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The end of The Wye Valley Chorus

  • March 21st, 2009
  • Posted in culture . hobbies . monmouth . music . news

A couple of Tuesdays ago, a few of us held the last meeting of the Wye Valley Chorus in Monmouth. There was no singing and the mood was sombre as we took votes to decide on which charities would receive the remainder of the bank balance. Instead of the usual banter, there was awkward smalltalk. [ READ MORE ]

A German musical coincidence

  • August 8th, 2006
  • Posted in germany . music

Last Friday K. and I went to a birthday party in Llanfoist, outside Abergavenny. The host had invited a recorder orchestra made up of mostly middle aged ladies from near Stuttgart who were performing in the area. They played some mediaeval-sounding numbers which were charming, but after the fourth one I went outside where little [ READ MORE ]

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