Choir To Entertain Sporting World

From ‘The Libretto’ – October 2011 The choir have been asked to sing at two major sporting events over the next few months. On 22nd October at Chepstow Races for the ‘Coral Silver Cup’ Meeting, and on the 3rd December at the Millenium Stadium for the match between Wales and Australia. The match is to…

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St Mary’s Monmouth Concert

Press Release On Saturday, 8th October, Caldicot Male Voice Choir made the comparatively short journey to the county town of Monmouth to perform in a fundraising concert for St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church. In splendid seclusion, set back slightly in the street line and sandwiched between tall, medieval terraced town houses, the Roman Catholic Church…

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St. Pierre

Over 50 choristers arrived at the picturesque and select Marriott St Pierre Hotel and Country Club to entertain over one hundred employees of Surgo, a Tyneside Construction Company, at the 19th hole.  The audience was soon silenced and distracted from their after dinner conversations to listen awestruck to rousing choruses of Rachie and Llanfair and to the…

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Dave Chown

From ‘The Libretto’ – September 2011 It was with sadness today we heard of the passing away of Dave Chown. Our thoughts, prayers and condolences are with Dave’s family at this sad time.   Dave was a long standing member of the Choir with well over 25 years service.  Although he had suffered with ill-health…

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2011 Gala Concert. A Tribute to Roy Shuck

               Holly’s three items were Ave Maria, Somewhere and Time to Say Goodbye   Brecon Choir Comments:   I’ve just been on the Brecon Choir website and extracted their comments about the Gala concert from the Newsletter page.  If you want to visit their web-site  go to our LINKS page.…

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No More Raffle Tickets

From ‘The Libretto’ – August 2011 That’s correct you did hear it right. Our chairman has decreed that this will be the last batch of raffle tickets that we sell. We still have a few books left so if you can help please see Roger Francis. In order to raise funds for the choir, there…

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‘Llanishen Pastorale’ for the Heroes

Press Release On an emerald green cloth of Monmouthshire farmland, amidst the pastoral tranquillity of a summer’s night, Caldicot Male Voice Choir joined forces with the village of Llanishen to support the ‘Help for Heroes’ charity. The concert was a sell out in the superbly appointed, state-of-the-art amenity of Llanishen Hall. The choir regaled the…

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Our New Web-Site

From ‘The Libretto’ – August 2011 Our new web-site has been up and running for a few weeks now and is still very much in its infancy.  Tony Griffiths and Graham ‘Spike’ Hughes have worked extremely hard and done a tremendous job in setting this up and it is now ready for your input (forgive…

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Choir turn Exmoor village Welsh

Press Release From ‘The Libretto’ – August 2011           It would be difficult to imagine anywhere more English. The beautiful and remote vastness of Exmoor is the countryside that inspired the story of Lorna Doone. On it’s northern fringe rocky bays, surrounded by some of Britain’s highest cliffs, stare out towards…

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