Aberaeron with Ceredigion Women’s Institute Choir

For the third concert in our tour we travelled north-west to Aberaeron where our hosts were the Ceredigion Women’s Institute Choir.

The first half of the concert consisted of three brackets presented by us interspersed with solos and duets from local singers Eleri and Aled Edwards, both winners of the prestigious Blue Riband.

We started with What Would I Do Without My Music and Dashenka (coconut percussion John Evans), followed by Rita MacNeil’s Working Man (soloist Geoff Serpell), which received enthusiastic applause from the capacity audience.

For our second bracket we sang The Rose, You’ll Never Walk Alone and Si Hei Lwli Mabi, finishing with Pemulwuy, which was again very well received.

To end the first half we presented a medley from Les Misérables (soloist Rushan Hewawasam) – and received our third standing ovation of the tour.

The second half was led by our host choir. We joined them in Yr Utgorn, O Gymru, and Benedictus (flautist Nigel McGuckian), and they joined us in our unique version of Waltzing Matilda (soloists Drew Hopkins and Graeme Sanderson), which prompted our fourth standing ovation.

To wind up, the two choirs surrounded the audience and sang, a cappella, Eli Jenkins’ Prayer (Sunset Poem) from Under Milk Wood, leaving the audience well satisfied.