After performing in front of friends in the Jubilee Rooms, the Choir's first Public Performance was at The Masonic Home at Porthcawl, closely followed by their first Annual Concert at the Grand Pavilion Porthcawl, in the November of 1980.

The Choir continued to grow steadily when in 1982 the Choir had the ultimate honour bestowed on them, they were invited to sing for the Pope, at his arrival and departure at Cardiff Airport.
Overseas tours followed when, in 1983, the Choir went to Stuttgart and Nevenstad, a very successful trip which produced many lasting friendships between members of the German choirs and the Porthcawl choristers, many still remaining friends to this day.

In 1984 they won their first Eisteddfod, in the Rhymney Valley, and in the same year winning the Tumble Eisteddfod in the little, very Welsh, village just outside Llanelli.
Shortly afterwards Alan and Betty Pillinger left the Choir and the choristers continued under the guidance of Ken Gadd and Adrian Hall, to both of whom the Choir owes its undying gratitude.

Then Mair Jones, their current Musical Director, took over as Accompanist and Alec Brooks became their Conductor.
When Alec Brooks moved on, Norma Ridout replaced him, until eventually Mair Jones adopted the mantle of Musical Director.
Currently Liz Thomas and Beryl Cullen make up the remainder of the musical team as joint accompanists, both ably supporting Mair in the musical department.

It is significant that many of the original choristers are still singing with the Choir today, and are going strong, a fact of which the Choir of which is extremely proud.

More recently they have again travelled all over Europe, entertaining audiences in Barcelona, France and Holland and Spain.
One of the more moving moments was when, a few years ago, they were asked to sing at the Remembrance Day service at the War Memorial in the Dutch town of 's-Hertogenbosch. This was to commemorate the liberation of the town in the Second World War by the 53rd Welsh Division, who lost a large number of men in the action.
A fact that the townspeople, in their deep gratitude, have never forgotten.

On route to Holland, when passing through Belgium, the Choir visited the War Cemetery at Ypres, the scene of legendary epic battles during the Great War, which contained the graves of the fallen young men of both wars, some aged only 17 to 18 years, all beautifully kept by the War Graves Commission.
The Choir sang a very moving hymn of tribute at the Central Monument in theYpres Cemetery and observed a period of silence to mark the futility of war.

More recently the destination was the northern French town of Saint Sebastien-sur-Loire, which is twinned with Porthcawl. The main concert of the tour was in the city of Nantes where the Choir sang in a beautiful church which had been completely rebuilt after being destroyed during the Second World War.

Always in search of improvement and to give the people of Porthcawl something different, the concept of their Annual Celebrity Concert was hatched. The inaugural Concert, in 1999, starred the Welsh Legend - Max Boyce. So successful was the event that when the tickets went on sale they were sold out in a matter of days. As a result a second performance had to be hurriedly staged, to satisfy the demand, and that sold out as well.

The pattern was therefore set and since then they have had further successes with other Welsh greats including stars of BBC Television and Radio - Roy Noble and Frank Hennessey, Peter Karrie of the "Phantom of the Opera", then followed Beverley Humphreys, and in 2003 the world famous Welsh singer - Iris Williiams, then came our own Mezzo Soprano Katherine Jenkins in 2004 who performed in two wonderful concerts.

In 2005 we celebrated our 25th Anniversary, which we did in style with the Regimental Band of The Royal Welsh Regiment on Saturday 10th of September, which was followed on the Sunday by Shan Cothi who was superb. The following year we went orchestral and shared the stage with the Carmarthen Symphonic Wind Band, In 2007 we had the winner of the Rosenblatt Song Prize at the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition Elizabeth Watts.

The choir takes great pride in bringing these uniquely talented artistes to Porthcawl whilst also upholding the Welsh Tradition of choral singing.