



Early in the morning of 27th February Caldicot Male Voice Choir slowly made its way along the M4 to perform at an exhibition of Food and Drink at the Tesco Headquarters in Welwyn Garden City at the request of the Welsh Government’s Food Division. This is responsible for promoting Welsh Food and Drink in Wales, the UK and internationally.
Its vision is to create a strong and vibrant Welsh food and drink sector with a global reputation for excellence, having one of the most environmentally and socially responsible supply chains in the world.
Conducted by Siȃn Hatton and Shirley Anne James and accompanied by Olivia Dance making her concert debut since joining the choir in January, the Choir performed two sessions in the atrium of the headquarters and included Welsh favourites; ‘Rachie’, ‘Anfonaf Angel’, ‘Y Darlun’ and ‘Cwm Rhondda’. Also included among others were ’You’ll Never Walk Alone’; ‘World in Union’, ‘African Prayer’ and ‘A Miner’s Song’, appreciated and applauded by all who were there.
To complete the theme of Welsh Food and Drink, the second part saw the choristers uniquely and appropriately resplendent in bright red Welsh aprons but fortunately they weren’t involved in any cooking.
Following the exhibition, the choir made a welcome return to the George Inn at Lambourn, where it had sung only two weeks before, to partake of further refreshment provided by the landlord and provide the local residents with another round of ‘afterglow’ singing led by chorister David Gould.
It was a fabulous but exhausting day out for the choir and thoroughly enjoyed by all who made the trip. May we do so again?