Posts Tagged ‘History’
Sad loss of Dai Gould, serving chorister of 57 years
It was with great shock and sadness that Caldicot Male Voice Choristers received the news from Musical Director Siȃn Hatton that her husband, long serving Baritone chorister of 57 years, David Gould (Dai) had lost his year-long brave fight against cancer and sadly passed away peacefully on Friday 20th March. There are no adequate words…
Read MoreMagnificent Personal Donation to the Choir
Following an appeal by Chairman Leon Jones to the choristers to enquire through contacts, friends, businesses and the local community whether any could support the choir by sponsorship or by donation. Many supporters in the past have contributed significant amounts to help the choir in its role of supporting other charities and keeping alive the…
Read MoreChoir Welcomes New President John Nicholson
Following the retirement of Richard Evans who served many years as President with distinction since 1992 with a 3 year break from 2015, the Choir was delighted that John Nicholson accepted the honour on 10th of October to take up the role at a short presentation and welcome by Choir Chairman Leon Jones and Musical…
Read MoreChoir Honoured to Sing at Remembrance Service
Caldicot Male Voice Choir was honoured to be invited by the Caldicot and District branch of the Royal British Legion and the Town Council to attend the Sundown Remembrance Service at the Caldicot Memorial Cross at 4pm on Sunday 9th November. Despite the pouring rain throughout, the service was attended by stalwart members of the…
Read MoreFounder Chorister George Celebrates 100th Birthday
On the 31st October a contingent of Caldicot Male Voice Choir choristers was pleased to sing Happy Birthday to the last surviving founder member, George Maddocks on the occasion of his 100th birthday celebrations at the Choir Hall in Caldicot. George was among those small group of people who had started work at the giant…
Read MoreChoir Welcomes two new choristers
The last week of October 2025 saw two presentations at the choir hall to new members who had just passed their second voice test to become full members of Caldicot Male Voice Choir. The first was to baritone Csaba Hahn who passed his test by singing ‘Safwn yn y Bwlch’ to Shirley Anne James remarkably…
Read MoreChoir Elects New Chairman at AGM
At the end of the Annual General Meeting of Caldicot Male Voice Choir on 20th October 2025 the current holder of the committee chair, Graham (Spike) Hughes stepped down and handed the position to the choir’s newly elected chair Leon Jones. Graham joined the choir in 2011 following a chance meeting with choristers at the…
Read MoreChoir Hall gets rebuilt new bar
Over the past few years significant and necessary improvements and renovations have been made to Caldicot Choir Hall and several choristers have put in many hours of hard work to complete the upgrades, particularly to the roof and doors. There has also been major interior decorating work recently to update the original colours of 1996…
Read MoreBass Gareth Thomas receives 25 Year Service Award
Following Caldicot Male Voice Choir’s Annual Concert on Friday 11th April the Choir applauded that Magor resident and bass chorister Gareth Thomas was presented with a certificate and silver lapel badge by chairman Graham Hughes to commemorate and recognise his significant achievement of 25 years continuous service as a member of the choir. Former committee…
Read MoreChoir Welcomes New Member Stephen Bowen to the Baritones
As part of its interaction with the local community, the choir held an informal singing session at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Magor on 27th June. Unknown to the choristers inside, Stephen Bowen was enjoying a drink in the evening sunshine outside. Stephen was so impressed by what he heard that after a brief conversation with the…
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