A great turn out last Wednesday, a lot of hard work and a lot of great singing. We made real progress with Shaftesbury’s Delights and 500 Miles in particular. This coming week we will finish learning both of these along with That Lonesome Road, Our Choir and Bogoroditse – all held over from last time. We will do Oak of Old, as our warm-up once more and have a look at another new one – Simply There. You won’t need words for Simply There; the words of the others, where needed, have all been attached in recent weeks. Please print them out yourselves if you possibly can.
COMING CHOIR EVENTS
Saturday 22 April Celebration of the life of Steven Ridout. Afternoon. Charlton Hall.
Monday 1 May (BANK HOLIDAY) Fundraising day at Shaftesbury Arts Centre. More details soon.
Saturday 10 June Motcombe Fete tbd
Wednesday 21 June Make Music Day 2023. We hope to arrange something extra special. Watch this space.
Saturday 1 July Gold Hill Fair tbd
Sunday 23 July Shaftesbury Fringe 11.15 a.m. Shaftesbury Abbey Gardens
OTHER EVENTS
TODAY Saturday 18 March Rhyme and Rhythm. Listen to poetry from local poet Marigold Rumble, and piano music from yours truly while enjoying a delicious cream tea. 3.00 p.m. St Peter’s Church.
Sat – Sun 18/19 March Coracle (ArtsReach) Karen and Co in Milborne St Andrew and Burton Bradstock See https://artsreach.co.uk/event/coracle
Sunday 26 March Shaftesbury Orchestra. Beethoven and Offenbach. 2.30 p.m. St James Church. ADMISSION FREE. See attached flyer.
Saturday 1 April Come & Sing in Fordingbridge, Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise and a piece we know well, Rachmaninov (Bogoroditse) - it’s his 150th birthday! A bargain with tea and cake included. See attached flyer.
Sunday 2 April (Palm Sunday) Come with me – a refreshingly different service with quite a number of familiar faces at St John’s, Enmore Green. 6.00 p,.m. See attached flyer.
Tues 4 – Sat 15 April Spinning the Moon - Dorchester’s 7th community play. Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester. See earlier flyer. (Tess [alto] and her husband Mark are both involved. Music by ex-Shastonian Tim Laycock.)
Sunday 23 April Fonthill House Open Garden Music Alfresco – (see last week’s flyer)
David
18 March 2023