Cor Meibion Mynydd Mawr

A male choir - Mynydd Mawr Male Voice Party - started in the Tumble area in 1913, under the baton of Tom Morgan, Gwendraeth View, Tyisha Road, Tumble, though there is an earlier record of a choir of the same name dating back to 1908. This choir performed at the official opening of the Cross Hands Public Hall in 1911 and in its formative years, the choir was successful in competitions at Abergwili and Swansea. Tom Morgan was succeeded by Peter Edwards, Llechyfedach, Tumble who continued the success of the choir winning fourteen successive First Prizes in competitions most notably with its test piece - Protheroe's 'Crusaders'. The first appearance by the choir in an Eisteddfod was in Flint in 1969 when it gained Third Prize. The experience paid dividends when in the following year at Ammanford, the choir clinched the First Prize in competition with five others when being award 282 points - an unusual feature in that it was 8 marks ahead of all others. This exciting success brought glory to Tumble and the surrounding districts from which choristers were drawn as this was the first time a choir from the area had won First Prize at a National Eisteddfod.