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The Pontarddulais Male Choir ((ウェールズ語:Côr Meibion Pontarddulais)) is a Welsh male voice choir from Pontarddulais near Swansea, Wales. It is the most successful choir in Wales and is internationally renowned as it has appeared in many parts of Europe as well as Canada and the United States.〔(choirs.org )〕 It has achieved a record fifteen first place wins at the Royal National Eisteddfod, the latest of which was at Cardiff in 2008.〔( Eisteddfod 2008 )〕 The choir also won the Choir of the Festival award in 2004 and 2006.〔(Eisteddfod 2006 )〕 In 2001 and 2004 the Pontarddulais Male Choir won the Best Male Choir award at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod.〔(Llangollen International Eisteddfod )〕 Other first places include 10 times at the Cardigan Eisteddfod, 5 times winners at the Miners Eisteddfod in Porthcawl and twice winners at the Pantyfedwen Eisteddfod in Pontrhydfendigaid.〔(Choir Achievements )〕 The choir, conducted by Noel Davies performed vocals on the Pink Floyd track "When the Tigers Broke Free" which features on the album ''Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd''.〔(Echoes, Pink Floyd )〕 They also performed choral parts in the Pink Floyd film ''The Wall'' 〔(The Wall )〕 and recorded with Roger Waters on his hit single "The Tide is Turning".〔(The Tide is Turning )〕 == History == Pontardulais Male Choir was established in 1960, under the leadership of the late Noel Davies MBE. It was borne out of the Pontarddulais Youth Choir which had become too old for youth competitions.〔(BBC Wales )〕 Under Noel's leadership the choir won a record 11 firsts at the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, and one first at the International Eisteddfod, Llangollen until he handed the role to Clive Phillips in 2001, when he retired after 41 years unbroken service as Musical director.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pontarddulais Male Choir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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