobyl Children’s…

  While it is great to have our own Choir Hall it means that we all have a responsibility to keep it clean and maintain the structure and buildings. We are rightly proud of our building and so this week-end about twenty or so willing volunteers turned up to work hard on all the little…

    The Choir was thrilled and delighted when local lad, John Antell from Caldicot walked through the doors at practice last night.  Well known to many choristers and the son of a former chorister, also called John, he sat down and listened to us for a while and then announced he would like to join.  …

Photos by Phil Cody, Mike Knepper and Lyn. To enlarge left click on images     Press Release   On a cool but sunny October 5th 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…

As always the choir opens it’s arms to visitors and it was with great pleasure that we welcomed a guest all the way from Los Angeles, USA to practice tonight (October 3rd 2013).   Stephen Jones who is staying in Caerwent visiting has mother, was brought along to practice by our most fervent supporter, Allen…

Press Release   The Choir is proud to continue its Open Door Policy and at last Thursday’s practice  it was particularly pleased to welcome Chepstow and District Welsh Society through its doors.  Regrettably many choirs have a limited repertoire of Welsh songs but we are rightly proud to support our Welsh heritage, culture and language…

Within the past few months, the choir has been delighted to welcome four new members to the choir, top tenors Frank Wells,  Stephen Edwards, 2nd tenor Russell Woodward and baritones Craig Howells and Philip Cody. Steve and Phil joined after years of intensive persuasion and cajoling by other choristers, Phil being a long-standing vice-president and Steve…

  In July this site reported that with Owen, Anthony and new chorister, Craig Howells there were three generations of the same family singing in the choir.  Sadly, this happy situation was short lived.  Owen was taken seriously ill early on in the tour to Cornwall and was taken to Truro Hospital on August 19th…

        The Choir was deeply saddened to hear of the death in hospital, of long standing chorister, Jack Virgo on 18th September after a short illness. Jack had served over 40 years in the choir and was a regular at practice until recently.  A talented and impressive tenor, Jack was always a…

  The Choir has an open door policy and is always keen to welcome anyone to our practices on a Monday or Thursday evening.  We have over many years been pleased to welcome visitors from all over the world to our Choir Hall in Mill Lane.  However, we are particularly delighted to be able to…

Press Release Left click on images to enlarge Photographs by James Goodwin and Lyn Gauntlett     On Saturday the 7th September, as part of its 50th Anniversary programme, the Caldicot Male Voice Choir made the short 100 metre journey across the road to the Leisure Centre in Caldicot to perform an exciting concert of…

        Following its amazing Annual Concert last April and fresh from its successful tour of Cornwall in August, the Choir is pleased to announce its GALA CONCERT on Saturday 7th September at the Leisure Centre, Mill Lane Caldicot.  Doors open at 6-30 pm  and the concert starts at 7-00 pm.   In…