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Fwd: Rehearsal Plan for Thursday 11 March

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Subject: Rehearsal Plan for Thursday 11 March

Hi All,

Here’s what I’d like to rehearse in sectionals first, then break, and then singing through with backing tracks!
Warmups
Lillian with the Men, Chris with the Women:
Gold
Joseph
Breakout Rooms for Chat
Together with Backing Tracks:
When the Saints Go Marching In: https://youtu.be/OX5FK0qRVto
Kindest Regards,
Lillian

Thanks Lillian looking forward to The Saints/

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Hi All


Hope everyone is well and you have enjoyed the beautiful weather that we have been lucky enough to have just lately.  It certainly lifted my spirits.  Unfortunately we chose today to go for a bike ride and I found out something very important – my coat isn’t rainproof and I got rather wet going through three layers. It was nice to get out and about though.

Not a lot of news this week. No birthdays as far as I know – apologies if I have missed anyone.

The Committee are meeting on Monday 8th to discuss amongst other things what we can do when we can hopefully meet up.  If anyone would like to add anything to the meeting please let me know and we will put it on the AGENDA.

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I’d like to circle back to the songs we’ve done already and do a sectional if possible tomorrow.

So the plan is:

7:30pm Warmup 
7:40pm Sectionals (Men with Chris, Women with Lillian)
Another Day of Sun: https://youtu.be/QlHMoZ-98WE
Les Miserable (SATB) Medley: https://youtu.be/D-JAp-6gY0s
8:00pm Breakout Rooms and Chat
8:10pm Sing through 
Best of Bond Medley: https://youtu.be/QM2HKrP80YU
West Side Story Medley: https://youtu.be/AIZJ8piEwIg

See you tomorrow,
Lillian

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Hi Everyone

Well here we are week 50 and and is there light at the end of the tunnel? “Will we meet again some sunny day”?  If all goes well 21st June (my Chris’s Birthday) seems to be the date that we may be able to think about returning to choir.  We will try our best to keep up with any developments and keep you informed as much as we can.  But certainly something positive at last, how could we possibly have known that things would have lasted this long, I certainly would have made sure that those cakes were out of the choir cupboard in the Church Hall!!  I wonder who brought them in last year?  For Peter and Vanessa, when it is your birthday week people very kindly bring in cakes for the choir to have during the tea break.  Talking of which we have two birthdays this week.

 Peter Foster, our newest man, who signed up before Christmas as a bass and has been joining us on our Zoom Calls.  The only picture I have of him is on a Zoom Call.  Sorry Peter.  His birthday is on Friday 26th.  

Hope You have a Good Day


Marg Dunne is celebrating her birthday on Saturday 27th March.  You get to have a day off – you can’t go anywhere – but at least you can celebrate at home and not have to bother about work.  The first concert Marg attended was at Christmas 2013 as a Soprano.  Marg has been on the Committee and always joins in and helps with our social events.  She also likes to dress up💃😍


Have a great day Marg.


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Hi all,

Here are the songs I’d like to rehearse tomorrow:

I Believe: https://youtu.be/Jh6ZtWRHpfY   – Last Sung 2017 would have sung at Golden Concert

Fields of Gold: https://youtu.be/oQ5N84BUkt0 – Last Sung in Concert 2014 but sang at wedding 2019 would have sung at Golden Concert

This Is Me: https://youtu.be/doFgPcanNx0 – Last sung in 2019

Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel: https://youtu.be/je4QtCUO72s  – Last Sung in 2017

Someone to Watch Over Me: https://youtu.be/xOPHHI7poro – Last Sung in 2018

You Raise Me Up: https://youtu.be/fyLIm3lOqso – Last sung for one of  our Virtual Songs and before that in Concert in 2013 sung with the Concert Party  2015 and 2017 would have sung in Gold Concert

Lillian


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Hi All

Hope everyone is well and those that are eligible are getting their jabs with no problems.  There has to be some advantages of being older like me. 

Well we don’t have any birthdays, as I said last week, no birthdays and then three came along at once.

But we do have some great news, we have a new 2nd Alto.  Vanessa Wilkinson has been joining us for several weeks on zoom and had her voice test in a break out room last week  and passed with flying colours.  So I am very pleased to welcome Vanessa to the New Music Makers.  It will be lovely to actually meet her and Peter one day.

