CALDICOT CHOIR AND CHEPSTOW SINGING CLUB SING FOR SARA
The New Year started with a bang for Caldicot Male Voice Choir’s concert on Saturday January 11th at the Drill Hall, Chepstow to raise funds for SARA, The Severn Area Rescue Association which carries out sea and land rescues and searches throughout the Severn Estuary. Entirely made up of volunteers the Association receives about 100 callouts every years, saving many lives.
The concert, organised by Nadine Ikin opened with Caldicot Male Voice Choir, conducted by Musical Director Sian Hatton and accompanied by Olivia Dance and John Nicholson presented to an audience of almost 200, a wide range of 16 songs in its programme, opening with ‘African Prayer’ sung partly in Welsh and including favourites ‘Bring Him Home’, ’76 Trombones’, ‘The Prayer’, Welsh hymns ‘Cwm Rhondda’, ‘Rachie’ and ‘Gwahoddiad’. The choir’s programme finished with ‘World in Union’ receiving enthusiastic and long lasting applause.
The concert also included the wonderful ‘Singing Club of Chepstow’ conducted and accompanied by Jayne Thomas. The club, consisting of mixed voices presented a delightful range of songs opening with ‘Sinner Man’ and included ‘A Million Dreams’, ‘One Day Like This’. The highlight of a delightful entertaining programme was ‘An incredible medley of 16 Elvis songs’ starting and ending with American Trilogy and finalising with ‘Lean on Me’. The concert was thoroughly enjoyed by all and everyone left knowing that they had experienced a unique event to raise over £1400 for SARA.








