Community spirit drives Felinfoel concert
There’s a tale of great community spirit behind Cor Meibion’s appearance for a charity concert at Capel Adulam in Felinfoel, Llanelli, later this month.
“It’s a story which has very poignant moments and very uplifting moments,” said chapel Minister Rev Alan Jones.
“Basically, it is about a community’s shared experience and how we come through the good times and the bad times.”
Cor Meibion Llanelli will be performing at the chapel in Adulam on Friday, February 18, and will be sharing the stage with the pupils from Ysgol y Felin, the new school in Felinfoel which has been formed by Ysgol y Babanod and the Primary school.
“It promises to be an excellent evening’s entertainment and I would hope everyone turns out to support a worthy cause because we will be raising money for the West Wales Hospital in Glangwili in Carmarthen.”
The Minister explained: “We have chosen Glangwili because it seems to feature very heavily in the lives of our chapel-goers.
“Many have benefited from treatment and major surgery at Glangwili Hospital and are with us today to pay testament to the hard work of our doctors and nurses. For others, it has sadly been the end of a journey. Take, for example, one of Felinfoel’s true gentlemen, Gerald Phillips, who was for many years the Llanelli Star’s local correspondent and who died at Glangwili.
“The work of the hospital seems to have touched the lives of so many of us, including those at my other chapel in Salem in Llangennech.
“And, in fact, I have personal experience as I suffered meningitis and a thrombosis in the head. Without the care and dedication of our doctors and nurses, I would not be here today.”
Rev Jones added: “It was while I was out walking, recuperating from my illness, that I bumped in to Cor Meibion Llanelli’s musical director Eifion Thomas. Without any prompting from me, he suggested the choir do a charity concert.
“It was literally music to my ears as the choir had been very kind to me during my ministry at Ebenezer Chapel in Aberavon. After the terrible blast furnace tragedy at the Port Talbot steelworks in 2001, Cor Meibion rallied to the cause with a fund-raising concert which the people of the steel town found very moving indeed.
“As a chapel at Adulam, we have already raised more than £700 through a charity curry night at the Masala restaurant in West End, Llanelli. We have high hopes that this charity concert can do better than that!”
The concert starts at 7pm and tickets are available from Gerwyn Richards at Adulam Chapel, other chapel members and through Ysgol y Felin.
“It’s a story which has very poignant moments and very uplifting moments,” said chapel Minister Rev Alan Jones.
“Basically, it is about a community’s shared experience and how we come through the good times and the bad times.”
Cor Meibion Llanelli will be performing at the chapel in Adulam on Friday, February 18, and will be sharing the stage with the pupils from Ysgol y Felin, the new school in Felinfoel which has been formed by Ysgol y Babanod and the Primary school.
“It promises to be an excellent evening’s entertainment and I would hope everyone turns out to support a worthy cause because we will be raising money for the West Wales Hospital in Glangwili in Carmarthen.”
The Minister explained: “We have chosen Glangwili because it seems to feature very heavily in the lives of our chapel-goers.
“Many have benefited from treatment and major surgery at Glangwili Hospital and are with us today to pay testament to the hard work of our doctors and nurses. For others, it has sadly been the end of a journey. Take, for example, one of Felinfoel’s true gentlemen, Gerald Phillips, who was for many years the Llanelli Star’s local correspondent and who died at Glangwili.
“The work of the hospital seems to have touched the lives of so many of us, including those at my other chapel in Salem in Llangennech.
“And, in fact, I have personal experience as I suffered meningitis and a thrombosis in the head. Without the care and dedication of our doctors and nurses, I would not be here today.”
Rev Jones added: “It was while I was out walking, recuperating from my illness, that I bumped in to Cor Meibion Llanelli’s musical director Eifion Thomas. Without any prompting from me, he suggested the choir do a charity concert.
“It was literally music to my ears as the choir had been very kind to me during my ministry at Ebenezer Chapel in Aberavon. After the terrible blast furnace tragedy at the Port Talbot steelworks in 2001, Cor Meibion rallied to the cause with a fund-raising concert which the people of the steel town found very moving indeed.
“As a chapel at Adulam, we have already raised more than £700 through a charity curry night at the Masala restaurant in West End, Llanelli. We have high hopes that this charity concert can do better than that!”
The concert starts at 7pm and tickets are available from Gerwyn Richards at Adulam Chapel, other chapel members and through Ysgol y Felin.
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