PENDYRUS MALE CHOIR - TOURS

 

SEPTEMBER 1965 – WESTERN CANADA & NORTH-WEST USA

[Glynne Jones (MD); John Lloyd (Acc); Beryl Watts (soprano); Edward Plucknett (baritone)]

10th/11th  Flight - Gatwick/Sonderstromfjord/Edmonton (Nisku)

11th         Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alta

13th         Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna BC

14th         Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC 

15th         Ferry – Tsawassen (Vancouver)/ Schwartz Bay (Victoria)

15th         Central Junior High School, Victoria BC

16th         First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Washington

18th         High School, Havre, Montana

20th         Exhibition Auditorium, Regina. Sask 

22nd        Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alta

23rd         Paramount Theatre, Lethbridge, Alta  

24th         Mayfair Nursing Home, Calgary, Alta

24th         Flight – Calgary (McCall)/Winnipeg/Sonderstromfjord/Gatwick

 

SEPTEMBER 1968 – WESTERN CANADA & NORTH-WEST USA

[Glynne Jones (MD); Bryan Davies (Acc); Beverley Humphreys (mezzo); Ifor Lloyd (baritone); Graham Elliott (organ)]

11th/12th  Flight - Gatwick/Baffin Island/Vancouver

13th         Memorial Arena, Victoria BC

14th         George P Vanier High School, Courtenay BC

15th         St Andrew’s Church, Nanaimo BC

15th         Metropolitan United Church, Victoria BC 

16th         Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC

17th         Kelowna Community Theatre, Kelowna BC

18th         Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alta

19th         Mayfair Nursing Home, Calgary, Alta

20th         Paramount Theatre, Lethbridge, Alta

21st         Charles M Russell High School, Great Falls, Montana

22nd        High School, Havre, Montana

23rd         Swift Current, Sask

24th         Winnipeg Auditorium, Winnipeg, Manitoba

25th         Exhibition Auditorium, Regina, Sask

26th         Centennial Auditorium, Saskatoon, Sask

28th         Flight – Edmonton (Nisku)/Sonderstromfjord/Gatwick

 

¶ OCTOBER 1971 – USA & CANADA – “COAST-TO-COAST”

[Glynne Jones (MD); Bryan Davies (Acc); Alun Hoddinott (guest Conductor);  Dai Jones (tenor); Ifor Lloyd (baritone); Aeronwy Thomas (reader); Havard Gregory (reader & compère)]

7th           Flight - Cardiff (Rhoose)/Keflavik (Iceland)/Oakland Cal

8th           Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco, Cal

9th           Hiram Johnson Auditorium, Sacramento, Cal

10th         Pacific Union College. Angwin, Cal

12th         Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC

13th         Flight - Kelowna (BC)/Edmonton

14th         Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alta

15th         Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alta

15th         Flight - Calgary/Great Falls (Montana)/Casper (Wyoming)

16th         Natrona High School, Casper, Wyoming

17th         Flight - Casper/Scots Bluff (Nebraska)/Chicago

18th         Scottish Rite Auditorium, Fort Wayne, Indiana

19th         High School, Sandusky, Ohio

21st         Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario

22nd        Youngstown, Ohio

23rd         Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York

24th          Flight - New York (JFK)/Cardiff (Rhoose)

 

OVERSEAS TOURS (continued)

AUGUST 1979 - RUSSIA

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Margaret Thomas (harp); Jason Shute (tenor)]

1st           Flight – London (Gatwick)/Leningrad

4th           Volna Pioneer Camp, Leningrad

5th            Train – Leningrad/Moscow

6th           Vostok Pioneer Camp, Moscow

7th           Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow

9th            British Embassy, Moscow

10th          Soviet Central Television; Friendship House; British Embassy Club, Moscow

11th          Flight - Moscow (Sheremyestvo)/London (Gatwick) [18 persons]

                Flight - Moscow (Sheremyestvo)/Simferopol/London (Gatwick) [44 persons]

                Train - Moscow/Leningrad; Flight - Leningrad/London (Gatwick) [13 persons]

12th          Flight - Moscow (Sheremyestvo)/London (Heathrow) [6 persons]

JULY 1984 – NORTH-EAST USA

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); David Gwesyn Smith (baritone); Robert Huw Morgan (organ)]

14th          Flight - Stanstead/Baltimore-Washington International

15th          Capel Cymraeg Rehoboth, Delta Pa [Cymanfa Ganu]

16th          Trinity United Church of Christ, York Pa

17th          Friedberg Hall, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore Md

19th          Briggs Memorial Baptist Church, Washington DC

20th          Francis Scott Key Hall, St John’s College, Annapolis Md

21st          Lower Schuylkill Township High School, Schuylkill Pa

22nd         Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton Md

24th          First United Methodist Church, Bangor Pa

26th          Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York

28th          Flight - New York (JFK)/Gatwick

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1987 - AUSTRALIA      

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Huw Tregelles Williams (organ)]

