Posts Tagged ‘concerts’

  Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to enlarge. The Choir was pleased to give up its usual Thursday night practice to come together at Caldicot Methodist Church on Thursday 14th May.  65 choristers and the musical team made the short journey to create a wonderful, diverse concert and joined by well known, delightful local…

    On Saturday, 25th May, 2015, Caldicot Male Voice Choir combined in concert with the Chepstow based Divertimenti Recorder Consort; in order to raise funds for Parkinson’s Research UK. The concert had been arranged by Mr Steve Lewis of the Chepstow and District Parkinson’s Support Group and the venue was the magnificent St. Mary’s…

  This year the 52nd Annual Concert by Caldicot Male Voice Choir was a resounding success thanks to all the hard work put into it by the choristers over the past few months.  A challenging but entertaining programme was put together and included an eclectic mix of music from classical Welsh hymns to songs from…

  Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge       Following the invite of Cirencester Male Voice Choir to sing with them, about 50 choristers and musical team of Caldicot Male Voice Choir made their way through the rolling Cotswold countryside to the so-called cathedral of the Cotswolds. the wonderful St…

 Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge.   The Choir’s chosen charities this year are ‘Sparkle’ a Newport based charity which supports severely disabled children from Newport and parts of Torfaen and Monmouthshire to lead more rewarding lives and local Caldicot youngster Annalese Gosling who suffers from a severe genetic disease known as FOP.   Sparkle…

    After a two year hiatus, the long standing tradition of the Caldicot Choir Carol Concert was reintroduced onto the choir’s Christmas calender. The ever popular concert features the choir and a local primary school in yuletide harmony; singing festive songs and raising funds for the designated Parent Teacher’s Association. Thus it was that…

 Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on the image to enlarge. The final concert of three in one week by the choir to support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and Welsh Warrior was an incredible event at the fabulously poppy festooned Caldicot Castle.  Organised by Monmouthshire County Council on Saturday November 8th.,  an audience of…

Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on the images to enlarge. On a wet and stormy Friday night on November 7th  the Choir of about 70 members made  its way over the Severn Bridge and on to All Saint’s Church at Long Ashton Bristol to support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and Church Restoration funds.…

     Photos by Colleen Gauntlett.  Left click on images to enlarge     From research by accompanist Stephen Berry of the choir archives, maintained by chorister Ron Palmer, it was determined that the first ever major concert by the fledgling choir took place 50 years ago in the Methodist Church in Caldicot.  While we…

      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…