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Kev is back in Neath on Saturday as Neath ladies choir are getting ready to celebrate a special anniversary..

Neath and District Ladies Choir are marking their 30th anniversary with a concert at Llangatwg School.

The choir has invited Kev, Tonna Male Voice Choir, soprano Anwen Williams and Llangatwg Chamber Choir to join them for the occasion.

Chairwoman Maureen Davies said members were really looking forward to the event.
"We hope we get a good turnout," she said. "It is not very often you get a ladies choir staying together for this long.

"The choir started with Katy Griffiths and the former secretary of the choir Olive Pugh who were in the Llandarcy Ladies Choir.

"They then formed this choir together." The concert starts at 7pm .

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The Swansea Samaritans shop, in Uplands, is in party mood.

The shop on St John's Road is 10 years old this month.

The charity has praised the hardworking shop volunteers, some of whom have been there since the day it opened.

Staff will celebrate on Friday, April 27, with a coffee morning from 10am to noon.

Kev Johns is due to pop along and cut the "birthday" cake on the day

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Kev will be helping raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust this week at a sell out concert in Llanelli.

Cor Curiad Ladies Choir is holding its annual conert in aid of the charity at the Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli. All proceeds will be going to the Cardiff Unit.

Kev will compere this show which also features Cor Meibion Llanelli, Kevin Johns and special guest, Rhydian Roberts. There will be a wide variety of songs, something for everyone!

It was lovely to see Jimmy Osmond again so soon after Panto!

Jimmy was back at the Grand Theatre with brothers Jay and Merrill for the Osmonds Brothers tour.

It was a real joy to introduce the Osmonds on stage although I think the screams that came when I walked out onto the stage might have been a case of mistaken identity - but I enojyed the moment!

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Kev can be seen in the new Michael Sheen film The Gospel of Us.

Its the film version of The Passion which was performed in Port Talbot last Easter and mdae the town the attention of the world's media.

Kev played the MC of the Last Supper which also saw the Manic Street Preachers play at The Seaside Social Club in Port Talbot

A GIANT jubilee cake, created by Neath Port Talbot College bakery students, is to be sold off for charity.

The cake will be cut at noon by Simon Wright, Swansea Sound presenter Kev Johns and chairman Bill Sweetman at the Gorseinon Food Festival, in the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre, on Saturday, April 28..

The festival will run from 10am to 5pm.

Celebrity teddy bears helped to raise around £1,000 for the Ray Gravell and Friends Trust in Llanelli on Monday.

A teddy bears' picnic with a difference was held at the Stradey Park Hotel, where bears were sent home with a new owner.

Teddies donated by Swansea City players including Ashley Williams, Joe Allen, Leon Britton and manager Brendan Rodgers, musician Mal Pope and Swansea Sound presenter Kev Johns were auctioned off to the highest bidder.

But the bears raising the most interest — and cash — belonged to Scarlets star George North and rugby legend Derek Quinnell .

Organiser Angela Saunders said: "It was a magic day. We had a full house here and we sold all 42 celebrity bears.
"Some sold for up to £40 or £50, and our total for the day was just about £1,000, which isn't bad for a load of teddy bears.

"This was the first time we had held an event like this, but it was a good afternoon and we would definitely do it again."

The money will be used to support causes and individuals across west Wales.

Kev helped launch the new CD 'Llais.' from harpest Delyth Jenkins at the Dylan Thomas Centre.

Delyth composed music for two stage productions that Kev has appeared in, Under Milkwood and Doctor and the Devils.

Kev also recorded Eli Jenkins Prayer for the CD.

Kev starts rehearsals for 'Wemberlee Wemberlee' on Monday January 30th with Fluellen Theatre Company

Peter Read`s great new comedy, very loosely based on The Canterbury Tales, follows a bunch of Swans supporters on a coach to Wembley in order to support their beloved team as it becomes the first Welsh football club to play in the Premier League. Written with the help of interviews with hundreds of supporters who experienced that great day, WEMBERLEE! WEMBERLEE! brings together the same team that produced the two previous phenomenally successful Swansea City plays (Toshack Or Me! and To Hull And Back) writer Peter Read, director Peter Richards and, of course Kevin ("This Is Our Day") Johns as Lee Davies, who may be the worst poet in the world but is certainly one of the Swans` greatest fans

It's the 30th May 2011 and a fanatical group of Swans fans led by Lee Davies (Swansea's worst ever poet) make their way to Wembley to cheer on their beloved team in the most important match it has ever played. Victory will mean that Swansea City will be the first Welsh football club to play in the Premier League.

Wemberlee! Wemberlee! - Tuesday 21st - Friday 24th February : 7 .15pm, Wed Mat 2.00pm (Arts Wing)

Tickets: £9.00, £7.50 Concessions

On the 13th of September 2011, Harry Nye Patterson tragically died in an accident.

Harry's Fund has been set up to keep the memory of Harry alive in everyones thoughts. He was a typical 5 year old who loved life, made people laugh and was as wicked as they come. The 5 years that he was with us, he touched everyones lives, the impact he had on everyone was amazing.

To find out more http://www.harrysfund.org.uk/

Everyone is talking Pantomime at the moment! When do you start rehearsals?

Well, I'm on a Panto Schools tours at the moment, travelling around 28 schools in five days!

However rehearsals don't start until December but I have some lovely projects before then!

I have another 'Afternoon with Kev Johns' in the Arts Wings Studio Theatre at the Grand on Friday October 28th.Join me for another afternoon of humour, anecdotes, fun, laughter and song.

Once again, I will be showcasing some of the talented, young, emerging performers from our city and region.