The Choir has a busy few days at the start of December. On the 1st we are pleased to have been invited to the annual Corporal Palin Memorial Match at Caldicot Football Ground of Chepstow F.C. versus a team from the 1st Battalion, The Rifles, K.O. 6-30pm. Proceeds are in aid of the Rifles Swift and Bold Appeal. The Battalion, based just outside Chepstow, has recently returned from a six month tour of Afghanistan where tragically, they lost five of their number with several others injured; so if you’re reading this and live in the Caldicot area, please come along to the match. The choir will lend their support to this event by giving a short concert at the clubhouse in Caldicot after the match (probably followed by an informal sing-along, knowing our lot). To see photos of the Battalion’s return march through Chepstow in November 2011, please click on 1st Rifles Return.
On the Friday 2nd December we shall be giving an outdoor performance to celebrate the switching on of Caldicot’s Christmas lights at 7-00pm. I believe the lights are being turned on at 6-30pm.
Wear your Winter woollies for this one lads!
And finally for this weekend, we’ll be off to the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 3rd to join about 2000 (yes 2000!) other choristers to sing before the start of the match between Wales and Australia. This match is to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Welsh Rugby Union and I believe this to be the largest choral gathering ever to sing before a Rugby Test match. The amazing sound should give our lads a really good boost. If the roof is closed, then we should raise it! Look out for us on the telly, kick off is 2-30pm and we’ll be on before then. Take a look at the WRU web-site by clicking on Welsh Rugby Union