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Only Men Aloud at Welsh Proms

Only Men Aloud gave a fantastic show at the Welsh Proms at St David’s Hall, Cardiff last night.

The all-male choir which won the BBC’s Last Choir Standing competition appeared as part of the Stage and Screen Prom.

If you enjoyed the Welsh Proms, share you thoughts here…

Former Mining Town

Aberdare Celebrates Stuart Cable

Aberdare Celebrates the Life of Stuart Cable today.

A celebration of Stuart Cable’s life takes place at St Elvans Church, Church St, Aberdare at 12.00 on 21st June 2010.

Procession Starts from Richard’s Funeral Services Chapel of Rest, Harriet St. in Trecynon to Mill St.
Left at The Welsh Harp into B4725,
Continue for 1 mile to town center (Canon St).
Right at Cenotaph into Victoria Sq, bear right
Right into Church St.

Procession End:
St Elvans Church can be found directly ahead.

For Parking:

From Cardiff:
Use Dukes St Car Park or continue to Tesco roundabout,
Turn left and follow road to R’bout then continue straight over
into Gadlys Pit Car Park

Secondary Parking:
YNYS Car Park. Right off A 4059 towards
Michael Sobell Sport Centre.

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Chuckles and Cheers in the Valley

There was big chuckles and cheers of applause tonight marking the long-awaited return of local drama sensation, the Library Luvvies.

Staff from Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Libraries service – aka ‘the Library Luvvies’ – performed their own musical comedy ‘Where in the World?’ at Ton Pentre Library.

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Libraries Service is holding a week of travel-related activities during its ‘Where in the World Week’, starting Monday, June 7, 2010. The local library service in Rhondda Cynon Taff offer a range of travel books and DVDs available for loan.

Tonight was an hilarious night of comedy sketches from around the world.

Songs of the Valleys

Rhondda Cynon Taff Library Luvvies

Shhhh please… for the Library Luvvies!

Staff from Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Library service – aka ‘the Library Luvvies’ – perform the radio play The Minor Mysteries by Marie Arnold at Ton Pentre Library on November 11th 2009.

It was a fantastic night!

See the Full Set of Photos on Flickr here …

Cwm Music Festival 2009

Cwmaman Music Festival 2009 is on its way folks. Oh yes, the 2nd annual music shindig will be bigger and better even than last years amazing cultural weekend.

Cancel all plans for the last weekend in September 09 because there’s only one place you wanna be. Yep, once again Cwmaman will extend a welcome to music fans everywhere and showcase the excellent talent on offer around the valleys and beyond, following the success of last year we have a surprise headline act.

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Songs and Scones on the Menu

Country and bluegrass music will be served up at the next ‘Songs and Scones’ concert at the Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. The shows are targeted at older people, who can enjoy a scone and cuppa while listening to performances from Welsh musicians. Bluegrass/Country duo Ginge and Cello Boi will entertain at the next concert on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 from 1pm.

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Merthyr a Piping Hot Spot

Menter Merthyr have received a grant of £2100 towards developing traditional Welsh music in Merthyr.

The money has come following a number of successful pipe workshops funded by Communities First Town and Parc.

The workshops will run over a 1 year period with arch-piper Geraint ‘Jacob’ Roberts giving people the chance to play the pibgorn, tin whistle, bohdran and Welsh pipes.

If you are interested in learning to play traditional Welsh music, complete beginers or experienced musicians, contact the Menter now on 01685 722176

Photo Credit : Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com

Y Betti Galws, Cwmaman

Cheese Glorious Cheese… in Ponty

Event : Welsh Cheese and BBQ night

WHERE : ‘Bunch of Grapes’ – Ynysangharad Road – Pontypridd

Date / Time : Wednesday 24th June @ 18:30hrs

What’s On : Welsh Cheeses – BBQ – Beers on stillage, Homemade Sausages – Small tutored Wine Tasting – a GuitarIst will be playing throughout the evening.

Guest Appearance : from Dave ‘Seidr Dai’ Matthews with some of his greatest Ciders, plus various bottled Ciders from across Wales.

Real Ales : Those outside on the night – wrapped in cooler jackets & on Gravity Dispense : Batemans – ‘GHA’ … Thornbridge – ‘Jaipur’ … Dark Star – ‘HopHead’
More choices of course on Handpull at the Bar.

Make a Plucky Attempt to Leave Your House

Make a Plucky Attempt to Leave your House this week… for Gary Owen’s latest play Amgen : Broken at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff until Saturday 9th May.

Review on Rob Brydon in Brecon

Photo of Rob Brydon (left) by Irregular Shed

If only Rob Brydon was prescribed on the NHS in Wales. We could get well sooner and save so much money by just learning to laugh at ourselves and avoiding all those happy pills.

Brydon rocked the house in Brecon last night. Theatr Brycheiniog is quite a small theatre at nearly five-hundred seats but it felt much more intimate than some of the larger venues on his tour. Sitting in seat AA1 might have helped me feel closer to the action too.

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Menter Caerffili Christmas 2008 Fair

Menter Caerffili is a charity whose main objective is to promote the Welsh Language in the Communitites of Caerphilly County Borough. Our Christmas Fair at Llancaiach Fawr Manor is an excellent day out for the whole family and entry is free! There’ll be free arts and crafts activities for children, performances by local schools, a chance by buy unique gifts and foods from over 30 local businesses, and a visit from Father Christmas in his sleigh!

Here are the details:

30th November 11am – 4pm

Llancaiach Fawr Manor

Parking at Llancaiach Fawr is limited, but we will run a free shuttle bus from Somerfield, Nelson.