THE HERALD FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 2017


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49 Entertainment Amazing line-up for A Cappella Festival AN UPLIFTING celebration


of song, the Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival returns for its ninth year at the Queens Hall this February. The weekend begins on Friday,


February 24, with Helen Chadwick headlining the first night. The festival then continues until the Sunday evening. Helen Chadwick will perform


a world premiere on the Friday. The foremost voice practitioner in the UK, Helen Chadwick will give the performance ‘House of Light’, a heartwarming concert of Chadwick’s gorgeous a cappella harmony songs, including settings of inspirational poems and fabulous harmonies, body percussion and rhythmic games. Also performing on the Friday


night are Môr Ladron (The Pirates) a fun-loving, beer-swilling four piece a cappella shanty group from Ceredigion. Shanty is their passion and


they try to blend unique harmonies into the songs whilst still trying to capture the feel of the music. They will be joined on stage by


Bella Voce, an exciting and fresh 16-piece all-female vocal group based in Haverfordwest, under their musical director Sarah Benbow and accompanist Seimon Morris. Headlining on the Saturday night


is Fistful of Spookies who are the residue remaining when The Spooky Men’s Chorale retreated to Australia


after their sell-out 2015 UK Tour. A few wizened stalwarts loiter.


Like a tide-mark in the enamel bath of song, this collection of UK Spooks are still keeping the flame of Spookiness alive in Britain, still bothering the locals, still looking for the plughole to Oz. Coming together from all


corners of the country, they will reprise classics from the Spooky canon of testosterone-fuelled tunes and tomfoolery. They will be joined by the


Oxford Gargoyles, a young group of crooning students with the perfect blend of toe-tapping jazz notes and grooving doo-wop tunes. Joining them will be Côr Pawb Bach, a slice of Côr Pawb, Cheerful Project’s uplifting intergenerational community singing project. Côr Pawb (Everyone’s Choir)


will be closing this year’s festival with ‘Sing For Your Sarnies’, a Sunday Lunch performance at the Queens Hall. Following the heart-warming


concert at last year’s festival, Côr Pawb (Everyone’s Choir) returns this year with a feast of songs from around the world. Join over 150 singers aged seven


to 70 in a celebration of singing and delicious food. Expect surprises, connections and enjoy the spirit of community. The choir will be singing songs


from around the world including tunes from Wales, South America,


South Africa, Nigeria, Russia, Ukraine and England. The singing will be an uplifting mix of three and four part harmonies which won’t fail to leave the audience humming along. As well as a feast of song,


the audience will be invited to participate in a song or two and literally ‘Sing for Your Sarnies’, with delicious food included in the ticket price. Span Arts’ Cheerful Project,


funded by the Big Lottery, is running singing workshops and rehearsals with local groups as part of their programme of community workshops and events. The Cheerful Project Manager,


Rowan Matthiessen, said: “After the success of last year’s performance, we wanted to reconvene the choir and make it more accessible to everyone. The ‘Sing for your Sarnies’ event will give a unique platform for a wonderfully diverse group of people, bought together by a shared love of song and singing; we hope lots of people will come and support them.” Local schools participating


are Narberth Community Primary School and Castle School. Participating choirs include Côr Megafon (Newport), Sweet Harmony Community Choir (Carmarthen), Singing Village (St Dogmaels), One Voice Choir (Narberth), Llangrannog Community Choir and the Span Arts singing group.


Pembrokeshire’s talented youth For


anyone over the age of seven who is interested in joining Côr Pawb, there is an open workshop to learn the repertoire on Saturday, February 11 between 10am and 4pm in the Queens Hall. You don’t need to have any previous experience of singing; everyone is welcome! As well as knock


out performances, the festival also offers workshops throughout the weekend. Artists including


Helen


Chadwick, Fistful of Spookies, Jez from Regime, Bella Voce, Môr Ladron, Molara and Camilo Menjura will be offering a chance to experience an exciting range of genres, including a cappella theatre, comedy, rap, sea shanties, jazz, circle songs and global rhythms.


came out on top with a sensational rendition of ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ from the hit musical ‘Les Miserables’. In second place was Fishguard’s


Yori Evans who showed his versatility through singing ‘Where is Love’ from the musical Oliver and then jazzing up the evening with Chuck Berry’s rock and roll hit ‘Johnny B Goode’. Just behind him in third was


Matthew Freeman, also of Fishguard, who sang his own composition, wowing the audience with his range of vocals and his fantastic guitar skills. Pembrokeshire Youth Service’s


Sound of the Youth: A huge success THE SIXTH Sound of the Youth


talent show allowed young people to showcase just how talented Pembrokeshire students are. Fishguard’s Theatr Gwaun hosted


the event, which was planned by young people who are part of the Big Music Project, and hosted by Marc Mordey from Alcohol Concern Wales and Zoe Aylward. A range of talents, from card acts


to ukulele, singing to drumming, were witnessed at the show,


with 15 acts from Fishguard and Goodwick, Monkton, Pembroke and Haverfordwest taking to the stage. During the interval, young people


from POINT, as part of an enterprise project,


served refreshments,


including the famous mocktails. After the interval, the very


talented young band Tide and Wasted from Pembrokeshire College played a 30 minute set to the audience while the four judges tallied up the scores. Pembroke’s Mair Tyrie finally


Steve Lewis said: “The credit for this event goes to the talented young people who performed on the night and the Big Music Champions who planned and delivered a very entertaining evening. “It’s all about bringing young


people together through music and equipping them with the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to create a successful future in the music and creative industries.” If you are interested in playing


at future Sound of the Youth and Big Music Project events, please contact 01437 776635 or 01348 75467, or find them on Facebook by searching for Sound of the Youth.


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