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Cornish Celebration

As part of the choir’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, a tour of Cornwall was undertaken, based in St. Ives and with concerts in Penzance and the Cornish capital, Truro. A selection of snaps taken during the week. The first concert was at the Methodist Church in Penzance, being hosted by the Mousehole Male Voice Choir who…

Gareth Gives Daughter Away

Photos by Lyn.  To enlarge please left click on the images.   The choir does not normally sing at weddings, but we do make exceptions for the close family of one of our own whenever possible.   After the date had been set about eighteen months ago, the long wait finally ended on Saturday 3rd…

Frank Thomas, Tenor, Passes Away

In Memoriam:   The choir were all deeply saddened to hear of the passing away after a long illness, of Frank Thomas peacefully at his home on Tuesday 30th July.  Frank was long serving, stalwart member of the choir as a second tenor and committee member before his illness forced him to relinquish his singing place…

Roy and Wyn read poem at Spike and Nina’s Wedding

Amid all the excitement of bike rides over the Beacons and visits from Argentinian choirs, it’s worth reflecting on the quieter, more cultured side of choir life.   Poignantly, during Graham and Nina’s wedding ceremony on the train from Cheltenham racecourse to Toddington on July 6th, Roy Jones and Wyn Goodwin, each previous employees of…

Cycle Club Braves Mountain Heat for Victims of Chernobyl

Photos by Lyn and Colleen.  Left click on images to enlarge Press Release Fueled by a hearty breakfast of bacon butties at the choir hall, ten members of Cor Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club and another thirty supporters and friends (with bicycles) were transported to the canal basin at Brecon.  At 10am in already sweltering July…

Caldicot Male Voice Choir hosts Argentinian School Gospel Choir

Photos by Colleen.  Left click on images to enlarge Press Release On Wednesday 10th July, Caldicot Male Voice Choir Hall played host to a triplet of varying musical styles.  We were pleased to welcome the Gospel Choir of St. Georges College from Buenos Aires, Argentina who are on a three week tour in the UK.…

Three generations of same family in the choir

  Craig Howells has been coming to practice with his father Anthony, since he was sixteen years old, just to sit in and listen to the choir.  On reaching eighteen he plucked up the courage to try his singing talents at a voice test with Siân.  With a terrific smile on his face, he came…

Choir sings on Choo Choo for Chorister’s Charity wedding

  Press Release Nina and Graham were as teenagers, class mates at Bishop’s Cleeve School near Cheltenham but went their separate ways and never saw each again other for many years until they re-met at a school reunion some four years ago.  Smouldering, hidden embers were re-ignited into flames leading to their civic marriage last…

International Visitors to visit Choir

  The Choir always has an Open Door policy and welocmes visitors for all over the world to its Choir Hall in Mill Lane.  The Visitor’s Book, signed over the years by many hundreds of people bears witness to the tremendous support, appreciation and best wishes by visitors from not only most countries in Europe…

Musical Feast for Buffs and Macmillan Cancer Support Trust

Press Release Photos by Colleen.  Please left click on the images to enlarge     No one can be quite sure of the exact date 50 years ago that the choir was formed, but knowing it was in the middle of the year, June 14th was nominated as the Choir’s official birthday.  The choir is…

CHOIR TO SING FOR MACMILLAN NURSES TRUST

   Left click on the poster to enlarge   Fresh from its wonderful concert with the Michelmersh Silver Band at Romsey, the Choir is coming home to continue its Charity support on Friday next, 14th June by singing in aid of the Macmillan Nurses Trust Cancer Support in Association with the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes…

Romsey Reunion for 50th Anniversary

Press Release   Photographs by Colleen.  Left click on images to enlarge.     On Saturday 1st June, for the sixth time since the turn of the millenium, on a glorious start to the summer, the choir travelled the 120 miles to the historic ‘Jewel in the Hampshire crown’ of Romsey.  The centre-piece of this…

Back Stage Help From Local Businesses

We all know the help and support that Inanda Events gave to setting up and organising the staging, lighting, video, hospitality etc. to make our 50th Anniversary celebrations such a success.  Kirsten and Steve did a fabulous job but in addition have given us a legacy of hall decorations free of charge to use in…

Taunton Concert for Mayor’s Charity

Press Release Photos by Coll, Lyn and Leon.  Left click on images to enlarge.       On Saturday April 27th the choir made its way down the M5 to fulfill a commitment made a year ago at the home of Glamorgan County Cricket Club, The Swalec Stadium in Cardiff.  Last year, the Choir was privileged…

Charity Concert at Taunton

Following all the hype, excitement, hard work and thrills of our 50th Anniversary Concert weekend, it will be good to get back to normal for a while and perform a concert to help a deserving cause.   Last year we were pleased to welcome cricketing legend Sir Ian Botham as he completed one of the legs…

PARTY TIME ON SUNDAY

CHOIR AND FRIENDS CELEBRATE 50 YEARS WITH A MAGICAL, MUSICAL PARTY FOR EVERYONE!   Following probably the best show we’ve ever presented on Saturday, we carried the celebrations on into Sunday.  Bass chorister and vice -chairman Mark Stocker arranged a party for the choir, friends and family at the Choir Hall with magician Malcolm Hayley holding…

AFTERGLOW – The Photos Say It All

Photos by Lyn.   If you’ve got any that you’d like to be put on the site, please e-mail.  If you were there and your picture is not on any of these, it’s probably because I didn’t take it. Sorry.   What more can be said?  After our Fabulous Concert (must stop using that word…

ANNUAL CONCERT MEGA-SHOW LIGHTS UP LEISURE CENTRE

Press Release Photos by Coll      OH! WHAT A NIGHT!   CALDICOT WON’T FORGET THIS FOR A LONG TIME!   Oh, what a night!Late December back in sixty-threeWhat a very special time for meAs I remember what a night.   so the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons 1975 hit song goes, but it…

CONCERT SELL OUT

We are delighted to say that all the tickets for the 50th Anniversary Concert HAVE BEEN SOLD but sadly, if you turn up at the door expecting to get a ticket, you are likely to be very disappointed.   Safety rules dictate that the number of seats is limited and the Leisure Centre will be full to…

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