On Friday 20th April we sang at the wedding of Shaun Sturgess and Aimee Jones at St Hilary’s, Killay. It was a beautiful day and we sang the happy couple out with ‘All You Need is Love’.

The following night we had a joint concert with Newquay Male Choir, from Cornwall. They were on a short tour to Wales and had sung with Tonna Male Voice Choir, in Neath, the night before. The concert was held at St Mary’s Church, in the centre of Swansea, and this proved to be a great venue. There was a large audience and they were well entertained by our visitors who started with ‘When the saints go marching in’. Although they were a small choir they made a great sound and were very disciplined. During the evening they sang a number of well known pieces and a few Cornish songs. We also sang items from our normal repertoire but a highlight was the singing of ‘How Great Thou Art’, which we have been learning over the last few months. This is a new setting and the wonderful acoustic in St Mary’s helped to make this item, with its terrific climax, a huge success. The concert was very kindly sponsored by Tomos Watkin Brewery and Liberty Homes and we thank them for their tremendous support. We finished with ‘American Trilogy’ and then the two choirs joined to sing ‘Morte Criste’, which was a fitting end to a lovely concert. We all then adjourned to the ‘Cross Keys’ where a buffet had been prepared for us.

On a sad note we learned of the passing of one of our stalwarts, Vernon Simons, following a long illness. Vernon would have completed 50 years service this year, and had previously taken a very active part in the choir where he had sung many solo items, with his beautiful tenor voice. He was also Chairman some years ago. He also served on the committee and his wife, Althea, had given so many years commitment to the Ladies committee. We were very happy to be asked to sing at his funeral at Bethlehem Chapel and at Llanelli Crematorium, where we sang Robat Arwyn’s ‘Benedictus’. He will be sadly missed.

On Thursday 26th April we sang at the Liberty Stadium for the AGM of the Swansea Building Society. The Building Society has been very kind to us by sponsoring our annual concert this year and we are very grateful for their support. This will, hopefully, lead to a long term relationship.