January

17th/19th   Flight - London (Heathrow)/Singapore/Sydney

19th          Flight - Sydney/Brisbane

20th          Queensland Performing Arts Complex, Brisbane

21st          Flight - Brisbane/Sydney

21st          Sydney Town Hall [Sydney Festival]

22nd         Bus - Sydney/Canberra

22nd         Llewellyn Hall, Canberra School of Music

23rd          Bus - Canberra/Sydney

23rd          Sydney Town Hall [Sydney Festival]

24th          Flight - Sydney/Melbourne

24th          Melbourne Concert Hall [Melbourne Summer Festival]

25th          St Mary’s Church, Geelong, Victoria

27th          Flight - Melbourne/Sydney/Perth

30th          Supreme Court Gardens, Perth

31st          Perth Concert Hall [Festival of Perth, with Band of the Irish Guards] 

February

1st            Buckland House, Irishtown, WA

2nd           Perth Concert Hall [Festival of Perth, with Band of the US 7th Fleet]

3rd            Flight - Perth/Singapore/London (Heathrow)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

¶ JULY 1989 – NORTH-EAST USA

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Patricia Bardon (contralto); Robert Huw Morgan (organ)]

15th          Flight – Cardiff (Wales)/Newark

16th          Capel Cymraeg Rehoboth, Delta Pa [Cymanfa Ganu]                       

17th          North Harford High School, Pylesville Md      

18th          Hagerstown Md

20th          Trinity United Church of Christ, York Pa

21st          Wind Gap Elementary School, Bangor Pa

22nd         Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia Pa

23rd          Ladew Topiary Gardens, Monkton Md

26th          Cathedral of Mary our Queen, Baltimore Md

27th          Francis Scott Key Hall, St John’s College, Annapolis Md

28th           Flight – Newark/Cardiff (Wales)

 

OVERSEAS TOURS (continued)

¶ SEPTEMBER 1992 - BELGIUM

[Dame Gwyneth Jones (soprano); Dennis O’Neill (tenor); Ruggero Raimondi (bass); Stefania Toczyska (mezzo); Dmitri Kharitonov (baritone); Olga Borodina (contralto); BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra (Stephen Bryant (Leader); Tadaaki Otaka (Conductor)]  

12th           Flight – Cardiff (Wales)/Brussels

13th           Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels [Fanfare for Wales in Europe] (in the presence of HRH

                 Princess Michael of Kent) (broadcast in UK & Belgium)

13th           Flight – Brussels/Cardiff (Wales)

¶ SEPTEMBER 1995 – NORTH-EAST USA

[Glynne Jone (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Eldrydd Cynan Jones (soprano); Robert Huw Morgan (organ)]

1st             Flight - London (Heathrow)/Washington (Dulles)

2nd            The Forum, Pennsylvania State Centre for the Performing Arts, Harrisburg Pa    

3rd            The Forum [64th Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu (2 sessions)]      

5th             Bangor High School Auditorium, Bangor Pa

7th            Cathedral of Mary our Queen, Baltimore Md

10th          Christchurch Episcopal Cathedral, Cincinnati, Ohio

12th          Warren Woods Auditorium, Detroit Mich (2 Concerts)

13th           Flight - Metro Wayne (Detroit)/Buffalo

13th           Westminster Presbyterian Church, Buffalo NY

14th           Flight - Buffalo/Newark

14th           Public Lobby, United Nations Building, New York

14th           Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York

15th/16th    Flight - New York (JFK)/London (Heathrow)

¶ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1998 – NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA

[Glynne Jones (MD); John Samuel (Acc); Bethan Dudley (soprano)]

18th Sept   Flight - London (Heathrow)/Singapore

19th/20th    Flight - Singapore/Auckland

21st           St Matthew’s Church, Auckland [Auckland Festival]

22nd          Founders Theatre, Hamilton

24th          Town Hall, Auckland [with Dalewool Auckland Band]

27th          Town Hall, Wellington

29th          Nelson College, Nelson

1st Oct     Town Hall, Christchurch

2nd            Flight - Christchurch/Melbourne

3rd            Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Melbourne

4th             St Michael’s Uniting Church, Melbourne [1st Australian National Gymanfa Ganu]

7th             Flight - Melbourne/Singapore/London (Heathrow)

 

 

 

 

 

 

¶ NOVEMBER 2002 - CALIFORNIA

[John Samuel (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Mark Burrows (tenor); Guy Siner & James Booth (actors in LA)]

