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Lend your support to 'The Show Must Go On'

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People are being urged to support a grand concert being held in Carmarthen’s Lyric Theatre to raise funds for the Canofan Elfed special unit at QE High School. The Show Must Go On is taking place at the county council theatre in King Street on Sunday, April 17, at 2.30pm. Amateur music and theatre groups of Carmarthen are coming together to put on the show which will include West End musical hits. Funds raised will go towards a Tobi eye gaze, which costs around £7,000, and is specialist equipment which allows severely disabled children to communicate. The show is being organised by Andrew Bassett and friends, who have already raised thousands of pounds for the unit. Carmarthenshire’s education executive board member Cllr Gareth Jones said: “This promises to be a wonderful event and all money raised will go to a fantastic cause. “I hope people will support it, and also enjoy seeing the multi-talented people we have in our amateur groups here in the Carmarthen area.” Tickets are availa...

Ty Hafan charity concert a hit for Loud Applause productions

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Ty Hafan Youth Gala Concert at Grand Theatre, Swansea, featuring, Only (West) Boys Aloud, Ariosa Singers, Hywel Girls' Choir and Hywel Boy Singers, Daniella Difede and Samuel Morris. Compere: Kevin Johns MBE. It was only right and proper that the spotlight was very much on youth in this dazzling charity fund-raiser staged at the Grand Theatre, Swansea. The average age of the artistes was somewhere in the lower teens, showing that West is Best when it comes to up-and-coming talent. The evening showcased the talents of Only (West) Boys Aloud, the Ariosa Singers and the Hywel Girls' Choir and Hywel Boy Singers. It also gave a great Grand Theatre opportunity to two rising stars from Llanelli, 18-year-old Ysgol y Strade pupil Samuel Morris and 16-year-old Coedcae student Daniella Difede. Samuel displays a maturity beyond his years in his handling of some great musical theatre show-stoppers. This time around, it was Bring Him Home, from Les Miserables, and Buo Doi, from Mis...