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