Cambrian Male Choir - Christmas Raffle Winners

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1st Prize - Ticket No. 404 Nigel Griffiths, 2nd Prize - Ticket No. 363 J Higgins, 3rd Prize - Ticket No. 1243 Geraint Compton Steel, 4th Prize - Ticket No. 065 Tania Eye Clinic, Llwynypia Hospital.

Presentation Evening

The choir held a very successful Presentation and Themed Fun Night on Saturday September 20th at the NUM Club. The theme of the night was to dress as characters from the old classic 'Grand Slam', which was shown at the beginning of the evening followed by a quiz to get everyone into the right mood. The ladies committee laid on a fantastic buffet which was enjoyed by everyone. The Chairman Linden Evans presented Alwyn Davies, Bert Jones, Gordon Thomas, and Brian Toomey with their long service awards. The family of the late Selwyn Davies were present to accept his certificate. The choristers presented were celebrating 60, 50 and 40 years service respectively. To end the night on a high note the choir gave their usual renditions and a number of guests entertained the choir in return with a few songs on the kareoke. Another great night.

Grand Slam Grand Slam team

Choir Mystery Trip

The coach left the NUM Club at 10am with 28 Passengers and headed north up the A470, a number of people trying to guess the destination, Bath? Bristol? Abergavenny? and Brecon? none of them right! We drove through Nelson and Ystrad Mynach, then up towards Pontypool where we stopped at the Horse and Jockey in New Inn, Pontyfelin which opened its doors at 11am to accommodate us, a lovely pub with a thatched roof, we stayed for a couple of pints then gave a song before we left. Back on the coach to continue our journey driving through Usk then on to Monmouth which was our final destination. A meal was booked at the Monmouth Conservative Club and we all met there at 2pm. A lovely meal was served Ham, Curry or Fish, Shirley the cook did a great job and everyone was more than happy with the meals. Well it was back to having a few more pints and a few more songs which the members of the Conservative Club enjoyed. The coach left for home at 6pm with 28 merry passengers all looking forward to the next trip which will probably be in December.

Majestic Choir Festival - Torquay February 15th - 17th 2008

The choir participated in the inaugural Majestic Choir Festival in Torquay recently and won £2000 by coming 2nd place. The choir gave an excellent performance pleasing both the Audience and Adjudicators with their programme of music. The choir started with ‘With a Voice of Singing’ followed by the test piece ‘Rhythm of Life’, this was followed with ‘En has a lovely flower’, Finnan Haddie and finally ‘Anthem’ from the musical Chess.

There were 12 choirs competing for a 1st prize of £3000. The Cambrian were delighted to be placed 2nd place following months of rehearsals, the choir shared an hotel with Tonna Male Choir from the Swansea Valley and had a great evening following the competition result back at the hotel.