Welsh Guards Military Tattoo. Wednesday August 25th 6.30-9.00pm
This will be a big event.We will sing three songs with the band and then join the Welsh Guards in a melody called 'Arms Park' which is songs such as Sospan Fach and Calon Lan. Then we will sing the Welsh Guards Hymn 'Now the Day is Over' and 'God Bless the Prince of Wales'. The 'Last Post' will be played then we end up with the Welsh Anthem.
Welcome to the May 2010 edition of choir news.
General Information
The choir is all-inclusive and progressive and encourages participation of all members.
Everyone has the right to say how the choir is managed.Our repertoire is growing comprising songs of love, songs of passion, songs from the shows, operatic songs and songs traditional. We give of our time freely but our professionals must be rewarded. So we raise funds through concerts to make that possible and to fund other activities. We welcome sponsorship as well as encouraging individuals and organisations to become supporters. In the first instance, get connected via: CONTACTS Chairman: Martyn Jones: E MAIL THE CHOIR CHAIRMAN Conductor: Michael Wyn Jones: E MAIL THE CONDUCTOR Engagements: Geraint Hopkins: E MAIL CONCERT SECRETARY |
London Welsh Rugby Club Choir - Time
Travellers. it's
not only fictional time-lords who can wander back over the
centuries, you just have to be a member of the London Welsh Rugby
Club Choir!The weekend of April 17th saw the choir travel back to the 12th century when it gave a beautifully controlled concert in the wonderful Wimborne Minster, Dorset. The greater part of the Church, as we know it today, was built by the Normans between 1120 and 1180, to support that college of secular canons and it resounded to the choir's performance to raise funds for the local hospital and rugby club. A week later the choir had again gone through a time warp, this time to the age of Henry Tudor when it appeared at Carew Manor in Sutton. The choir were invited by the local Round Table to sing for the school which now uses the Manor and which caters for pupils with moderate learning difficulties. Another packed audience responded to the choir's repertoire with promising young Welsh soprano and Eisteddfod winner Menna Cazel Davies providing the solo sections at both venues. Carew Manor is situated in the old Manor House at the side of St Mary's Church in Beddington Park, the major attractions being the magnificent Tudor Hall with its wonderful hammer-beam roof, erected about 1470. These roofs were quite widely used in the late mediaeval and Tudor periods and luckily this one was strong enough to withstand the great amens, operatic choruses and Welsh songs of the London Welsh Rugby Club Choir. |
| Smashing Splashing Del Sol Tour
S iete puntos.................I returned home from Spain to find the "ATTACHMENT" above ( with a high powered microscope, you might notice that it is dated September the 30th 2009) waiting in an envelope for me. In an instant, I realised that the bump & cut on the head must have been far more serious than had been imagined, that the nursing beauty who had inserted my stitches must have been in angel in a white coat (CARAMBA!!!...[that last exclamation for Cochyn & Gareth S. with an accompanying knowing wink {not to mention a cheeky grin!!}]) that I had indeed, passed on to "the other side" and that the week spent in Spain must have been my introduction to Paradise. Then I remembered things like the Hotel salami and damp cornflakes, the long daily hike for the forgotten coffee cup, and your corporate enjoyment at my acute embarrassment. I also distinctly remembered "someone" singing......."well it's good for the people of Israel" and 100% of the choristers agreeing with him and with my rapier-like reflexes knew that this could not HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN PARADISE and therefore that I must be ALIVE and WELL. Nonetheless, it did give my heart a little flutter (rather like when I first met Dawn, except less racy-like if you know-wot-I-mean) & I also hope that it does give you all just a little cause for some wry amusement. Thanks for you companionship..........next time someone else can do the funny trick on the first day. SEEN WRITTEN ON THE BOTTOM OF A SWIMMING POOL IN SPAIN ********** "Dne Mollahs" ********** Roger |
Epic, Classic and Wonderful 2009 Tour
"Sunshine brings out the best in choir", says Joe Jones The choir, with musical director Michael Wyn Jones and accompanist Christopher Duckett, gave three concerts during the week, raising many thousands of euros for CUDECA, the first hospice to be built in the region. The first performance was at the concert theatre in Alhaurin, a complex sited inland from the capital Malaga where the choir was joined by tenor soloist Stephen Lloyd Morgan who hailed originally from the Rhondda Valley. The second concert saw the choir travel to the beautiful seaside resort of Nerja with it's narrow streets and 'Balcony of Europe' overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. A full concert hall was treated to a varied repertoire with solo spots from two choir stalwarts, Ted Sellick and Geraint Lewis while Choir President John Dawes, who had travelled with the choir to Spain, addressed the audience. The last concert was at the stunning re sort of Kempinski in Estepona, where another packed audience had turned up to hear the choir. Stephen Lloyd Morgan was again the soloist for the night. Also present at this concert was the founder of the CUDECA Hospice. This was not the final performance of the choir however as they had been asked to be the Welsh representatives in the 'Great Britain Festival', a showcase promoting British goods on the Costa del Sol, singing in the Miramar complex in Fuengirola. Altogether a wonderful tour with social trips to Gibraltar and the beautiful hillside town of Ronda rounding of a great week for the choir.
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