Celtic choral connections between three choirs led to a memorable charity concert at St Mary’s Church, Tenby on May 16.

It all came about from a meeting at a bowls competition in Westport on the west coast of Ireland. Pembroke Farmers’ Club member Ed Morris, a baritone with Pembroke and District Male Voice, got talking to a member of Tredagh Singers from Drogheda, north of Dublin - a sister of Ed’s neighbour who was also at the competition.

From that initial link up, some 18 months later, the Tredagh Singers joined with the ladies of Serendipity Choir of Narberth and Pembroke choristers at Tenby.

The concert was very well supported; over £3,000 has been raised for Prostate Cymru and Pancreatic Cancer UK charities so far.

Each choir was warmly applauded for its individual programme before the three choirs joined joining together for a splendid finale of the Welsh favourite Calon Lan followed by You’ll Never Walk Alone.

MC was Brian Harries, chairman of the Pembrokeshire Friends of Prostate Cymru. Brian, a member of Haverfordwest Male Voice, joined in the finale, together with John Kilcoyne, for many years a first tenor in the Pembroke ranks.

Juiliet Rossiter, Musical Director of both local choirs, was the busiest person that evening, conducting 14 individual pieces and the accompanists were Heather Williams (Serendipity) and William Lambert (Pembroke).

Gifts were exchanged with Tredagh Chairman Vincent Moore presenting a framed score of Calon Lan featuring silhouettes of important buildings in home town Drogheda, and a bottle of local whiskey. In turn, Pembroke Chairman Huw Morgan presented a fine print of one of the county’s most talked about beaches, Barafundle.

Members of both local choirs hope that there will be further connections with the Tredagh Singers in the future, in Wales and in Ireland.