Formed in March 1968 with Whitland Grammar School pupils and John Arfon Jones (Masth's Master).
First called themsleves Y Perlau, but changed to Perlau Taf as another group had the same name.
In December 1968 they consisted of:-
Tecwyn Evans, guitar (aged 16)
Betty Williams, guitar and vocals (14)
Carol Llewellyn, melody (16)
Mary Rees, alto (16)
Euros Evans, descant (12)
With John Arfon Jones accompanying on the electric organ
In 1972 they were number five in the Welsh charts (ahead of Max Boyce!)
Deg Uchaf Y Cymro:Rhagfyr 21 1972
1. Deg o ganeuon - Hogia'r Wyddfa
2. Yma mae Nghân - Dafydd Iwan
3. Tecel - Hogia'r Wyddfa
4. Gorau Cymro Cymro Oddi Cartref - Dafydd Iwan
5. O Iesu Mawr - Perlau Taf.
6. Mae Pawb yn Chwarae Gitar - Hogia'r Wyddfa
7. O na le - Max Boyce
8. Cadwaladr - Galwad y Mynydd
9. Gwymon - Meic Stevens
10. Lliwiau - Sidan
If you wish to read about some of Euros's achievements go to:-http://www.s4c.co.uk/codicanu/2/cgi-bin/codicanu.pl?rm=choir_masters;choir=2;l=e
Perlau Taf By TREVOR JONES, B.SC., PH.D. (The Taf Pearls)
Mention of Perlau Tâf nowadays conjures up thoughts of the Welsh Pop Group, who hail from Whitland, but the phrase has a deeper connotation, as well as historical significance, for within living memory the Tâf river has been fished for pearls. These have been found, and supposedly are still to be found, in the freshwater mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera).
To date, no historical reference to the presence of pearl-mussels in the Tâf has been discovered but such mussels have been, and still are being caught by fishermen using worm as bait for salmon, sewin and trout. In fact, the pearl-mussel must cohabit with fish in the same water in order to complete the parasitic phase in its life cycle.
Full story at:-http://carmarthenshirehistorian.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Historian/PerlauTaf
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