{"id":11,"count":20,"description":"**CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK **\r\nNO CHOIR PRACTICES OR CONCERTS \r\nFOR FORESEEABLE FUTURE\r\nSITUATION WILL BE REVIEWED AT A LATER DATE\r\nAS THE OUTBREAK PROGRESSES\r\n\r\n\r\nSaturday 13th October saw another magnificent concert by the Choir at the Bedwas Workman\u2019s Hall with \u201cTreble C\u201d a trio of young local girls, Caitlin, Clara and Connie, all still at school and college, also the \u201cBournemouth Concert Band\u201d who last year celebrated their 25th anniversary. The Band was led by Simon Nicholls ex-Royal Marines Band.\r\n\r\nSeptember was a very busy month for the choir,\r\n\r\n1st September a local concert at Abertridwr YMCA \r\nWhich was celebrating its 80th anniversary.\r\n \r\nAnd \u201cmissionary work\u201d on,\r\n22th. September in Somerset at the South Brewham Parish Church\r\n29th September near Cheltenham at Highbury.\r\n\r\n1st. September \r\nThe choir had a new experience today. They were asked to sing at the home of an ex-Senghenydd man who has a very short time to live.\r\nTwenty-nine of the choir drove down to Llanrumney to sing in the gentleman's garden - a complete surprise to him. He thoroughly enjoyed the music, which he shared with many of his family and friends.\r\nThe family provided the choir with food and drink as a thank you.\r\nPaste following link in the address bar for short video:  \r\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCWalesNews\/videos\/2069740403077950\/\r\nIt was a truly marvelous occasion.\r\n\r\n\r\n2018, March,\r\nA successful St. David\u2019s Day Concert was held at Penyrheol, the audience was treated to Welsh Cakes and Bara Brith as well as the special guest performers \u201cTreble C\u201d, three local young girls with beautiful voices,\r\nClick on the link below(or copy and paste into site address) for a medley of some of the songs performed by the Aber Valley Male Voice Choir on the night.\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/yErNgV146h0\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nOur St David\u2019s Day Concert which was due to take place on Friday the 2nd of March has had to be rescheduled to Friday the 9th of March due to adverse weather conditions.\r\nA little information on Saint David,\r\nHe was born on the Pembrokeshire cliffs during a fierce storm. Legend has it he was the son of Sant (aka Sanctus), king of Ceredigion and a nun called Nonnita (non). Though this has been dismissed by historians who instead say he descended from Welsh royalty.\r\nIn medieval times people thought he descended from King Arthur.\r\nDavid became a monk at a young age and is said to have founded a monastery close to where he was born. This area is now known as St Davids.\r\nThe Cathedral and St David's Bishop's Palace are built on the site of the original monastery\r\nA legend harks back to a battle when the men in Wales fought to protect their land from Saxon invaders. Wales was losing, both sides wore similar clothing making things confusing.\r\nA monk noticed it was becoming an issue, so he cried out: \"Welshman, you must mark yourselves so that you can better tell who is Saxon and who is Welsh.\"\r\nThe monk plucked a leek from the ground and added: \"Here, wear there so you will know any soldier who does not have a leek is your enemy.\"\r\nThey thought it was odd, but they went along with it. Soon all soldiers had one on their helmet. The Welsh won the battle. The monk? David!\r\nDavid is said to have died on March 1, 589 AD at 100-years-old\r\n\r\n","link":"http:\/\/aber-valleymvc.co.uk\/?cat=11","name":"News","slug":"httpsyoutu-beyerngv146h0","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aber-valleymvc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aber-valleymvc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aber-valleymvc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"http:\/\/aber-valleymvc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&categories=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}