Another great turn-out last Wednesday with some great singing to match. Our summer pad is really shaping up well. To save time you might like to put all our summer songs in a separate folder for the next few weeks. (To remind you, these 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, 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).
Our Fringe flyer is attached to this e-mail. 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
This coming week we will look at Ghafoor's Bus (held over from last time), Java Jive, Lili Marlene, Funiculi Funicula, Go Placidly, Hamba Nighale, Moma Don't Allow and Lifting As We Climb along with Viva la Musica and Banaha as warm-ups.
LIFTING AS WE CLIMB
Jackie (tenor) came across Lea Morris teaching each part of "Lifting as we climb" on Youtube. It's more or less exactly as we sing it and very clearly taught so she has put it on the Choir Facebook page or you can click on this extraordinarily long link. Thankyou Jackie.
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
TOMORROW Sunday 7 July A Summer’s Delight. Pilgrim Singers and soloists. See earlier flyer.
Thurs 11 – Sat 13 & Thurs 18 – Sat 20 July Kipps – the new Half a Sixpence. Shaftesbury Arts Centre’s summer show. A real feel-good experience. See attached flyer.
Thursday 18 July Pagoda Project. 7.00 p.m. Deans Court, Wimborne. See attached flyer
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
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.
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
6 July 2024