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Well Done – Top Hits!

Lins Emails
Good morning to you all,
Well, what a day we had yesterday.
From the start when we arrived at the hall at 10am, there was a buz in the air, and suddenly there were all the members running around and setting up the tables and chairs, sorting out the crockery, putting together the cake stands and getting the cakes ready.  Even when most of you went home to change, there was still a charge in the air, and in the end, what a show we put on.
Here’s a message I received from Lillian –

“Well Done – Top Hits!”
Hello Choir!
I must say you’ve really blown me away this concert. I had to reflect after our performance today on all our previous performances and I can honestly say that this was the best performance I have experienced with this choir! You really made the top of my charts. I am so proud of all of you today—your hard work really paid off and I think your intonation was EXCELLENT, never been better. You were so expressive with your faces, engaging, and knew the music inside and out. I look forward to more of this as we resume in September 🙂
You’ve made me so proud and I hope you are proud of yourselves. Have a wonderful holiday, and once again—fantastic performance today! The best ever.
All the best,
Lillian
I even had one of the audience who had never been to one of our concerts before phone me up last night to thank the choir for an excellent afternoon.  She lives near in St Johns Road, and had decided to come see what we were about.  She has sung in a choir for 20 years, and although she had heard most of the songs before and even sung some of them, she had never heard such good arrangements before, and even wants to come and join our choir as we seem to have something different to what she has now.  She also runs her own support group for Alzheimer’s and when she looked at our website and saw that we had the Local Vocals, she is very interested in joining in with that. she had brought her auntie with her and her auntie has dementia, but she was joining with all the songs and thoroughly enjoyed herself.
Well, not much more I can say, but a big thank you to all help set up and then stayed to help clear up, and will be there this morning to get the equipment back to the lockup.
So I will end and remind you of the AGM on Thursday, and if you cannot make it then, I will see September 7th.
Bye for now.
Eric

Programme for Summer Spectacular

Lins Emails
Good evening,
As promised, here is a copy of the programme for Saturday.
Also, it has been agreed that we will not need to memorise any of the songs, but if you are confident enough to sing a song without the music, still use your folders as if you were using them ,then we will all look the same.
Again, many thanks to all that responded to our plea for raffle prizes and cakes, it seems that we now have enough.
See you all on Saturday.
Regards
Eric
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AGM Papers

Lins Emails
Good evening,
I enclose a copy of the Chairman’s Report and the Musical Director’s Report ready for next Week’s AGM.
Whilst writing I am making a plea to you all.  We are desperately in need of more raffle prizes and more importantly more cakes, as at the moment we do not have enough of both.
The cake list will be put out tomorrow night, so if you have not already put your name down for a cake or two, please consider putting your name down tomorrow.
Also, if you have any raffle prizes, can you bring them along tomorrow as well.
Bye for now.
Eric
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This Week’s Rehearsal

Lins Emails
Good morning to you all,

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Here is a massage from Lillian concerning this week’s rehearsal:-


I hope the last two weeks have gone well! This Thursday we will try to run through the entire programme.

On Saturday, we have the Village Hall from 10.00am so any assistance to help set up would be appreciated as we need to set up the tables with the crockery etc ready for the afternoon.

Also, we are having our AGM on Thursday, 20th July, and that will be our last meeting until e return in September on the 7th.

Lillian has asked me to pass on this announcement:-

I’m putting on a recital on Thursday 24 August at 7:30pm at All Saints’ Eastleigh Parish Church. It’s a charity concert for starting a new independent classical school in Bishops Waltham. I’ll be singing a selection of songs themed around summertime and Sophie Aynsley will be accompanying. Tickets are £10 per adult, £3 for under 16s, free for under 5s.


Well, that’s all for now, and don’t forget the the Local vocals are seeing at Snowdrop Place tomorrow afternoon – normal time 1.45pm.

See you soon.

Eric

Fwd: Christmas Music 2023

Lins Emails
Good afternoon,

Here is a message from tony regarding the Christmas music.

