We had a very busy May. Firstly there was the ‘photo shoot’ for the National Lottery campaign (see below) and that was followed by 2 concerts. On May 17th we joined with The Regimental Band of the Royal Welsh, Hywel Girl’s Choir and Hywel Boy’s Singers, the Llanelli Choral Society and Adele O’Neill, at the Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli. This was the ‘Llanelli Proms’ which was celebrating its 10th anniversary. It was a very enjoyable evening and included many joint items with choir, band and audience including Calon Lan, Cwm Rhondda, Jerusalem, and a rousing arrangement of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
The following Saturday we took part in the Navy Days celebration in Mumbles and gave a concert at All Saints, Oystermouth. On this occasion we were joined by Celine Forrest, soprano, and Zoe Rasmussen, harp. The evening was organised by Penny Ryan and we were fortunate to have Les Ryan accompany us on the organ for 3 pieces. We sang Geoffrey Russell Smith’s arrangement of ‘Li’l Liza Jane’ for the first time and during the concert we presented a tie to Ray Davies for 30 years’ service to the choir.
We were pleased to announce that Walter Jones become a full chorister and, during this month, we had another 3 probationary members singing at rehearsal. Our numbers were very healthy but we were still pleased to welcome anyone interested in joining, especially in the 1st tenor or 2nd bass part.
This month also saw us busy preparing for our Annual Concert to be held at All Saints, Oystermouth, on Saturday 5th July and which would feature Joe Morgan, baritone, and Bronwen Beckett-Evans, soprano.
