February 2019 – St David’s Hall Cardiff

We spent the evening of Saturday February 2nd in Cardiff.  We stayed at the Atlantic Wharf Travelodge, a hotel situated in the redeveloped dockland area of Cardiff. It was a great place to stay and the number of restaurants within 5 minutes walk of the hotel meant we were spoiled for choice.  The next morning we drove the short distance into the centre of Cardiff for a scratch music day at St David’s Hall.  In previous years we have taken part in the same event at The Colston Hall in Bristol. Redevelopment work at Colston Hall resulted in the change of venue to Cardiff. It was a brilliant day of hard work rehearing with the choir of around 280 and an orchestra of the same size. We finished the day with a free concert.  The day is in aid of Cancer Research and was expected to raise several thousands of pounds. The concert went very well and was well supported given the fact that virtually no one in the choir or orchestra came from Cardiff.  The picture, taken from the choir stalls, shows the orchestra and some of the audience.

We had a lovely weekend and look forward to next year’s event which will also be in St David’s Hall.