Hello all,
Your Music Committee has already chosen the music for this year’s Christmas programme, somewhat earlier than we’ve been used to.  This means I’ll be able issue it before our summer break. It means you’ll  have your music ready from the start of the first rehearsal in September. Newer members will also have enough time to buy their own copy of ‘100 Carols for Choirs’ (*see note below). This is the only music NMM asks you to buy yourselves.
I’ll be distributing your music at the next two rehearsals, 6 and 13 July.  Don’t worry if you’re not going to be at these rehearsals. You’ll be able to collect your music at a later date. I’ll advise about that when I know what remains to be done. Here is our chosen programme:
New Music
Merry Christmas Everyone – Percy Knight has made a very kind donation allowing us to buy a download-and-print licence to cover all the choir. Eric Gerrey has kindly organised the printing.
Songs brought forward from last year
Grown Up Christmas List
Last Christmas
This Christmas
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
White Winter Hymnal – small group of up to 12 or 13. The music will be issued in the autumn to those taking part in this song.
Songs from the library
Believe**
Brazilian Christmas Carol – possibly men only but everyone will have a copy anyway
Christmas Shopping Blues – ladies only
From A Distance (Christmas version)**
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Mary Did You Know?
The First Noel/Pachelbel’s Canon
Wonderful Christmastime
Song from your personal music library
Let It Go**    I’ll make sure newer members have a copy but I’ll also be trying to issue your personal libraries in the next couple of weeks. I’ve spoken to a couple of you about this already.
**To be sung as a group of three songs from winter-themed films
Songs from ‘100 Carols for Choirs’*
Gabriel’s Message – #79, page 315
Wexford Carol – #21, page 97
Audience participation carols also from ‘100 Carols for Choirs’*
Joy to the World
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Silent Night
Twelve Days of Christmas – afternoon
Hark the Herald Sing – evening
 
*’100 Carols for Choirs’ is widely available online, with next day/few days delivery quite often. You can choose between perfect or spiral bound versions. The spiral bound is usually a little more expensive than the perfect bound but either should cost around £25. Speak to me if you want to know more.
Best wishes
Tony
NMM Music Librarian

Fwd: NMM practise on Thursday 6th July

Lins Emails
Good afternoon,

Here is a message from Chris regarding the rehearsal this coming Thursday:-

Well done everyone for what we did last Thursday.  This Thursday we will rehearse choir songs again from 7:30-9pm and soloists/small groups 9pm-9:30.

This week we will go over:-
Sing Sing Sing
All I Ask of You
The Music of the Night
One
When You Believe
Pinball Wizard
Why We Sing
Abba Medley
You Raise Me UP
The Bare Necessities (clapping at the end)
If there are other sections of other songs you would like to go over put those on Whatsapp and I’ll pick them up on Thursday.
At 9pm I will see the following soloists…
Liz – The Rose
Ladies Small Group – You’ve Got a Friend
Keith and Rebecca – The Prayer
Eric and Beryl – Perfect
Thanks
Chris

Can I remind you the Local Vocals are singing at Netley Court on Tuesday, from 1.45pm.
We are still looking for people to bake some cakes for us for the Summer Spectacular, and the spreadsheet will be on the table as you come into the rehearsal.
With the AGM coming up, we need nominations for the Officers and Committee, and, again the nomination form will be on the table as you come in. We still need a Secretary!!!!
Well, that’s all for now so I will see you next week.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Regards
Eric

Fwd: NMM rehearsal next week

Lins Emails
Good morning to you all,


At least the temperature is a little better today.

Here is a message from Chris who will be taking the rehearsals for the next two weeks whilst Lillian has gone back home to the USA for a family wwedding.

Here is my plan for next Thursday’s rehearsal and seeing soloists over the next two weeks.

Over the next two Thursdays the choir will rehearse from 7:30pm-9pm.  I will then spend 30 minutes working with soloists each week.

On Thursday 29th June the choir will run through the following songs:
Viva la Vida
Somewhere only we know
Your song
There’s No Business like Show Business
A Whole New World
When You Believe
A Million Dreams
Singing in the Rain 
The Bare Necessities

Soloists:
On Thursday 29th June
Solo – Roy – Homeward Bound
Solo – Mike Unchained Melody
Duet – Lin and Maggie – Tell Me It’s Not 
Solo Jerry – Chariots of Fire

On Thursday 6th July
Solo – Liz – The Rose. 
Ladies Small Group – You’ve Got a Friend 
Duet – Beryl and Eric – Perfect
Duet – Rebecca and Keith – The Prayer

The tickets for the Summer Spectacular are now on sale through the Ticketsource website or by phoning Sarah.

Can you let me know if you are not available for the Summer Spectacular so that we can sort out the seating plan.

We are also looking for some nice prizes for the raffle.

For the Local Vocals – just to remind you that we are singing at Florence Court, Segensworth this afternoon.

Well, that’s all for now.

See you later.

Regards

Eric