Dream comes true for Aled at the Royal Welsh Show

* Aled Morris sings with the Hawkstone Farmer's Choir.

A Llangollen town councillor has revealed what it was like to achieve a dream by singing with his TV-star choir at the Royal Welsh Show.

Back in May former town mayor Aled Morris - himself a working farmer - stormed to victory in this year's Britain's Got Talent competition with the Hawkstone Farmer's Choir, which was formed by Jeremy Clarkson to boost mental well-being amongst the farming community.

Their prize was £250,000 and an appearance in the Royal Variety Performance.

The amazing run of success continued last week with a coveted appearance at the prestige Royal Welsh in Llanelwedd where they performed a rousing version of Welsh classic Calon Lân.

And Aled, who also got married recently to partner Sarah Griffiths, has told llanblogger exactly what it felt like to sing to thousands of adoring fans at the home of Welsh agricultural pride.

He said: "It was an incredible experience to have stepped into the main ring at the Royal Welsh showground.

"Many of the choir members had never been to the Royal Welsh Show before, so for many of them, it was their first experience, and what an experience to have!

"There was a real buzz around the place and I was stopped a number of times by members of the public asking what time we would be singing, which was 5.30, which is quite late in the day, but we were all blown away by the amount of people that had come to see and hear us. The grandstand was full, the bank was covered in members of the public, and it was five or six deep all around the ring.

"As we walked around the ring before the performance, we were cheered on with plenty of well wishers and high-fives a-plenty!

"We sang our three Britain's Got Talent songs and then sang Calon Lân, with the Welsh members singing the verses and the other members singing the chorus. It went down really well with a standing ovation from the members' stands."

During their performance, the 30-strong choir shared with the crowd that they are soon to release their first album and that their debut single will be This Is Home, the song they performed during BGT.

Aled added: "It was definitely a dream that was achieved that day and we have been all working incredibly hard down in the recording studio - real world studios - last week and will be there again this week to finish off our album with a single release planned for late August/early September and the album to launch- mid September."