Repertoire Review: ‘Tydi a Roddaist’

In the Aber Valley MVC Blog we will take the occasional closer look at some of our favourite songs, here is the first of what we’ll call our “Repertoire Review…” One of the most popular songs in the Aber Valley MVC’s Welsh-language repertoire is the hymn ‘Tydi a Rhoddaist’, composed by the late Arwel Hughes […]

Repertoire Review: ‘Tydi a Roddaist’

In the Aber Valley MVC Blog we will take the occasional closer look at some of our favourite songs, here is the first of what we’ll call our “Repertoire Review…” One of the most popular songs in the Aber Valley MVC’s Welsh-language repertoire is the hymn ‘Tydi a Rhoddaist’, composed by the late Arwel Hughes […]

AVMVC Concert in Ireland a Huge Success

The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir have recently returned from a very successful tour to Drogheda, County Louth in the Republic of Ireland. From the 19th to 22nd of May, the AVMVC embarked on a short tour of Ireland, culminating in a near sell-out performance in front of an audience of 800 people in the […]

1901 Mining Disaster Remembered

Although much of the infamy surrounding the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd concerns the horrendous loss of life that occurred in 1913 when 440 men and boys perished, this last week marked an equally poignant anniversary. It is 115 years since the 1901 disaster which claimed 81 souls. On May 24, 1901, as the night shift […]