On Sunday 2nd we returned to St David’s Church, Morriston, to sing at a charity concert in aid of Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline. This is the second time we have supported this charity following on from the success of the concert last year. Once again we had Keely Morgan singing with us and also the Cwmrhydyceirw Junior School choir. The children sang with tremendous enthusiasm and were ably led by Miss Amy Hanley and Mrs Rebecca Wisby. The charity was formed following the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl in 1986. Belarus was the region worst hit and people still till the fields and eat produce affected by radiation. The charity gives children a chance to have a break from the relentless bombardment of radiation and medical opinion suggests that fresh food and good air will boost their damaged immune systems. A wonderful cause, which we are very happy to support and for more information please visit www.ccll.org.uk/swansea.

We are delighted to welcome Rob Smith to the choir following his successful audition. He has joined the baritone section and has also made a big difference to our average age. We have also had Josh Lehmann, from Berlin, singing with us for the last 2 months, but, regrettably, he is returning to Germany in March. We hope he has enjoyed his short time with us and it was great that he could join us for the concert in Swansea University on 28th.

We held a lunchtime concert in Fulton Hall in Swansea University on Friday 28th where we were fortunate to perform in front of international singing star Bonnie Tyler. Bonnie is originally from Swansea and she introduced the choir in her inimitable style! Bonnie was the guest of the ‘Welcome To Wales Food Festival’ at the university to mark St David’s Day and was invited by the catering manager of the university, Les Carmichael, who also sings in our choir. The choir sang brilliantly, mainly singing items associated with Wales including ‘Cwm Rhondda’, ‘Delilah’, ‘O Gymru’ and the haunting melody of ‘Hiraeth’, a song about longing for your homeland. We were followed by a lovely performance from Amy Sinha, a singer, songwriter, who was ably accompanied by our own Steve Wilson. We had a superb lunch after the performance, again, provided by Les and his staff. To see some more pictures of this event please click here.