1st             Flight - London (Heathrow)/San Francisco

2nd            Los Gatos Presbyterian Church, Los Gatos

3rd            Westminster Presbyterian Church, Sacramento

6th            Orinda Presbyterian Church, LaFayette

8th            Laguna Theatre, Laguna Beach

10th          Welsh Church, Los Angeles [play]

12th          Church of St Andrew’s-by-the-Sea, San Diego 

16th          Welsh Church, Los Angeles [play]

16th           Flight - Los Angeles/London (Heathrow)

 

¶ OCTOBER 2004 – NORTH-EAST USA

[John Samuel (MD; Gavin Parry (Acc); Megan Elizabeth Morris (mezzo))

8th             Flight - London (Heathrow)/Washington (Dulles)

9th             Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg Pa

10th           Rehoboth Capel Cymraeg, Delta Pa [150th Anniversary Gymanfa Ganu]

10th          Flight - Washington/Atlanta

14th           North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta Ga

15th           Flight - Atlanta/Chicago; bus Chicago/Milwaukee

16th           Shattuck Auditorium, Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin

17th           St Paul’s United Church of Christ, Chicago Ill

19th           Packard Music Hall, Warren, Ohio

21st           Warren Woods Auditorium, Warren, Detroit Mich

23rd           Flight - Detroit/Chicago/London (Heathrow)

 

 

JULY 2007- CANADA

John Samuel MD. Gavin Parry Accompanist;

Flight  London Gatwick- Halifax Nova Scotia.

Concerts

Halifax, - 2

Prince Edward Island – 2

Lunenburg

Flight Halifax – London Gatwick

 

AUGUST 2011 – FRANCE

Stewart Roberts MD. Gavin Parry Accompanist

Lorient Celtic Festival

 

AUGUST 2012 Baltic Countries,

Stewart Roberts MD. Bryan Davies Accompanist

Cruise Tour MS. Balmoral. Fred Olsen Cruise Line.

 

AUGUST 2015 FRANCE NORTHERN SPAIN

Stewart Roberts MD. Gavin Parry Accompanist

Cruise Tour MS, Balmoral fred Olsen Cruise Line.

 

TOURS in SCOTLAND, IRELAND & ISLE OF MAN

 

1973   AYRSHIRE (Ayrshire County Council)

[Glynne Jones (MD); Martin Hodson (Acc); Beverley Humphreys (mezzo); Huw Tregelles Williams (guest Acc)]

  2.  4.73    Parish Church, Crosshouse

  3.  4.73    Public Hall, Kilmaurs

  4.  4.73    Parish Church, Hurlford

  5.  4.73    Community Centre, The Castle, New Cumnock

  6.  4.73    Community Centre, Auchinleck

 

1974   AYRSHIRE (Ayrshire County Council)

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Beverley Humphreys (mezzo)]

30.  9.74    Ravenspark Academy, Irvine

  1.10.74    Auchenharvie Academy (workshop)

  1.10.74    Walker Memorial Hall, Kilburnie

  2.10.74    Grand Hall, Kilmarnock

  3.10.74    Belmont Academy, Ayr (workshop)

  3.10.74    Town Hall, Ayr

  4.10.74    Town Hall, Cumnock

 

1980   SCOTLAND

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Glenna Hatton (mezzo)]

28.  9.80    Magnum Leisure Centre, Irvine

29.  9.80    Younger Hall, University, St Andrews

30.  9.80    Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

  1.10.80    Mitchell Hall, University, Aberdeen

 

1981   NORTHERN IRELAND (University of Ulster)

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Glenna Hatton (mezzo)]

28.2.81 & 1.3.81   Diamond Hall, New University of Ulster, Coleraine

 

1984   NORTHERN IRELAND (University of Ulster)

 [Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Helen Willis (mezzo)]

27 & 28 4.81   Diamond Hall, New University of Ulster, Coleraine

 

1989   GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (MAYFEST)

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc); Bethan Dudley (soprano)]

30.  4.89    King’s Theatre, Glasgow

 

1993   STRATHCLYDE (“Choral Contact” Strathclyde)

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc)]

30.  8.93     Town Hall, Clydebank

  1.  9.93     Magnum Leisure Centre, Irvine

  2.  9.93     Mercat Theatre, Drumchapel (workshop)

  2.  8.93     Town Hall, Hamilton

  3.  9.93     Grand Hall, Kilmarnock

 

1997   STRATHCLYDE (Scottish TUC Centenary) (East Ayrshire Council)

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc)]

  2.  9.97     Cumnock Academy, Cumnock

  4.  9.97     Sir John Wilson Town Hall, Airdrie

  5.  9.97     Grand Hall, Kilmarnock

 

1999   ISLE OF MAN (175th Anniversary of RNLI)

[Glynne Jones (MD); Gavin Parry (Acc)] 

17.  4.99     Gaiety Theatre, Douglas