Cultural events have long been popular in Mormon society. And the Welsh have always loved their music. Here’s a report, mostly positive, from a Welsh newspaper dated 17 December 1852:

Latter-Day Saints. — Concert. — A concert of vocal and “Instrumental” music, (the instrument being an accordion), was given by this sect at their chapel, at Llanelly [Breconshire], on Monday last. The meeting commenced by prayer offered by “Elder” Abednego Jones after which, President Clarke, took the chair, and having addressed the meeting generally to the effect that the Saints Church was the only true Church on earth, invited his audience to observe the concert as a thanksgiving. The Carmathen and Llanelly choirs afterwards sung [sic] many popular airs, songs, duetts, &c., mostly sentimental and comic — except two or three only, sacred. Elder Martel excited much merriment by the recitation of a dialogue between a Saint and a “man of the world,” (persons not coinciding in opinion with the followers of Joseph Smith.) The proceedings also included an imitation by “Brother” Ephraim of the bleating of a sheep!! A Mr. Weasel played several airs with the accordion. The chapel was densely crowded, and there were present many respectable tradesmen and inhabitants of the town “men of the world” to enjoy the rare treat. We have never before seen prayers offered up at the commencement and termination of a concert like this.

I would expect they were blessed to all return home safely.

Many of the Saints of this branch would have worked here, at the Sirhowy Iron Works:

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