Friday, March 28, 2014
Choir to sing for president
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ON SONG: The City of Newport Male Choir have been asked to sing and feature in a film for the American embassy and Whitehouse website
THE CITY of Newport Male Choir have been asked to sing for Barack Obama in a unique film to be published on the White House’s website ahead of the Nato sum- mit later this year. Choir chairman of
the last five years Colin Shurmer was among those who met with the American embassy rep- resentatives in Cardiff, who were looking for a suitable Welsh choir. The choir will be filmed at their rehearsal space, before going out to vari-
ousNewport landmarks. “They’re coming down
to record us on May 15 at the YMCA,” said Mr Shurmer. “It’s the big- gest thing we’ve done since I’ve been in the choir. It’s a great hon- our. We are doing this for our city. It’s our city and we should be proud of it.” A few years ago, the choir made their own DVD called Picture of Newport, to raise funds. They were able to show this to the embassy rep- resentatives.
“They got back to us quickly and said yes they would like to work with us.” The songs are yet to be decided. Mr Shurmer said: “They want some American content too. It’s going to be a mix of Welsh and American.” This isn’t the first time, Newport
choristers
have sung for an Ameri- can president. “We’ve now got evi- dence of Newport Male Voice singers that actu- ally sang on the steps of the Whitehouse in 1913.”
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