On Monday, 2nd we gave a short concert at Clyne Golf Club at an evening in aid of ‘Save The Children’. There were many different small stalls set up selling a variety of items and £725.00 was raised for the charity. We were delighted to help this cause and we gave our services for free. On Saturday 7th we gave a lunchtime recital at the Arts Wing (The Depot) at the Grand Theatre. This time it was in aid of Swansea Macular Degeneration Society. In between these concerts we held a ‘quiz night’, organised by the Ladies committee, at the Commercial, Killay. We had a good turnout and Gareth very kindly put on some refreshments for us. The Ladies raised in excess of £400 for their funds.

We are pleased to welcome David James to the choir. David passed his audition and has taken his place in the second tenors. However, on a sad note, Terry Green has ‘upped sticks’ and is moving to Kent with his wife Pat. Terry has been a very faithful member of the choir for 4 years since joining in November 2011. Pat has also been an active member of the Ladies committee and both will be missed.

On Saturday 28th November we gave our first ‘Christmas’ concert at All Saints, Oystermouth. Unfortunately our accompanist, Rhian, was unable to be there, as she was attending a wedding in Bath. However, our deputy, Steve, did a wonderful job in accompanying us and we were lucky to have Les Ryan playing the organ for various items. We always learn a number of Christmas songs and this time we sang the Shakin’ Stevens number, ‘Merry Christmas, Everyone’ to a keyboard accompaniment, arranged by Steve. We also sang the wonderful Chris DeBurgh song ‘One More Mile To Go’. The soloist for the evening was Keely Morgan, who sang items including, ‘The Holy City’ and ‘Nella Fantasia’ by Morriconi. There was an excellent audience who gave a standing ovation when we joined with Keely to sing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ to finish the concert. The concert was in aid of ‘Maggie’s’, Swansea, which is a drop-in cancer centre offering practical, emotional and social support to local people with cancer, and their friends and family. This is a wonderful facility and we raised over ‘£1400 and, once again, gave our services free of charge. Mrs Pat Steane gave a vote of thanks and dedicated the concert to Yvonne Gabriel, a great friend of the choir, who had helped to arrange the concert, but sadly lost her battle against cancer last month.