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Côr Meibion Llanelli Concert at the Gravells Subaru Showroom in Kidwelly. Soloist: soprano Joy Cornock. The posters on the wall were all about precision engineering and powerful gearboxes – but there was nothing mechanical about Côr Meibion Llanelli’s performance at the Gravells Subaru showroom in Kidwelly. Yes, they were precise. Yes, they provided some interesting musical gear-changes. Yes, there was plenty of power. But there was much, much more – and , as always, it was all served up with a passion which has become a hallmark of one of the finest choirs in Wales. The concert was a fund-raiser for the Llanelli Sea Cadet Corps (TS Echo) to commemorate their 70th anniversary and the Warship Week (1942) adoption by ‘Llanelly’ of the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Echo. The President of TS Echo, Lt Col David Mathias, provided the military background to the occasion in an illuminating opening address. And there were reference points to World War Two in the choir’s programme – most notably Y Ta...

Choir's car showroom event | This is South Wales They have raised their voices at London's Royal Albert Hall and Festival Hall, Coventry Cathedral, and Birmingham's Town and Symphony Halls, but Cor Meibion Llanelli will give a polished performance amid the motors at Gravells car dealership on Saturday. The Kidwelly showroom makes for an unusual venue for the singers admits choir secretary Fred Elias.

Lovely picture story in the South Wales Evening Post tonight on this Saturday's Cor Meibion Llanelli concert at Gravells in Kidwelly.

Nice piece in the Western Mail today about Cor Meibion Llanelli planning a concert in the Gravells car showroom in Kidwelly.

Côr Meibion Llanelli members are well accustomed to chalking up firsts, but their next concert will be a little out of the ordinary for even the hardened veterans of the choir. The venue will be the car showroom at the Gravells dealership in Kidwelly. “We’ve performed all over the world and at some astonishing concert venues, but I think this will be the first time we have performed in a car showroom,” said choir secretary Fred Elias. “Having said that, Gravells in Kidwelly is no ordinary car showroom. It’s a swish venue and I am sure the surroundings will lend themselves to it being a hugely successful concert.” The concert, on Saturday, February 18, will be in aid of TS Echo Llanelli, the Llanelli Sea Cadets Training Ship. Llanelli Sea Cadets are celebrating their 70 th anniversary this year. The event starts at 7pm start and the guest soloist is soprano Joy Cornock. The showroom has been set aside for the concert by kind permission of the choir’s president, Mr Davi...

Grateful thanks to the wonderful team at Gravells in Kidwelly. They fixed my little 'Megan' in time for Christmas!

David Gravell, Dealer Principal at Gravells of Kidwelly, Renault’s longest established UK dealer, received the prestigious Tom Pryce Award at a ceremony in Wales on Saturday. Thomas Maldwyn Pryce (11 June 1949 – 5 March 1977) was a British racing driver from Ruthin, Wales. He was famous for winning the Brands Hatch Race of Champions in 1975. Pryce is the only Welsh driver to have won a Formula One race and is also the only Welshman to lead a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix: two laps of the 1975 British Grand Prix. Pryce's career was cut short by a tragic fatal accident at the 1977 South African Grand Prix, where he collided at high speed with a track marshal. Following his death, an award was instigated in Pryce's name, the Tom Pryce award was created by the Welsh Motoring Writers' group in Tom's memory and is presented annually to person or persons making 'a remarkable contribution to contemporary Wales - to business life, to culture and to sport'. On...