Caldicot Male Voice Choir is proud of its heritage of raising funds for charity and good causes and Saturday 6th July at Caldicot Choir Hall saw a new dimension in its efforts to raise funds for its adopted charity, The Sepsis UK Trust (Wales) this year. The event raised about £1800 for the charity which aims to increase awareness of this killer disease. It claims the lives of about 55,000 a year in the UK
A musical evening was provided by not only the choir but performing alongside us were talented soprano Kayleigh Hallworth, accompanied by Stephen Berry, who sang a mix of songs from West End musicals and shows as well as Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ and Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Songbird’ to delight the audience. Accompanied by Stephen Berry and John Nicholson and conducted by Sian Hatton, the choir played its part by singing ten items including ever popular ‘A Miner’s Song”What Would I do Without my Music?’, ‘California Dreamin”, the premiere of Paul McCartney’s ‘Yesterday’ and finalising with a return to Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.
Compere Stephen Dance eloquently kept the proceeding flowing with introductions and well researched information, while Terence Canning, Director of the Sepsis UK Trust (Wales) gave a moving presentation of the effects that Sepsis has had on his own and others. A video of Jayne’s Story was also shown.
The evening was also augmented by the choir’s musical director Sian Hatton’s piano recital of Bach’s Prelude in C Major and Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’. Sian Hatton and her husband David Gould had the audience in stitches of laughter by presenting a humorous version of ‘The Green Eye of the Yellow God’ with actions.
Finally the evening would not have been complete without the support of Merthyr based band ‘Wall Street’ who with their mix of dance and smooth music from the sixties to the present day kept the packed audience dancing to the late hours.
All the artistes gave their services freely to aid the charity and all are thanked for their support by the choir and The Sepsis UK Trust.
