Original sentence: In 2008, 2013, and 2016, the Wessex won the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival for best choir in all competitions.In 2011, the choir won first place in the Male Choir competition at the prestigious Llangollen International Eisteddfod beating choirs from Wales, England, and the USA.In 2019 for example, it performed with Barry Male Voice choir in the Llandaff cathedral in South Wales and with the Brize Norton Military Wives Choir at their Christmas concert in Carterton Oxfordshire.In June 2019, the Wessex won two classes (including the Male Choir competition) at the Krakow International Choir Festival, Poland in 2019, beating choirs from across Europe.In the same year, the Chamber choir took third place.Some examples are.The Wessex also occasionally places in regional and international choral competitions.The Wessex has had associations with a variety of other choirs – Men's Choirs, Ladies' Choirs, University Glee clubs etc, both from UK and Internationally, including performing joint concerts with them, often on a reciprocal basis.The choir has sung pre-match at six Nations and other Rugby and NFL matches on the pitch at both Twickenham and Wembley to audiences of up to 80,000 people.The choir typically performs seven or eight concerts each year, two of these being "home" concerts in Swindon at Christmas and in the summer, the others being in other venues around the country
Edited sentence: Associations with Other Choirs.In 2016 the Wessex won the coveted Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival for best choir in all competitions (a prize we also won in 2008 and 2013).In 2019 for example, we performed with Barry Male Voice choir in the lovely Llandaff cathedral in South Wales and with the Brize Norton Military Wives Choir at their Christmas concert in Carterton Oxfordshire.In July 2011, we won 1st place in the Male Choir competition at the prestigious Llangollen International Eisteddfod beating choirs from Wales, England, and the USA.In the same year, our Chamber choir took a creditable 3rd place.More recently, in June 2019, the Wessex won two classes (including the Male Choir competition) at the Krakow International Choir Festival, Poland in 2019, beating choirs from across Europe.Over the last 20 years, The Wessex has built a reputation for its professionalism and entertaining repertoire, and is in great demand for a variety of concert and other singing engagements.The Wessex also occasionally enters regional and international choral competitions, frequently with very pleasing results – for example:.The Wessex has had associations with a variety of other choirs – Men's Choirs, Ladies' Choirs, University Glee clubs etc, both from UK and Internationally and particularly enjoys performing joint concerts with these, often on a reciprocal basis.We have, in previous years, been privileged to have sung, pre-match at 6 Nations and other Rugby and NFL matches on the pitch at both Twickenham and Wembley to audiences of up to 80,000 people.We typically perform 7 or 8 concerts each year, two of these being our ‘home’ concerts in Swindon at Christmas and in the summer, the others being in other venues around the country