Future Concerts
May 19th, 2012 - Ruthin Rugby Club – Ty Gobaith Charity
June 2nd, 2012 (afternoon) - Bryn Bella, Tremeirchion – Hope House Charity
June 2nd, 2012 (evening) – Ruthin Conservative Club – North Wales Air Ambulance
June 29th, 2012 - Llandyrnog Village Hall
September 21st, 2012 – Llanrhaeadr yn Mochnant – Village Hall Fund
October 2nd 2012 Llys Erw Ruthin
The Choir have accepted an invitation to sing in Rhewl Chapel on October 19th to raise money for the local appeal towards next year’s National Eisteddfod in Denbigh
New Songs
The choir are currently learning a new welsh song – Paham Dinistro words by Mrs Ceri Owen (Bov’s late mother) and music by Bov. The Choir has a new soloist in Rob Dowell who is making his debut in the Rugby Club on Saturday May 19th - another hot off the press tip is that Hari Owen is also going to sing that evening.
YouTube videos
Click on this link if you want to play the Choirs rendition of Llaw y Meddyg on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dnaGNk5aBe8
Similarly below is a YouTube link which plays Siarabanc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yJuFuOFcWLs
The Choir sang both songs in Llanfwrog Church in November
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News
A Concert was held in Cyffylliog Church on Thursday May 10th – the proceeds of the evening going towards the upkeep of the Church. It was nice to have John Price back with us after some ill-health. The ladies of the Church had prepared a wonderful supper for us in the Red Lion and a very enjoyable evening was had by all.
The choir posing in the Cyffylliog Church
The Choir were wearing their new ties and shirts in the Cyffylliog Church concert. The Choir would like to thank Gwynfor Jones and Rob and Michelle at the Drovers Arms for their generous contributions.
The Choir held a concert in Capel Melin-y-Wig on Friday 23rd March, 2012 in aid of local charities. It was a very enjoyable evening enjoyed by both the audience and the choir. The M.C. for the evening was Gwynfor Jones, soloist were John Jones, Merfyn Evans, Brian Hughes, Gwynfor Jones and Bov’s sister Eirlys. After the Concert the choir enjoyed some excellent refreshments in the Community Hall.
In the Melin-y-wig column of the local Welsh monthly – Y Bedol – it was reported that an excellent concert was enjoyed by all. Diolch yn fawr am y geiriau caredig.
The Choir went ‘international‘ on Friday, January 27th 2012 when they performed in a concert in Oswestry for the local Marie Curie Cancer Care Fund-Raising Committee. The concert was very succesful with over 150 tickets being sold. A number of soloists took part namely John Price, John Jones, Merfyn Evans, Brian Hughes, Gwynfor Jones and Bov’s sister Eirlys.
The next concert will be held in March in Melin-y-Wig
The Porthmyn Choir outside their favourite watering hole
History
The Choir was formed by Bov as his contribution to raising funds for the extension work on the Rhewl Pavilion in January 2011; he organised an evening at the Ruthin Conservative Club when Bov, his friends and the Choir performed and this led to a very enjoyable evening. Following the success of the concert, Bov and the members of the choir decided to continue with their Tuesday night practices and extend their repertoire. At this time the choir was called ‘Only Rhewl Aloud’.
The Choir is made up of members mainly from Rhewl, but also from Ruthin, Denbigh, Llandyrnog, Efenechtyd, Clawddnewydd, Clocaenog, Bontuchel and even as far afield as Buckley and Mold. Two thirds of the members have not sung in a choir since their school days and the Choir is fortunate to have experienced singers in their midst who readily pass on their experiences to the rest of the choir.
Many of the members of the Choir consider their involvement in the choir to be therapeutic and look forward to the practices on Tuesday night; most of the Choir are Welsh speaking and as many of the words of the songs are written in Welsh this gives an opportunity for non welsh speaking members to practice or expand their Welsh.
The Choir has been in demand and have sung in concerts and events in the Rhewl (Pavilion) twice, The Drovers Arms and Llanfwrog Church. On Saturday 9th November; they sang in a concert in Cae Cymro, Clawddnewydd, this was organised by John Price a
Choir member to raise funds for the Robert Owen House at Broadgreen Hospital,
Liverpool; John underwent major heart surgery at the Hospital in the Spring of 2011 – over a £1300 was raised.
The Choir been has renamed and is now known as Cor y Porthmyn (The Drovers Choir) . A Chairman has been elected namely Ivor Thomas and Secretary – Rhian Evans and Treasurer – Iona Jones
The choir following the receipt of their new ties - no they are not colour coded
Our Musical Director
