On 23rd April we presented our 2nd Annual Concert at the Patti Pavilion, Swansea. Our guest artiste was Janet Rees from Llanelli, a 14 year old guitarist/singer of “Opportunity Knocks” fame and the chairman for the evening was our president, Alan Williams, M.P. Swansea West. 450 people attended and each paid 25p for their tickets. The total cost of the concert was £110.74 and the profit £53.89 – big money.

About this time we had our first TV audition with HTV in Cardiff – it was a disaster. I have never seen a more dejected bunch of men in my life when we walked out of the studio. However the night was redeemed by Ken Hutin’s famous performance in a hostelry just outside Cardiff. The famous “Ty Bach” story being the highlight of the evening.

September saw the choir’s first major adventure. We were invited to sing in a foreign country – England. We had a very successful concert at the Carlton Forum, Nottingham, on Saturday 25th September. This was followed by some equally splendid singing the following morning at the Main Street Methodist Church, Carlton. This despite the fact that most of the members were sporting thick heads.

On 14th October at a concert in Mumbles Baptist Church we were to be joined for the first time by a young lady who was to enhance many more concerts of ours in years to come – Hazel Howells. She proved so popular with us immediately that she did no fewer than 6 concerts with us between October and December that year.