Top tenor Rhys delivers triple tonic

A sell-out audience were treated to a triple tonic.

The concert at Galeri in Caernarfon starred top tenor Rhys Merion and his two daughters Elan, 16, and Erin, 13.

The performance by was part monthly programme of concerts called TONIC offering older people an opportunity to enjoy the arts.

The programme has been sponsored by us at Pendine Park and we're also supporting a range of other arts-related events at Galeri.

We are building a new £7m centre of excellence for people with dementia on the site of the former Bryn Seiont Community Hospital in Caernarfon. It's due to open in the Autumn.

Rhys Meirion, who hails originally from Porthmadog, says the TONIC programme is vitally important as it gives older people the chance to enjoy a range of music and performers during the early afternoon.

He said: "TONIC is a fantastic programme as it gives some older people, who don't like to, or who are unable to, come out in the evening a chance to enjoy music and the arts.

"It means they are not excluded from enjoying performances and the fact the concerts are invariably sold out shows how important they are to the Caernarfon public.

"However, without sponsorship from Pendine Park care organisation I'm sure the programme wouldn't be as healthy, secure or successful as it is. I'm impressed with Pendine Park's commitments to the arts whether it's music, painting or even photography.

"Sponsorship from Pendine Park means the older people who attend TONIC events can do so because the tickets are at a price they can afford and that's vital."

He added: "This isn't the first time Elan and Erin have joined me on stage and performed in their own right. They really enjoy what they do and in truth we are a very musical family.

"There is a lot of singing in the Meirion household! As well as Elan and Erin, my wife, Nia, is in a choir and my son, Osian also sings. It's always a proud moment seeing Elan and Erin on stage and audiences always seem to warm to them.

"We performed a range of music from opera to music from stage shows, accompanied by pianist Annette Bryn Parry. It's always a pleasure to perform for a North Wales audience."