I also have dates for your Diaries.  Of course it is all depending on the situation at the time but it is something to look forward too.  So pencil in Saturday 11th December 2021 for a Christmas Concert at The Royal Victoria Country Park in the evening and Saturday18th December 2021 2.30 and 7.30 for our Christmas Concert at Hedge End Village Hall.  🎄🎄



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Let the River Run – https://youtu.be/bNit57FmCz8  – Last Sung 2019 

Mary Poppins: The Musical – https://youtu.be/yGXtZT_kjbg – Last Sung at the Summer Spectacular 2019           
Sing, Sing, Sing – https://youtu.be/OA6oE0RfTlg  – Last sung in Concert 2017 A Concer Party Favourite
Riversong – https://youtu.be/Yet7MLHwWuE (SATB), https://youtu.be/JIXCTl0AFSw (Two-Part)  – Last sung 2019

One Voice – https://youtu.be/7f0xXbHnkqA   – First sung 2011 last sung 2017

Nella Fantasia – https://youtu.be/65U2MNx0mOA?t=84 (start at 1:24)  – Last sung in Concert 2015

    Details of dates as far  as far as I am aware




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Fwd: Rehearsal Thursday 18 Feb

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Subject: Rehearsal Thursday 18 Feb

Hello all,

Here is what I’d like to sing through on Thursday!
Let the River Run – https://youtu.be/bNit57FmCz8
Mary Poppins: The Musical – https://youtu.be/yGXtZT_kjbg
Sing, Sing, Sing – https://youtu.be/OA6oE0RfTlg
Nella Fantasia – https://youtu.be/65U2MNx0mOA?t=84 (start at 1:24)
I hope you are doing well and enjoying singing.
Kindest regards,
Lillian

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Lins Emails
Hi All  

Apologies for not sending my email yesterday I was actually busy doing things and ran out of time. But I wasn’t too worried as I had already sent Lillians email out about what we are going to sing tonigh t.  

So as you see we have Birthdays. It is Chris Allison’s tomorrow 12th,  Sharon Thomas’s 14th, and Jill Parkinson’s on the 17th just like busses you wait for ages and then three come along at the  same time.   I used an app to create Chris’s photograph (and yes I still do have him and Zac as my screen saver), as that took me nearly all day to create  I apologies to Sharon an Jill for not getting the same treatment.

Chris joined the choir in 2015 as our accompanist when Michael Goldthrope was MD.  A man that can multitask by playing the drum 🪘 and piano 🎹 at the same time conduct and play when we go out with the Concert Party, sing and play four different parts when he takes us for sectionals, a rare talent in men being ale to multitask 😂.  Did I just write that out lo ud. 
Have a great Day with your lovely family, sorry there is not a picture of Mark.




Sharon has her birthday on Valentines Day. I wonder if she gets two lots of pressies from Martyn.  Sharon is a contralto and also our Treasurer and she has been in the choir quite a while and also has been the treasurer for what she must seem is forever. She does a great job and keeps an eye on us so we don’t spend too much.

  

I have lots of photographs of Sharon Smiling I hope you have a smiley birthday.



Jill has also been in the choir for a long time she is also a  contralto. The photograph was taken last year at the Golden Dinner with her husband Bob. I hope you are keeping well Jill.
 
Have a lovely day Jill.


LOST IN PANTOLAND

It was fun on Saturday night watching the Panto with the Zoom call at the same time.  We had several past members join us, Rita and Andy, Eric Newman (briefly), Frank Parker and Jason Brown, it was lovely to have a chat with them all.  I also have heard from some of the past members saying that they were going to watch it.  The lad that ran with the lamp, Jonathan Mayers  is 24 and doing a postgrad at Royal Academy and his sister Bethany is married and is in her last year at the Royal Welsh Conservatoire  studying Trumpet. I also heard from Daniel Clouting who was Mons Grandson and he was looking forward to see himself all those years ago.  I am guessing that some of you have watched it as well as we have had 78 views so far.  I hope you enjoyed it.



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Gold


The Seal Lullaby: https://youtu.be/5pvXWzOXClM  – sung Christmas 2018 Summer 2019

What a Wonderful World: https://youtu.be/vpr5xB-44K8 – last sung apart from at a wedding  in 2012  

Let It Go: https://youtu.be/Iv89xW7hN8w – Christmas 2017 Summer 2018

One (A Chorus Line): https://youtu.be/95ZshMtyVbQ  sung in 2009 2010  & 2016


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