Another great turn out on Wednesday evening and some really beautiful ensemble singing too. This coming week we will sing A Place Called England and That Lonesome Road once more (they sounded brilliant last time by the way), hopefully polish Bogoroditse (held over for several weeks now – we’re always running out of time), continue Tree of Life, sing one of our new warm-ups Simply There along with Walk in Beauty and have a look at Simama (new one – words not needed), Shaftesbury’s Delights and Blue Moon. Words for these last two are attached, words for the others have been attached in recent weeks or are not needed. Hope to see you there … and maybe with a contribution for the food bank!
COMING CHOIR EVENTS
Saturday 10 June Motcombe Fete tbd
Wednesday 14 June Big Green Week. Hopefully in the Abbey Gardens, weather permitting. Bring friends, family and picnics. Doors open at 6.00 p.m. There will be music from around 6.30 and we will start at around 7.00.
Wednesday 21 June Make Music Day 2023. We hope to arrange something extra special for this week too. Watch this space.
Saturday 1 July Gold Hill Fair Provisionally 5.00 p.m. Barton Hill.
Sunday 23 July Shaftesbury Fringe 11.15 a.m. Shaftesbury Abbey Gardens
OTHER EVENTS
Sunday 14 May Dorset Bach Cantata Club. FREE informal performance of three of Bach’s most sparkling cantatas complete with orchestra. 4.00 Sturminster Newton High School
Sunday 21 May A West Gallery Evensong, St John’s Tisbury. See last week’s newsletter for details
also
Open Air Music in Shaftesbury Abbey Gardens with Hummingbird 4.00 – 6.00. See attached flyer.
Friday 26 May Trifarious Ensemble 7.30 p.m. St Peter’s. See attached flyer.
THE GOOD AFTERNOON CHOIR
A friend has asked me to circulate this info about an afternoon choir in Wincanton. It meets Mondays in the afternoon at the Memorial Hall, they sing mainly light stuff and reading is not a requirement. https://www.goodafternoonchoir.org/
FOLK GROUP
Shaftesbury Arts Centre has a lady who is going to start an arts centre folk group at the beginning of next month. It’s a free group, people who come just need to be arts centre members. See attached flyer.
David
13 May 2023