From ‘The Libretto’ – April 2010

Overall, I thought the concert went very well on Saturday night. It was a difficult venue to perform in due to the layout of the church and the location of the piano for the choir. The choir was very squashed into a small space and the rows were not properly defined. Despite these problems, the discipline was very good and you put on a very good show.

I thought the artiste was superb and I took her address and telephone number for future reference. Th audience thought the choir was fantastic and I had many enquiries about buying CDs. The afterglow was one of the best for a long tiem, and I am sure we’ll be making another trip to Faringdon in the near future. Well done to you all!

Siân Hatton

From ‘The Libretto’ – March 2010

Date: 6th March 2010

Choir number: 70

I can honestly say that I think this was the best Annual Concert I have ever conducted. The singing was superb and the diction excellent. It was obvious that many choristers had put in the extra work at home learning the Italian and German words for the new songs.

The overall discipline and concentration was faultless. Most wonderful of all was the fact that every single piece was well sung and you seemed to be enjoying the concert yourselves. This feeling was then transmitted to the audience who enjoyed it even more because of it.

It is difficult to pick out individual pieces for special praise as they were all very good, but ‘Somewhere Out There’ was really beautifully sung, with wonderful expression.

Having well-attended rehearsals made a big difference to the performance, so lets keep up the good work and have a wonderful recording in April and continue to have concerts like last Saturday.

Thank you one and all for making the concert such a success. I sometimes think you do not realise how good you really are.

I am always very proud and honoured to be your conductor.

Siân Hatton

From ‘The Libretto’ – March 2010

Annual Concert: What a fantastic night.

On behalf of all the choristers I would like to say a big thank you to Siân, Shirley-Ann, John and Steve for another wonderful programme. To Leon for the staging which made a lot of difference. To Richard Evans and all the vice-presidents for the support they give the choir and to the bar staff at the hall for keeping the queues down. Also a big thank you to the wives and girlfriends who helped with the sale of the raffle tickets and programmes. Also well done to Alan Pearce and everyone else who sold concert tickets.

From ‘The Libretto’ – March 2010

• March 6th – Annual Concert
• March 27th – Faringdon (Oxfordshire)
• April 11th – Pentyrch Recording
• April 17th – Pentyrch Recording
• April 24th – Crickhowell
• May 22nd – Garndiffaith
• June 5th – Horton (Somerset)
• June 11th – Dewstow Gardens
• June 22nd – Weesford Staff (90th birthday)
• June 26th – Exeter
• July 3rd – Penhow Church
• July 17th – Budleigh Salterton
• July 31st – St. Mary’s Church, Caldicot
• September 11th – Gala Concert
• September 25th – Cirencester
• October 17-29th – Cruise P & O
• December – Cherry Tree
• December – The Barn
• December – The Haywain
• December – New Years Eve