In line with the advice from the Scottish Government, we have decided to cancel the AGM which was to have been held on Thursday 23 April. Not all our members have internet access, so please do pass on the message.

However, this doesn’t mean that we have stopped planning and preparing for our next season, when we will celebrate the Society’s centenary. Particularly as there will be no meeting, we need you to share your ideas, though this will have to be done by phone or e-mail. Please don’t be shy about this, but phone Jennifer or any other member of the committee!

Just in case you miss other mentions, our St David’s Day dinner is on Saturday 29 February at 7 for 7.30 – details at this link, and you need to have booked by Monday 24 February at the absolute latest – and our Mini Gymanfa Ganu led by Huw Thomas is at 3.00pm on Sunday 1 March. For the latter, you don’t need to book – just bring your best singing voice as well as a daffodil or leek!

While our society is in Edinburgh, a Welsh language film is sometimes worth travelling for!

Solomon and Gaenor is shot in Welsh, English and Yiddish and stars Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts and Maureen Lipman. Set in 1911 in the Welsh Valleys, against the backdrop of anti-semitic riots, it tells a Romeo and Juliet tale of a Jewish lad falling in love with a local girl. It is a glorious film; beautifully shot, utterly heartbreaking, and it’s playing in Glasgow on Sunday 10 November at 5.00pm at the Glasgow Film Theatre as part of a series of countrywide screenings to celebrate the film’s 20th birthday.

To book tickets and to see the film’s trailer, please go to https://ukjewishfilm.org/film/solomon-and-gaenor/.

There’s a rare chance to hear the Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir in Edinburgh coming very soon! The Fron are singing at 7.30pm next Monday (28 October) at the CCE King’s Hall, 41a South Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9NZ.

You’ll know all about the choir anyway – for example, Male Voice Champions at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod in 2018 – but there’s more at this link. Or short-circuit the process, and go straight to this link for your tickets – the choir would love to have one or two of you in the audience.

At 7.30pm on Saturday 26 October East Fife Male Voice Choir are to be joined by award-winning Colwyn Male Voice Choir for an eagerly awaited return joint concert, following East Fife’s visit to North Wales last October.

The concert, held in the wonderful acoustics of Pathhead Church, Kirkcaldy, KY1 2AG promises to be an event not to be missed. All money raised from the concert will be used to alleviate the desperate poverty suffered by the residents in the La Gonave area of Haiti. More information about the Haiti Help charity via this link. Tickets are £10: to book, email Lou Davidson at lou@haitihelp.org.uk or text/phone her on 07732 263467.