We sang at two weddings this month. Firstly, we sang at the National Waterfront Museum for the wedding of Faye Lawlor. This was a new venue for us in Swansea and it was a great place to sing. The second took us to deepest Devon, to the small village of Upottery, between Illminster and Exeter, for the wedding of Caroline Wells and Toby Thomas. We started out by coach from the Diamond Coaches depot (once all the drivers had found their way there!), and made our way down the M5. We sang before the wedding ceremony only to be informed that there would be a delay in the wedding taking place, as the vicar had been caught up in traffic, after an accident on the A3! However, everything went well in the end and we sang ‘The Rose’ at the signing of the register. A buffet had been organised by our Chairman at the Sidmouth Arms following the wedding, where a few more songs were sung and the local ale tasted.

We were also pleased to announce that Ed Parton and Dave Wisby had become the latest members to pass their auditions. This brought our numbers up to 48.

Congratulations to Only Men Aloud for winning the BBC choir competition ‘Last Choir Standing’. They make a truly brilliant sound. Just a bit of trivia – we actually stood in for them at a concert a few years ago, when they had to pull out at short notice.