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2012

Saturday February 25th   Mayor of Flint Charity Concert, Gwynedd School.
Every year the Flint Mayor has a charity fund to mark his term of office.  Councillor David Cox is the choir’s president and so we will help him and his fund out.  There will be other artistes appearing and they will be announced in the concert publicity.

Saturday March 24th 1000 voices at the MEN Arena in Manchester
This is the first time such a venue has been used for this massed voices concert and features choirs from South and North Wales plus other invited groups.  We are taking 45 singers and supporters and staying the night at a top class hotel about 10 minutes walk from the arena.  If you would like to join us, there are still places available and you will have a glorious weekend of singing and companionship.
Ask Graham Osborne (02352 710694) for further details, you will be very welcome.

Saturday April 14th  Gladstone Theatre Port Sunlight.
Another visit to this beautifully restored old theatre, run and totally maintained by volunteers.  Their programme of plays and celebrity acts is first class and we feel honoured to be on the same bill.  The welcome is always wonderful and a good night is had by all.

Saturday April 21st .  Wedding at Bodelwyddan Castle
Great venue for a celebration and we will be there.

Sunday May 20th  St. Marys Parish Church, Flint.
We welcome the Drake University Choir from Moines in Iowa U.S.A.  This mixed choir tour internationally every four years and we are indeed honoured to have been chosen to appear with them since they are world renowned.  The church has donated their premises for this occasion and we hope we can fill it, to truly show our American friends some Flint hospitality.
Don’t miss this one.

Saturday  June 2nd,  Venue Cymru, Llandudno.
This is the big one.  Rhydian Roberts, renowned Welsh tenor appearing with the choir in our most ambitious venture yet. 

Tickets are sold through Venue Cymru from their box office and full details of how to book are on their website,www.venuecymru.co.uk or you could always ring John Bevan on 01352 732122 or email bevcorflint@tiscali.co.uk.

This is another unmissable event.

Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th June.   Visit to Burry Port, South Wales.
It is Burry Port MVC’s 50th  anniversary and they are holding a massed voice concert in Llanelli on this weekend to celebrate.  We have been friends with the choir for many years and have had very enjoyable exchange visits from time to time.

Very good luck to them, they are grand people.

Saturday 30th June, Gwynedd School, Flint
The Flint Festival runs from 1st  to 16th July and is full of interesting and entertaining shows and events.  The choir will be closing this years Festival with top class artistes to ensure a fitting end to what has become a major event in North Wales.

Contact the Town Council at the Town hall for full details.

Sunday 1st  July  Mayor’s Civic Sunday.
No details of this event at present.  The new Mayor is elected in May and venue and time is in the hands of the Town Council.
Watch this space.

Friday 27th July – Wednesday 1 August.  Celtic Festival Martiques, France.
This is a very late invitation stemming from our past association with these Celtic Festivals.
Martiques is near Marseille so we will have to fly there and our Concert Secretary is busy negotiating the best subsidy to make the best of a lovely opportunity.
We’ll be there.

Saturday August 11th .  Wedding at St.Teglas. Llandegla.

Thursday 16th August.  St.Johns Methodist Church Llandudno.
We were here last season for the series of concerts attracting both visitors and residents.  The church is now fully renovated and is a fine example of modern worship in comfort and good taste

Saturday 25th August.  Wedding Ellesmere Port.

Saturday 25th August.  Garden party in Connahs Quay.

Friday September 21st .  Wedding Llyndir Hall, Rosset.

Thursday  October  18th . St John’s Church  Llandudno.
Our second visit here this year.  Let’s hope they don’t get fed up with us.

Saturday 27h October.  North Wales Choral Festival
This is the competition sponsored by Stena Line and the choir won the male voice section in 2011.  This is the fourth time we have succeeded here and we are going to win again,  ---- we hope.

Tuesday  4h December.  Mostyn Pensioners Christmas Dinner.
Not quite sure about this just yet, Christmas is a very busy time for choir and choristers.
Watch this space.

Saturday 15th December.  Charity Concert
No more concerts at  the Pavilion, it will be a bowling alley.  Where will we go, the answer is up in the air.  We have to find a place that is convenient for an audience and therefore more likely to sell tickets and so benefit the charities that are the raison d’etre of the whole exercise.  
Any suggestions.

Sunday 16th or 23rd December.  ASDA Queensferry.
We are always here just before Christmas, singing carols and popular Christmas songs for the shoppers.  Everyone is relaxed and it makes for a great fund raiser and an enjoyable hour or two.