Our first concert following our tour to Kiel was held at Clyne Golf Club on November 12th. The club was packed and we had a lovely evening. The concert was in aid of ‘Save the Children’ and we raised £1100 for the charity. Of course, we gave our services free of charge so every penny went to the charity. The evening was organised by Joan Jory and her husband, Jeff, introduced the concert. Jeff was a former member of the choir and it was great to see him there.

We sang at the wedding of Amy Staddon and Liam Jenkins on Saturday 17th November. It took place at St Thomas church and Amy is the daughter of our second tenor, Gareth.

We were pleased to welcome 3 new members to the choir and we are really lucky because all 3 are experienced choristers. Vernon Ward has moved to the area from Cheshire and has joined the second tenors and Brian Brent and Brian Miles have joined the first tenor section. We hope they all have a long association with us.

We were sad to learn of the passing of Emil Jones, a wonderful top tenor, who had been with the choir for over 20 years. He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends and we sung at his funeral at Llanelli Crematorium.

We also had the dreadful news that Debbie, our MD Nick’s wife, passed away following a short illness.  Debbie was a great support to Nick and knew all about his passion for the male choir institution, having known him for nearly 40 years. She was a regular on the choir tours and had a great friendship with Rhian and many of the wives and partners. She will be greatly missed and our heartfelt sympathies are with Nick.