{"id":56449,"date":"2021-12-07T15:31:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=56449"},"modified":"2021-12-07T16:55:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T16:55:32","slug":"cardiff-choir-back-on-song-after-covid-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/12\/07\/cardiff-choir-back-on-song-after-covid-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff choir back on song after Covid woes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Audience members describe live performance as &#8220;incredible&#8221; after choir practised on Zoom<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>WELSH language youth choir group C\u00f4r Aelwyd y Waun Ddyfal were back performing in-person last weekend after two years of singing to their computer screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to Covid-19 restrictions, choir members were forced to practise and perform via Zoom until this Sunday, when they performed their annual Christmas concert in front of a live audience at Eglwys Y Crwys Presbyterian Church of Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their audience was treated to national classics such as Clychau&#8217;r Ceirw, Brenin y S\u00ear and a beautiful Welsh rendition of Carol of the Bells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among those in attendance were husband and wife Huw and Emma Davies who travelled down from Cowbridge to support their daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since we\u2019ve been able to see them live, it\u2019s great to have them back and to hear live choir music in-person, there\u2019s a real difference,\u201d said Mr Davies, 56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom the first note you could really feel its full impact, the sound was incredible,\u201d said Mrs Davies, 47.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For members of the choir, it was a welcome break from their computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The in-person performance marked a return to a social setting that so many young people have been looking forward to during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President of Waun Ddyfal, Elin Griffiths, 22, said: \u201cIt was two years ago last weekend that we were last together performing like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nice to be back singing as a group and seeing everyone face to face, there\u2019s a social side to it as well as the performance itself and I\u2019ve really missed that, it\u2019s not the same over Zoom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"C\u00f4r Aelwyd y Waun Ddyfal - 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