Choir History: 1966 - 1985

On the first of September 1966, following Cardiff RFC's 35-0 defeat of Cardiff & District, a group of supporters came up with the idea of forming a choir to improve the standard of after-match singing. The Cardiff Athletic Male Voice Choir first met on the following Monday, 5th September, in the old Skittle Alley at the Rugby Club, and still rehearses at the club on a Monday night. There were twenty-five members present for the first meeting, one of whom still sings with the choir today, Vice President Ray Rees.

The choir made their first TV appearance within weeks of being formed (pictured top right), welcoming the Australian Rugby Team to Wales.

If you have any information about what the choir got up to between 1966 and 1984, please let us know!!

In October 1984 the choir took part in the ninth London Welsh Festival of 1,000 voices at the Royal Albert Hall.