The latest 'On Song' column from the Llanelli Star

The latest 'On Song' column from the Llanelli Star - 

The ladies of Côr Curiad are excited at the move into new rehearsal rooms at the Lantern Room at Hall Street Church, Llanelli.
While work has been carried out on the Hall Street Church, the ladies have been busy rehearsing at Llanelli Public Library.
This week’s Thursday rehearsal has been called off. But next week, October 3, the choir members will be in their new ‘home’ in the Lantern Room, starting at 7pm.
The ladies of Côr Curiad are looking forward to their ‘winter tour’ to Tamworth in Staffordshire.
The choristers will be the guests of Tamworth Male Voice Choir on the weekend of November 15-17.
Côr Meibion Dyffryn Tywi have an ‘away trip’ this Friday (September 27) when they travel up the M4 motorway for a concert with Swindon Male Voice Choir.
Derrick Rowlands, secretary of Côr Meibion Dyffryn Tywi, said: “It’s been a busy start to the autumn season for the choir and the ‘boys’ are looking forward to a great evening in Swindon.”
Côr Meibion Llanelli members performed in Brailes in The Cotswolds at the weekend.
“We have been visitors to Brailes before and we always get an excellent welcome,” said the choir’s musical director Eifion Thomas.
On Sunday, October 12, a Côr Meibion Llanelli concert is scheduled for Llanelli Hospice.
The following weekend, Saturday, October 19, will see the choir perform at the first Gethin Hughes Memorial Bursary Concert at Greenfield Chapel in Llanelli.
Friday, November 15, sees the choir perform at their ‘annual fixture’ for the Llanelli Hospice Appeal Festival of Light in the St Elli Shopping Centre.
On November 16, Côr Meibion Llanelli will be taking part in a glamorous evening with the stars in Ffwrnes. The concert will be in aid of Wales’s pancreatic cancer charity Amser Justin Time. Shan Cothi, who set up the charity in memory of her late husband, will be headlining the evening.
Shan will be joined by the very popular baritone Mark Llewelyn Evans. Mark will be performing some songs from his new album ‘This Guy’s in Love’. Also performing will be the young up and coming musical theatre star Samuel Morris.
Meanwhile, the countdown has started to a special concert will help launch the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal in South West Wales.
The Royal British Legion Charity Gala Concert will be staged at The Lyric Theatre in Carmarthen on Saturday, October 19.
It will feature Cantorion Colin Jones (the Colin Jones singers), The Siren Sisters and The 215 City of Swansea Squadron Corps of Drums.
Other news:
Llanelli’s Hywel Girls’ Choir and Hywel Boy Singers will enjoy two performances at the magnificent St. David’s Hall Cardiff later this year. They will star in the Wales Festival of Remembrance in November and in the Christmas Spectacular at St. David’s Hall Cardiff in December in aid of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.
Burry Port Male Voice Choir: October 7, Charity Concert, Hippodrome Theatre, Roath Park, Cardiff.

Robert Lloyd works as a media consultant – www.rlloydpr.co.uk
If you have any news about the choral scene in Llanelli, the please contact him on 07777 683637 or email rlloydpr@btinternet.com

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