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Côr Meibion Llanelli Male Voice Choir, Y Tri Tenor (The Three Welsh Tenors), Côr Ysgol Iau Llangennech Junior School Choir. Côr Meibion Llanelli’s annual summer concert at the Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli. You name it and Côr Meibion Llanelli’s annual summer concert had it. Confirmation of Côr Meibion Llanelli’s status as one of our finest male voice choirs.  Appreciation of the dazzling young talent we have in Llanelli in the shape of the Ysgol Iau Llangennech junior school choir.  Admiration for three of the finest tenors in Wales in the shape of Rhys Meirion, Aled Hall and Aled Wyn Davies.  It was a show with something for everyone – and, above all, it reflected the fact that the passion and enthusiasm for singing in Wales is in very safe hands. Côr Meibion Llanelli’s choristers were happy to play second fiddle to their guests on an occasion when there was lovely summer garden party feel to proceedings at the Selwyn Samuel Centre. Ysgol Iau Llangennec...

St David’s Day Concert at Ffwrnes. A Loud Applause production featuring The Three Welsh Tenors, the combined Côr Meibion Llanelli (Llanelli Male Choir) and Bridgend Male Choir, Parti Llwchwr, compere Garry Owen. It may be that the TV company next door to Llanelli’s swish new Ffwrnes Theatre missed a trick by not televising this St David’s Day concert. Tickets were like hot cakes and those lucky enough to get a seat were rewarded with a dazzling evening full of Welsh passion and hwyl. This was an evening worthy of recording for posterity and a great showcase for Wales as the land of song. The Three Welsh Tenors - Aled Hall, Alun Rhys-Jenkins and Rhys Meirion – never disappoint, but they were never going to be able to steal the show in the face of stiff competition from the combined choirs of Côr Meibion Llanelli (Llanelli Male Choir) and Bridgend Male Choir. They teamed up with the choirs for the finale of Tydi a Roddaist – ‘Amens’ which provided a spine-tingling climax to a great eve...