Legacy

Inside the image.

A square cover with a white ground combines a large sepia-toned group photograph, a smaller row of three photographs and a coloured shield. Across the upper left, the word “LEGACY” appears in very large, thin, pale-gold serif capitals. It extends behind the smaller heading at upper right, so the letters and heading overlap visually. The heading reads “Côr Meibion Cwm-bach” on the first line and “Cwmbach Male Choir” beneath it, in dark grey lettering. The Welsh name is slightly obscured by the large gold letters.

The main photograph sits below the title, spanning most of the cover’s width. It shows a large choir arranged in several tightly packed rows, with seated men in front and standing rows behind them. They wear dark suits, white shirts and ties; individual faces and garments are small but discernible. The group is posed against a dark, leafy backdrop. The image has a warm brown, aged-photo appearance, with a pale margin visible along its left edge and below it.

At the upper right of the photograph is a small heraldic shield divided into coloured sections. Its blue, red and yellow areas contain several tiny emblems, including what appears to be a red upright figure or shape on the blue field and a pale vessel-like form on the red field; the fine details are difficult to make out. The shield has a dark outline and a pointed lower end.

A narrow white gap separates the large photograph from a strip of three smaller rectangular images along the bottom. The left image is a monochrome group photograph, cropped at the sides; the central image is a colour photograph of a choir in dark clothing, with a light-coloured interior behind them; the right image is a black-and-white view of a large group arranged in rows in a long hall. The photographs are aligned along their lower edge and separated by slim white gutters. The overall design mixes archival-looking monochrome and sepia photographs with a more recent-looking colour image, a clean white background, restrained gold display lettering and the bright heraldic shield.