Tenby Male Choir have paused their busy 50th annual Summer Season of concerts while they get their breath back! In their golden anniversary year they have so far performed 13 concerts, seven of which were fundraisers for charities and good causes which collectively raised almost £7,000.

Beneficiaries have included Ysgol Greenhill School, St Johns Church, Save the Children, Ty Hafan, Tenovus Cancer Care, Cancer Research Wales and Wales Air Ambulance. A coffee morning, a barbeque and half a dozen other concerts have generated funds to cover the Choir’s running costs.

The Choir will be resuming their Season with concerts at St Mary’s Church on Thursdays 21st and 28th August, both at 7.30. Admission £10, accompanied children under 16 free.

In the first of these concerts on the 21st the Choir will be joined by gifted local young pianist Sabrina Morgan, 22, who has been performing with the Choir since she was 9 years old. At the second event (28th) the Choir will be joined by local Sea Shanty group ‘Cockles and Mussels’, a fun and friendly local choir from Manorbier, which meets weekly to learn and practise traditional songs and shanties.

To mark the Choir’s 50th Anniversary year a very special concert is planned for September 4th at 7.30 in the De Valence Pavilion. The Choir will be joined by their President Wynne Evans and the exceptional ladies choir Bella Voce for an evening of excellent musical entertainment. Admission £15, accompanied children under 16 free.

Tickets for this event are available in advance from the Choir Secretary Mike Slade ([email protected]).

On Tuesday, September 9th, Tenby Male Choir will be performing one of their popular informal concerts in the basement ballroom of the Giltar Hotel. The event will begin at 8.30pm and whilst there is no admission charge, a bucket collection will be made.

The following week on Friday September 12th the Choir are honoured to have been invited to join Pembroke & District Male Voice Choir, Pembrokeshire Pop Voices and the Paul Sartori Community Choir at Pembroke Castle for ‘Voices at the Castle’, a major fundraising concert for the Paul Sartori - Hospice at Home charity. The castle gates will open at 5.30pm, the concert beginning at 7.00pm and ending by 10.00pm.

Tickets are £25 per person and are available from the Choir Secretary Mike Slade ([email protected]) or Pembroke Castle. The following evening the singer Russell Watson will be appearing at Pembroke Castle with the Bella Voce ladies choir. Tenby Male Choir are also able to supply tickets for that concert (£35) or combined tickets for both evenings at £50.

Two final concerts at St Mary’s Church will bring the Tenby Summer season to a close. On Thursday 18th September the Choir will be performing to raise funds for RNLI Lifeboats and on the 25th Tenby Male Choir will be joined by their friends of Serendipity Ladies Choir.

Both concerts will begin at 7.30pm, Admission £10, accompanied children under 16 free.

There’s no peace for the wicked however with Tenby Male Choir heading to Yorkshire’s Peak District for their annual tour on October 1st. Performances will be held at the Sheffield Winter Garden (2nd Oct 11am), St Chad’s Church, York (3rd Oct 7pm), Chatsworth Gardens (4th 1pm) and All Saints Church, Ecclsall (4th 6.30pm).