LOVIN’ IT! (Singing in Welsh)

From ‘The Libretto’ – July 2011 LOVIN’  IT! Ramblings of a Chorister I was watching the telly the other night and scanning through the Freeview programme guide for a film on channel 4, which I pressed only to discover that Channel 4 is in fact on Channel 8 and what I actually turned on was…

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LOVIN’ IT! (Going on-stage)

From ‘The Libretto’ – November 2010 LOVIN’  IT! Ramblings of a Chorister In October’s ‘The Libretto’ under ZEN TEACHINGS there was a suggestion that if at first you don’t succeed, sky diving is not for you.  Might I suggest the same applies to paragliding off a 7000ft mountain in Turkey.  Funnily enough, that’s not when…

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LOVIN’ IT! (Voice Tests)

From ‘The Libretto’ – October 2010 LOVIN’  IT! Ramblings of a Chorister As you get older you tend to fall over more often.  The question becomes not how do you get up but what can you do when you’re down there?  Recently, while down on the ground, I reminisced that one of my best moments…

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LOVIN’ IT! (Weddings)

From ‘The Libretto’ – August 2010 LOVIN’  IT! Ramblings of a Chorister After going to my eldest step-son’s wedding in Cyprus, (he took a bigger leap there than I did in Turkey), I sat back and reflected, while sitting on a beach in Agia Napa (yes, really), on why I love going to WEDDINGS with…

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LOVIN’ IT! (The Bus Ride)

From “The Libretto” – July 2010 LOVIN’  IT! I’m back from my holiday in Turkey, although I nearly didn’t make it after attempting a 7000ft paraglide. The wind dropped and so did I!  Luckily the ground broke my fall! This made me reflect on life and I suddenly realised that one of the things I…

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LOVIN’ IT! (Raffle Tickets)

From ‘The Libretto’ – May 2010 LOVIN’ IT!            When I joined this choir about 18 months ago, little did I realise that not only would I learn new skills in how to warble or croak my way through Tydi y Roddaist in sort of harmony with the rest of you, meet a great bunch…

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