Posts Tagged ‘Press Releases’
Choir Appears at the Royal Albert Hall
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on the images to enlarge. What an incredible occasion! The culmination of 18 months of hard work practising and learning twenty pieces for this fabulous event. There were times of despair, thinking that we would never learn all these pieces, some familiar, some totally new to us but…
Read MoreChoir meets up with Whitland MVC
About 850 choristers from 49 male voice choirs are travelling to London to take part in the Festival of Male Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening May 19th. Caldicot Male Voice Choir is the largest single contingent with over 60 making the trip but many of its choristers and their wives…
Read MoreRedwick Cycle Challenge a great success
Caldicot Male Voice Choir is not just about singing in a great choir, which has obvious health benefits but it also has an active cycling club, Côr Meibion Caldicot Cycle Club and Golf Society, the ‘Birdie Boys’ which hold events to raise money for charity. On a glorious Spring day just right for cycling around…
Read MoreCHOIR CHOSEN TO SING AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
On Saturday the 28th April, on our return from the wedding of Michael and Rachel at Mathern, we were thrilled to receive the following notification by e-mail from the Welsh Association of Male Choirs confirming that we will be representing it at Buckingham Place on May 22nd. HRH The Prince of Wales is Patron of…
Read MoreChoir Sings for Chorister’s son’s wedding
Photograph by Colleen Gauntlett On Saturday 28th April, Caldicot Male Voice Choir was privileged to sing at the wedding of Michael John Griffiths to Rachel Elizabeth Davies at St Tewdric’s Church, Mathern near Chepstow. Michael is the son of baritone chorister Anthony Griffiths and his wife Carolyn Griffiths and Rachel is the daughter of Steven Davies…
Read MoreMusical Director commemorates 30 years Service
At Caldicot Male Voice Choir’s practice on Thursday 12th April, the choristers were reminded by chairman John Nicholson, that since March 1988, it is just over thirty incredible years that Siân Hatton took up the baton, so to speak, of Musical Director of the Choir. Many of the current choristers, several of whom have…
Read MoreChoirs mourns passing of legendary chorister
. Caldicot Male Voice Choir was deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the death of long standing and legendary, second tenor, chorister Colin Jones on April 9th at the Royal Gwent Hospital. Colin had been suffering ill health for a few years and was admitted on April 8th but sadly passed away the next…
Read MoreBusy weekend as choristers travel to Neath rehearsal for RAH
Photos by Lyn Gauntlett Caldicot Male Voice Choir has had a very few busy days in not only attending practices, performing at its Annual Concert, but over forty of its choristers made their way to the Sports Centre in Neath to join about 600 other chorister from all over Wales for a final…
Read MoreAnother Great Annual Concert for 2018
Photos by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on images to enlarge. On Saturday April 7th 2018 Caldicot Male Voice Choir was delighted once again to perform at its Annual Concert for the residents of Caldicot at the local Leisure Centre. Under the expert guidance of its musical director Siân Hatton, assistant director Shirley Anne James and the…
Read MoreChoir sings for Bloodwise Charity at Bethany Church, Cardiff
Photographs by Colleen Gauntlett. Left click on the images to enlarge The Choir last sang at the Bethany Church in Rhiwbina, Cardiff in May 2012 and was delighted to return again on 24th March to perform to help raise fund for Bloodwise, the Blood Cancer Research Charity Cardiff Branch. In a brightly lit church in…
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