12 OCTOBER 2024

Great singing last week. The Road Home, Grateful and Loved and Swimming Song are now almost there and we’ll be polishing them off next week.  We’ll also be singing  Isa Lei and Lollipop (which we’d planned to do last month) + Come and Sing and Listen as our warm-ups.  Isa Lei and Lollipop are attached.  Words for the others are not need or have been attached in the last couple of weeks. Please print them out yourselves if you can and maybe a spare copy to pass onto the needy!  

 COMING CHOIR EVENTS

Saturday 27 September 2025, We have been asked by the organisers of Shaftesbury Carnival whether the choir be able to take part in the all day entertainment.  I have said provisionally yes so please make a note of the date in your next year’s diaries.  Many thanks.

 OTHER COMING EVENTS

TODAY Saturday 12 October  Tenors Unlimited, supported by Gillingham Singers. 7.30 p.m.  The Exchange, Sturminster Newton.  Tickets from www.tenorsunlimited.com/tour

Saturday 19 October  Come and Sing St John Passion (Bach) in Wincanton.  See last week’s flyer.

Saturday 19 October  Music and memories of Acker Bilk.  St Peter’s Church.  2.30 p.m.  £7.00 (with cream tea).  See attached flyer.

Sat and Sun 19 and 20 October  Jaminaround, The Earthouse, Cranborne.   Two really unusual and original voice practitioners are leading workshops in the daytime together with more relaxed offerings at an evening concert (following the day workshops) and at a community sing on the Sunday morning.   All taking place at The Earthouse, Cranborne, BH21 5RP. Details at https://www.jaminaround.com/events/jaminaround-festival-of-the-voice

Sunday 20 October   Tea Concert by the Phoenix Café Orchestra in aid of “Read Easy”.  Advance booking advised.  Tickets can be booked by phone or e-mail and held for you at the door.   See last week’s flyer

Sundays 20 Oct; 3 Nov  Free autumn concerts.  St Mary’s, Marnhull.  3.00 p.m.  See earlier flyer

Sunday 3 November  Tim Laycock in The Year Clock – a dramatic and musical celebration of William Barnes.  (also in Dorchester on Thursday 24 October).  3.00 p.m.  The Exchange, Sturminster Newton.  See attached flyer.

also 

Asian Adventures – an illustrated talk by yours truly.  2.30 p.m.  St John’s Church, Enmore Green.  £5.00 to include tea and cake.  What a bargain.  See attached flyer.

 PAYMENT BY BACS

If any choir members would prefer to pay their subs online, our bank details are:

Shaftesbury Community Choir

Account no. 23158960    Sort code: 30-65-21

Payments can be made for individual sessions or block payments of several weeks but payments should be made before the session and please indicate the date of session/s paid for.

 David

12 October 2024