Anniversary Calendar for 2013
Following on from wonderful past calendars, Bass chorister Wyn Goodwin and son James have produced a superb calendar for the Choir’s Golden Jubilee Year in 2013. The front page shows the earliest known photograph of the choir in its’ foundation year of 1963 and the pages turn, month by month to reveal scenes of the Caldicot area in an…
Tabernacl Musical Taster
Press Release Please left click on images to enlarge It is not often that two National Eisteddfod winning Choirs appear together on the same stage, in a wonderful setting such as Tabernacl Baptist Chapel (Eglwys y Tabernacl) right in the centre of Cardiff, but such an evening of wonderful Welsh Male Voice Choir Music was…
AM Issues Cycling Safety Plea
We are delighted that John Griffiths AM as Patron of our our Cycle Club, has opened his Winter road safety campaign with a mention of our Choir Cycle Club (Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club) and has given us an opportunity to quote in the following Press Release John Griffiths AM Assembly Member for Newport East…
Choir Sings for Stella’s School Scheme
Press Release Caldicot Male Voice Choir made its way on a frosty Saturday 17th November evening to Bishop’s Cleeve, a picturesque, medieval Cotswold town, near Cheltenham racecourse, to continue its’ ethos of helping to raise money for worthy charities, locally, nationally and internationally. We were delighted to put on a concert, wonderfully supported by the…
The Choir is on Twitter
Always on the look-out to keep up with the latest trends, Caldicot Male Voice Choir is now on Twitter – @CaldicotMVC
Wet day at Forest Hills
The latest trip for the ‘Birdie Boys’ saw them gracing the fairways of the Forest Hills Golf Course in Coleford, Forest of Dean. Results: Individual Keith Swain Jason Dawe Team – Keith, Jason and Dave Scott Nearest the Pin – Alyn Dawe
British Legion Poppy Appeal.
The choir will once again, together with several other prominent Male Choirs from South Wales and London, gather together at the Royal Festival of Remembrance to support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal at St David’s Hall, Cardiff on 3rd November. The 500 choristers, (previously supported by us in November 2009) conducted by Alwyn Humphries will…
Singing for Stella’s School Scheme
On the 17th November, the choir is delighted to be performing at the Parish Church of St Michael and All Angel’s in Bishop’s Cleeve, near Cheltenham. Mentioned in the Domesday Book, Bishop’s Cleeve is a very picturesque village near Cheltenham Racecourse and numbers several buildings built in the 12th and 13th century. The centrepiece is…
Jeff Lays Pen Aside
With great regret, Jeff Williams, our Public Relations Officer for the past 18 months has laid aside his pen, put the telephone back on its cradle, his mobile back in his pocket and sadly retired from his duties as our Public Relations Officer. Jeff has worked tirelessly to bring the talents of our choir to the…
Choir Opens Doors for Seren
Press Release Committed to its’ ethos of helping local charities whenever possible, last night, 11th October, the Choir Hall doors opened to a special practice to raise funds and awareness of the Seren Olivia Witcombe appeal to help the Neo-natal unit of the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. You will have read from a…
Low Sales Means Concert Withdrawal
It is with very much sadness that the Choir has reluctantly withdrawn from the planned concert in support of the Llantwit Major and Cowbridge Lions at St Illtud’s Church on Saturday 13th October. This action was taken following recent reports from the organisers that ticket sales were poor and unlikely to meet the choir’s costs in going to…
Choir’s Sunday Sing at Colston Hall
Press Release Following the acceptance of an invitation last January from Bristol Rotarian John Bedford to sing at the world famous Colston Hall, Bristol as the main artists at its celebrated 50th Anniversary Annual Senior Citizen’s Concert, the choir was pleased and proud to fulfill its obligations by crossing the Severn Bridge on 7th October to arrive…
John Calls His Last Register
For the past 17 years, chorister John Callow has been diligently marking off on his little clipboard the attendance of every chorister at almost every practice and concert. He has walked around the hall, sometimes despairingly but always hopeful, prior to every concert to determine which and how many choristers will be attending and whether…
Golden Anniversary Diary and Pen sets
To mark our special Golden Anniversary next year (yes, it’s fast approaching), the choir has produced a commemorative Pen and Diary, each engraved with the Choir name and a scroll of 50th Anniversary built into the design. Many thanks to chorister Mark Stocker for arranging the production of the magnificent, limited edition sets. The elegant, well made ballpoint…
Choir Chorus under Crystal Chandeliers
Left click on photos to enlarge For the sixth biannual visit, the choir was privileged and delighted to be invited once again, to sing at Bingham Hall in the picturesque, ancient wool town of Cirencester set in the verdant, rolling hills of the Cotswolds. This event, previously organised by Margaret and Alan Moss, vice-presidents…
Choir to Sing for Seren
Seren Olivia Witcombe was born 3 months prematurely in Southampton on 27th December 2011, weighing only 500g, which is about the same as half a bag of sugar. Transferred to the Royal Gwent Hospital when considered strong enough she tragically, despite the hopes of her family, parents Sian and Daley and the devoted care of the…
You Can Keep Your Hat On
Making a special trip from playing Vegas to come home to Wales, Caldicot was really excited and thrilled that organiser Mark Stocker had arranged for Tom Jones to perform for us on Saturday 22nd September. Leather clad Tom Jones (alias John Prescott – no not two jags, this one’s from Colwyn Bay) opened up with…
Choristers sing at Cwrt Bleddyn Wedding
Many of the choristers will remember the picturesque, 16th century Cwrt Bleddyn Manor House set in the verdant, rolling hills of mid Monmouthshire near Llangibby, in its halcyon days as a popular night club where some forty or more years ago they may well have gone there to dance the night away in any of its three disco bars…
Cycling Club has Distinguished Patron
Following the success of the 55 mile Taff Trail ride, the riders have formed a cycle club under the auspices of Caldicot Male Voice Choir and known as Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club (CMCCC). The new club has two founding principles: 1. to embrace the health benefits, attendant with organised social cycling and 2. to…
Singing Together! Caldicot and Bridgend in Gala Harmony
This web site promised you a fabulous evening of Welsh Male Choir singing at its very best and those who were privileged to be at our Gala Concert on September 8th were not disappointed in listening to two of Wales’ finest male choirs. Caldicot Male Voice Choir was delighted when Bridgend Male Choir…