Excellent singing on Wednesday and a great turn out too. Most of our summer repertoire is very secure now requiring only a bit of tweaking. This coming week we will sing Banana Boat Song, Five Hundred Miles, Funiculi Funicula, In My Life and Lifting As We Climb once more and have look at Go Placidly, Hamba Nighale, Heart to Heart, Moma Don’t Allow and Wake Up which we didn’t have time for last week.
To remind you, our Fringe and Supper and Song pieces are: Banaha; Bela Mama; Lili Marlene, Ghafoor’s Bus; Hamba Nighale; I am a River; Jug of Punch; Vive la Compagnie; Home; Wake Up, Viva la Musica, Funiculi Funicula, 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.
Our Fringe flyer is in attached zip folder once again. Do print a few off if you can and display them prominently. Alternatively, there will be copies available on Wednesday. Last year, I think we got the second or third biggest Fringe audience - let's see if we can improve on that this time round.
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.)
OTHER COMING EVENTS
TODAY Saturday 20 July Kipps – the new Half a Sixpence. Shaftesbury Arts Centre’s summer show. A real feel-good experience. See earlier flyer.
Sunday 21 July Lumas Wind Quintet 3.00 p.m. St Peter’s Church. Tickets: £18. SAC Members & Friends £16. Under 18s free.
also
Mark Shepherd organ recital – St James’ Church 3.00 p.m. FREE
Sunday 11 August Ain’t it a Pretty Night in Knoxville. Letitia Stevens (soprano) with Bonnie Donham 3.00 p.m. St Peter’s Church. Tickets: £12. SAC Members & Friends £10. Under 18s free.
SHAFTESBURY FRINGE
If any choir members are involved with a Fringe event other than our own, please send the info to me and I will make sure it is listed below:
FRIDAY 26 JULY
11.00 – 11.30 p.m. Clarinets Before Coffee (Karen and fellow musician Julia Blinko) Gold Hill Museum See attached flyer
1.30 – 2.30 p.m. Hardy Annuals – Thomas Hardy in Words and Music. Gold Hill Museum. See attached flyer
2.00 – 2.45 p.m. Into the Amazon. Emily Burridge – mellow cello. Bell Street United Church. See attached flyer
3.00 – 4.00 p.m. Reel Deal. Folk music Jam Shed
4.00 – 5.00 p.m. Hardy Annuals – Thomas Hardy in Words and Music. Bell Street United Church. See attached flyer
4.00 p.m. Technophobe. Story, poetry and monologue. Grosvenor Arms. See attached flyer.
6.00 – 7.00 p.m. Hardy Annuals – Thomas Hardy in Words and Music. Two Brewers Skittle Alley. See attached flyer
7.00 p.m. The Spoonfeds. Rutter Room, Shaftesbury Arts Centre. See attached flyer.
SATURDAY 27 JULY
11.00 – 12.00 noon Hardy Annuals – Thomas Hardy in Words and Music. King Alfred’s Kitchen. See attached flyer
2.00 – 3.00 p.m. Hardy Annuals – Thomas Hardy in Words and Music. St Peter’s Church Hall. See attached flyer
4.00 p.m. Technophobe. Story, poetry and monologue. King Alfred’s Kitchen. See attached flyer.
5.00 – 6.00 p.m. Reel Deal Folk Music Buskers Stage
SUNDAY 28 JULY
12.15 p.m. Summer of Love Palida Choir 12.15 Abbey Gardens (This follows straight on from our own concert at 11.30.) See attached flyer
3.00 – 4.00 p.m. Phoenix Café Orchestra. St James Church. See attached flyer.
6.30 – 7.15 At the Turning of the World Emily Burridge – mellow cello. Bell Street United Church. 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
20 July 2024