Llanelli Star puts spotlight on concert

Nice story in the Llanelli Star newspaper today about Cor Meibion Llanelli's forthcoming concert at St Illtyd's Church in Pembrey.

Choir featured on Welsh Icons website

Spotlight on Cor Meibion Llanelli on the Welsh Icons website -http://ning.it/kAAQpx

Choir featured on llanellitown.com

Cor Meibion Llanelli featured on llanellitown.com - http://ning.it/kEPbt2

Rehearsals tonight at Furnace Community Hall

Rehearsals for Cor Meibion Llanelli at Furnace Community Hall tonight (7), getting ready for gig on Friday. Visitors/new members welcome.   

Fast Facts about Cor Meibion Llanelli

Fast facts: Did you know? That Cor Meibion Llanelli was known as Cor Meibion Cwmfelin, Llanelli, from 1964 to 1970.

Rehearsals on Monday

It's rehearsals night tomorrow (Monday) at Furnace Community Hall in Llanelli, 7pm start, visitors welcome.

Pembrey date for Cor Meibion Llanelli

Cor Meibion Llanelli will be singing their hearts out on Friday to help the campaign to restore Pembrey's historic Court Farm.

The Friends of Court Farm are hosting the fundraising concert at St Illtyd’s Church on Friday, May 20, at 7pm.

“We are always glad to help local causes,” said Cor Meibion Llanelli musical director Eifion Thomas.

“We have close links with Pembrey and many of our members are supportive of the bid to save one of Carmarthenshire's few remaining ancient manor houses.”

A bid is now being put together to seek cash from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the salvation of Court Farm. The present mansion dates back to the mid-16th century, early in the reign of Elizabeth 1.

Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments body, has already declared the building to be of “outstanding importance” and has offered a £40,000 grant towards initial repair works.

Mr Thomas added: “We know there are great efforts being made to save Court Farm for future generations, so a concert like Friday night’s is one small way in which we, as a choir, can help the campaign.

The concert will also feature Pembrey School Choir and soprano Sarah Pottinger, a native of Pembrey who now works as a singing teacher based in Devizes. She is a graduate of The University of Oxford, and The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Tickets are available from Pembrey Post Office, Pembrey Pottery and the village school.

Visit no 8 for Shaftesbury!

The hilltop town of Shaftesbury will be alive to the sound of music on Saturday (April 30) when Cor Meibion Llanelli (Llanelli Male Choir) pay a welcome return visit.

This will be the famous Welsh choir’s eighth appearance in Shaftesbury.

Concert organiser Susan Ballett explained: “They first came at the invitation of St James Church (down over the hill in the small parish of St James), in the late 1980s and have managed to fit in return visits every three or four years ever since to the delight of everyone who hears them

“The concerts are always held in the Shaftesbury School, which is the only venue locally large enough to hold the number of music lovers who are always anxious to enjoy their very special sound.

“Under the baton of D Eifion Thomas, the choir never fails to raise the benchmark even higher.”

It is something of a tradition that the choir’s visit sees the introduction of guest artistes - usually local students on the threshold of a musical career.

This year there will be two – Daniel Bovey, who plays classical guitar, and Bryony Purdue, a soprano singer.

Tickets are priced at £12.50 and are available at Reynolds shoe repair shop at the bottom of Shaftesbury town, at Hine and Parsons opposite the Town Hall, or by ringing 01747 854294.

The concert begins at 7pm and there is plenty of car parking either at the school or in the immediate area.

Cor Meibion Llanelli musical director Mr Thomas said the choir’s programme would include a mix of traditional Welsh items alongside songs from the shows and some Negro spirituals.

“It really is a varied programme with something for everyone. We thoroughly enjoy our visits to Shaftesbury and it is a great chance to meet up with Welsh ‘exiles’ who may be feeling that ‘hiraeth’ or longing for their homeland of Wales.”

Shaftesbury date for Cor Meibion Llanelli

Shaftesbury date for Cor Meibion Llanelli - http://llanellimalechoir.co.uk/Latestnews.html