Echuca Moama Celtic Festival

 “Superb” ” fantastic – great harmonies” “uplifting” “a fully engaging experience”

A concert given by our Côr Bach was the main event on the last day of the Echuca Moama Celtic Festival at the Bowling Club in Moama NSW on St Patrick’s Day.

The full-length concert included two new love songs with a positive flavour (almost unheard-of for Welsh love songs!) – Anfonaf Angel (I’ll Send an Angel) and Yfory (Tomorrow), both by Robat Arwyn; Yr Utgorn (The Trumpet); Paul Jarman’s powerful tribute to the aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy; and a medley of songs from opera, musicals and the sixties which we call Caleidosgop (think about it).

The capacity audience responded warmly, and also joined us heartily in the singing of Men of Harlech, Cwm Rhondda, When The Saints, our Welsh-flavoured version of Waltzing Matilda and, of course, Danny Boy.  

Their feedback included:

Wonderful! Thank you !  Margreth and Rose

Thank you for taking my sister and me back to Wales for a couple of hours. We enjoyed it very much. DIOLCH YN FAWR.  Anna and Gwyneth

Superb singing – superb pianist – super way to spend Sunday afternoon. Thank you.

Thoroughly enjoyable. Presentation excellent.  Ken

Absolutely fantastic. Great harmonies. A joy to listen to.  Mavis

Wonderful concert. Great variety of songs. Thank you.  Margaret

An uplifting performance. Wonderful. Thank-you sincerely.  Betty

The concert was fantastic. A great mix of different styles of music. The Kaleidoscope and  ”Les Mis” medleys were brilliant. Well done!!  Pam and Marj

Excellent, beautiful sequence of songs to suit all.  Siân

The Choir was magnificent and will be well remembered by all who witnessed this event. Feedback from people I met as they left the auditorium indicated the great pleasure which was imparted by your performance. For this hopelessly romantic Welshman it was a fully engaging experience and certainly had the required effect of inducing tears of joy and nostalgia. The last two numbers were particularly memorable.  Would you please pass on to the choristers my profound thanks for a unique experience, so very far from those hills and valleys we remember so well.  Michael (the lad from Porthcawl)