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THE ROYAL WELSH MALE CHOIR.

On Saturday evening next the Welsh Choir will open at the Town Hall for a limited season of two nights only, under the direction of Messrs J. and N. Tait. Mr William Thomas, the conductor, was born of a very musical family at Mountain Ash, 20 miles from Cardiff. About eight years ago Mr Thomas formed the Noddfa Choral Union of 250 voices at Treorchy, where they have since performed many of the great oratorios with start artists as soloists. For*3s years he has conducted the Noddfa Noncomformist Church Choir at Treorchy, and the present Royal Welsh Choir sprang from that in 1885, when the male voices from it won the chief prize at the St. Fagan's Eisteddfod, much to their own surprise, and the delight of their friends in the district. "Since then,' remarked Mr Thomas, in an interview, "we have never looked back. In 1888 we carried off the male voice championship at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. We won three more championship prizes at National Eisteddfods, notably the £IOO prize at Llanelly. Six weeks later we sang by command at Winsdor Castle before Queen Victoria, who presented me with an ebony gold-mounted baton." The touring manager, Mr A. W. Batiste, is anxious that choir masters and other musically interested, shall call upon Miss Rive in order that arrangements may be made to meet Mr Thomas, the conductor, of the Choir.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3153, 2 April 1909, Page 6

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THE ROYAL WELSH MALE CHOIR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3153, 2 April 1909, Page 6

THE ROYAL WELSH MALE CHOIR. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3153, 2 April 1909, Page 6

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