Commonwealth Carnival | Monday 2nd July 2012

As mentioned on my previous blog entry, this years Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod kicked off with a special event on the very first day that took place at Westminster Hall within the Houses of Parliament in London. Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod joined forces with the Commonwealth Carnival to put on a special concert with performers and choirs from all over the Commonwealth to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Here are a few of the photographs we took at this very special event

BOND - Llangollen 2010

The first and in my opinion, by far the best, electric string quartet headlined the evening concert at the  Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod on the 8th July 2010. It was great to be able to see, meet and photograph this very talented and photogenic quartet and even though we had been photographing a fantastic wedding earlier in the day (see Rachael and James at Peckforton Castle in the previous blog entry) we made haste to Llangollen to catch this performance.

There was to be no nodding off during this concert as the sound and lighting effects were simply outstanding. The energy these ladies put into their music is amazing and the audience made it perfectly clear they wanted more!

A great night! My ears are still ringing!

Barrie Neil Photography

The Parade - Llangollen 2010

Although there is always an evening concert on the Monday evening of the week of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, the festival 'proper' doesn't officially start until the parade on the Tuesday.

This is an amazing event where hundreds of people taking part in the competitions during the week parade in costume through the centre of Llangollen flanked by cheering crowds of well wishers who often follow the paarde to the festival site on the edge of the town.

The parade is led by the Eisteddfod President who is currently (and has been for some years), Terry Waite CBE

I hope this selection of photographs gives you a flavour of the parade.

Barrie Neil Photography

Katherine Jenkins at Llangollen 2010

The evening concert on the very first day of the 2010 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod needs little introduction.

This is the second time Katherine has headlined at the festival and we have photographed her many times both here in Llangollen and at other venues and she is always a delight meet and photograph. She is so beautiful and her singing voice is just incredible.

The concert was a sell out as you might expect and was a wonderful experience to both enjoy and to photograph

More photographs of Katherine Jenkins in other concerts and backstage can be seen on our main website at www.barrieneil.co.uk