What People Say
Mr and Mrs C. Mitchell Troy. Monmouthshire (06/11/12)
A pleasure being here listening to fantastic voices - A real treat - tingles down the spine.
Mr and Mrs V. Yarmouth.Maine USA (27/9/12)
Enjoyed singing and listening.
Mr and Mrs B. Australia (13/09/12)
Thanks for a lovely night - thanks for the experience.
Mr and Mrs T. Crediton - Devon (13/09/12)
Thank-you very,very much... so wonderful to experience a group of men coming together in c0-operation to create something of beauty...Lovely - inspiring.
Mr and Mrs H. Ontario - Canada (13/09/12)
Thank you so much for allowing us to join you.
Mrs.W. Ontario Canada (13.09/12)
Thank-you - Wonderful.
Mr Peter Ross - Melbourne - Australia (13/09/12)
What an honour to conduct your choir - thank-you
Mr and Mrs D. - Picton,NSW, Australia (31/5/12)
A priceless magical experience. Thank-you for the privelege.
Mr D. USA - formally Epsom, Surrey. (29/05/12)
Bloody marvelous!! brings the connection to the hills of Wales and moved me back to my Welsh grandmothers roots.
Miss.M. California, USA (29/05/12)
Divine !! - just close your eyes and listen
Jersey Tour - June 2012
Man oh man you guys gave the hairs on the back of my neck a real work and I'm not ashamed to say when i came to see you at St Marys & St Peters Church, my eyes glazed over more
than once,must have been the flowers in the church pass on my thanks to all of the guys
hope to see you all again sometime
Pat - St Helier (Jersey CI)
By Susan Spano |
Blaenavon Male Voice Choir
I strolled the streets of Blaenavon, where workmen where hanging Christmas lights and most of the shops were shut tight by 4 o'clock. I sat for a long time over a plate of fish and chips, then waited on the steps of the elementary school for choir practice to start.
Eventually a janitor arrived to switch on the lights and about 40 choir members ambled in, carrying battered music satchels under their arms, grinning like schoolboys when they found they had a female guest.
I took a special shine to the Blaenavon Male Voice Choir, a group of average Hughs and Williams, with light shining in their eyes. They clearly liked one another and had a great time harmonizing, led by Musical Director Gareth Whitcombe.
Choir membership is a substantial commitment, Whitcombe said. But it gives the men a chance to travel inexpensively to such exotic places as Southern California, where they sang earlier this year.
They did "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" for me, followed by a show-stopping Nigerian number, accompanied by bongos and maracas, as the choir shuffled through a line dance that looked like something out of "The Full Monty."
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Just a note to thank you for your welcome to us when we visited The Choir last year. The CD I purchased has been played many times and 'All in the April Evening' brought my 90 year old Mother to tears. Thanks again for the opportunity to sing with a "Welsh Male Voice Choir", a highlight of my life and the envy of some of my male singing companions.
Jon Richards.
Uraidla South Australia
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14th Aug' 2008
I recently bought a double cd of your choir called "Songs from the the Valleys of Wales".it is absolutley beautiful music. my husband is Welsh - born in Tongwynlais & we both have a great love of the Welsh music & happy to find it here in South Africa
Dianne Kendal
Johnnesburg South Africa
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