My apologies if you didn’t get last week’s newsletter - quite a few bounced back as undeliverable for some reason or other. More excellent singing on Wednesday although number were just a little bit down. We have now just about finished learning Moma Don’t Allow and Funiculi Funicula and made really good progress with Lifting As we Climb and Banana Boat Song. This coming week we will polish the first two, continue with Lifting and Banana Boat, revisit Lili Marlene and In My Life and, if time, take a look at 500 Miles (words attached*) along with Banaha as our warm-up. (* You should already have the words of the others.)
CHOIR COMING EVENTS
Sunday 28 July Concert in Abbey Gardens. (Shaftesbury Fringe) 11.15 for 11.30
Wednesday 31 July Supper and Song – in aid of Shaftesbury Hospital – Abbey. 6.30. (The organisers will leave the gazebo from the Fringe up for shade and will serve ices and drink to supplement people’s picnics.)
(To remind you, songs will be selected from our summer pad i.e. Banaha; Bela Mama; Lili Marlene, Ghafoor’s Bus; Hamba Nighale; I am a River; Jug of Punch; Vive la Compagnie; Home; When I was One and Twenty; Wake Up, Viva la Musica, Funiculi Funicula, Java Jive, In My Life, Go Placidly, Say Say Yes, Five Hundred Miles, Banana Boat Song, Moma don’t allow, Lifting As we Climb + Simama and Heart to Heart)
OTHER COMING EVENTS June seems to be a particularly busy month. Don’t forget it is the second of the two Dorset Art Weeks as well.
Wed 5 – Tues 11 June Summertime – exhibition by Andrea Jenkins at Shaftesbury Arts Centre. See below and also attachment.
Friday 7 June Violin classics played by Emma-Marie Kabanova accompanied by Dr Richard Hall, former director of the Dorset Rural Music Centre. The bar will be open and snacks (not sandwiches) provided. Bring your own lunch if you like. 1.00 Phoenix Room, Shaftesbury Arts Centre
Sunday 9 June Serenata Guitar Trio. St James Church. 3.00 p.m. FREE See earlier flyer.
Thursday 13 June Shaftesbury Westminster Hospital fish and chip supper and quiz night.
Friday 14 June Caroline d’Cruz and Tracy Kennington. St Andrew’s Church, Fontmell Magna. 12.15 FREE + retiring collection. See earlier flyer for details of this and future events.
Sunday 16 June Wessex Strings 3.00, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne. WELL WORTH THE TRIP. See attached flyer
Fri 21 and Sat 22 June Two concerts for Ukraine. 7.30 p.m. St John’s Tisbury. FREE with retiring collection. See last week’s flyer
Saturday 22 June Casey Jazz at Donhead St Andrew church SP7 9EB 4.00 p.m. See last week’s flyer. http://cherubimtrust.org/tkts.
Thursday 27 June Phantasia present Albion’s Delight 7.00 p.m. St Peter’s Church. See last week’s flyer. Tickets available from Shaftesbury Arts Centre (01747) 854321 www.shaftesburyartscentre.org.uk Complimentary wine or juice provided.
Saturday 29 June Songs of Returning. St Peter’s Church 7.30 p.m. with workshop at 4.30 p.m. Tickets from: helenchadwick.com/events See last week’s flyer.
SUMMERTIME
To all my Choir friends:
It would be lovely to see you at the celebration of my exhibition ‘Summertime’ at Shaftesbury Arts Centre Gallery on FRIDAY 7TH JUNE 5 -7PM.
The exhibition takes place from 5th to 11th June and will be open every day 10am - 4pm, so do visit to see my new collection of colourful, abstract paintings and collages, intended to make you smile! I will be there every day and am always happy to chat about the ideas and processes behind my work. I hope to see you soon. Andrea x'
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
1 June 2024