Fron Male Voice Choir

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The Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir (Côr Meibion Froncysyllte), also known as the Fron Choir (or Côr Fron), is an award-winning amateur male voice choir based in the small Welsh village of Froncysyllte, near Llangollen, North Wales. Froncysyllte is a small village in the Vale of Llangollen, famous as the site of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte aqueduct which carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee. The little village and its choir gained some measure of fame in the UK when Universal Music Group signed them up to release the album Voices of the Valley. This album was released on 20 November 2006, and peaked at #9 on the UK album chart [1]. The choir was formed at that meeting in 1946, to compete in the first Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod (International Eisteddfod) that had recently been established in the nearby town of Llangollen, and was planned to be held for the first time in 1947. The choir's first conductor was Lloyd Edwards. The Choristers stayed together after the Eisteddfod with Lloyd Edwards remaining as the conductor until 1970. The choir has remained closely associated with the Eisteddfod and is a regular competitor in the Male Voice Choir competition. In 1955 the choir hosted the Societa Corale Gioachino Rossini from Modena which was competing at the Eisteddfod and won first place. The choir was conducted by Fernando Pavarotti, and the victory at Llangollen is said to have inspired the choir conductor's son, one Luciano Pavarotti, a member o

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Voices Of The Valley: Home

We'll Meet Again

Voices of the Valley

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Voices of The Valley (Encore)

Voices of The Valleys: Encore

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The Sound of the Fron Male Voice Choir (By Classic FM)

Voices of The Valley - Memory Lane

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The Best Of The Fron Male Voice Choir

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Two Little Boys Feat. Rolf Harris

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Sailing By

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100 Essential Christmas Songs

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World In Union 2011 - The Official Album

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