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WEEK 39. PAGE 1

Lins Emails

Hi All
This Thursday would have been the last rehearsal before our Concerts on Saturday. We would have been running through the programme with Lillian buying our last minute tickets from Sarah, Bringing in Raffle Prizes, getting excited to wear our Golden tops and ties again and putting that gold tinsel on our folders and making sure we had ordered our fish and chips for the the interval. But alas not this year. First time for fifty years. Hopefully it will happen next year and it will make us appreciate it twice as much.
We have a birthday this week Audrey Brown a Soprano is on the 15th. Audrey has been in the choir for many years and is a very active member joining in most of the fun that the choir produces. She has been known to go away on some amazing holidays with her family for her birthday (and break her arm when she is there! ) I guess not this year but we hope you have a lovely day however you can spend it. {CAPTION}

Taken at the Olde Time Musical – looking lovely Audrey!
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An actions shot of the sopranos I wonder what they are singing or are they catching flies? Have a great day Audrey.
Lillian is busy editing all of our videos ready for the virtual concert which should be airing next Thursday details will follow with links as soon as we have them.
Thanks to Chris for last weeks zoom call where we did a ‘guess the intro’of Christmas songs and then we had a christmas singalong. It was great fun I was rubbish at most of the quiz apart from questions like ‘Frosty the Snowman” and the like but although I knew the words of several of the others, I could not remember the title of the songs. Some of the members were brilliant well done I am glad you were on my team.
I came across last years board with the christmas greetings from choir members who donated instead of sending Christmas Cards. This was my Greeting {CAPTION}

I got that wrong didn’t I? Will change that to 2021 and keep my fingers crossed.
This weeks Thursdays Zoom we have something completely different!!!!!
Oh No we Haven’t?
O Yes we Have?
Oh no We Haven’t?
Oh Yes we Have?
Oh just go and read my next email !!!!
Lin

Week 38 – December Already

Lins Emails

Hi All

By golly gosh it is December already where has this year gone?  Don’t bother answering that!!

It is Margaret Whales Birthday on Tuesday 8th December.  Margaret is an Alto and has been in the choir for many years and I have known her from way before that.  For those that may not be aware she is Becci Coppen’s mum. It is lovely to have them both in the choir together.  I was trying to find some photographs of when Margaret was in the pantos, although you may have to wait to see those, but I did manage to find some that she may remember. One maybe not quite so much 😆 


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Have a great day Margaret.

Well done all of you that managed to get your recordings in to Lillian. She is busy working at putting it all together.  

I hope those of you who didn’t sing have managed to send Lillian a photograph of yourselves to be included in the video.   

Leading up to Christmas, the zoom calls will have a different format. This week Chris is going to do an intro quiz for us and also we will have a general fun sing-a-long of Christmas songs.  I will  send a song sheet of words separately, if you can put them on another device and read them it will save you printing them off.  We have done some of them in the choir so you can harmonise away to your hearts content and no one will know if you get it wrong.  Or you could make up your own harmonies and it wont matter if they don’t work!!
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Zoom Details Same As Previous Weeks

Time: Dec 3rd 2020 07:30 PM London

        Every week on Thursday until Dec 24, 2020,

        

        Dec 3, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 10, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 17, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 24, 2020 07:30 PM


 

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Lin




Sent from my iPad

Week (one more than last week) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81691367380?pwd=RUg4SFNPbnRxbUVwQ1gwb1ZKUWZhQT09 Meeting ID: 816 9136 7380 Passcode: Gold

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I forgot Natalies birthday last week although we did sing to her on the zoom call.  So I hope you had a lovely day.

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It is Pete Kilby’s Birthday on the 30th November.  Pete is a Bass and joined the choir in February 2017.  
Hope you have a good day Pete.  (Note to self  really must get on with making those blue bow ties less droopy!)

I have some sad news I am afraid Helga Baker has passed away.  Those who have been in the choir for a time will know of Helga. She was very involved when we twinned with the  German Choir when Helga was our interpreter and used to do our compering for us and joined us when we went to Germany.  She also ran the QE2 club which sadly has now folded. We used to go to their club and put on concerts and they also were a big part of the audience when we sang at St Edwards Church in Netley Abbey.
If you would like to see/hear Helga’s funeral service here are the details- Monday 1 December at 12.15 . at Wessex Vale. 
User Name – Nomi1387
Password- 910101. 


CHRISTMAS VIRTUAL CONCERT


AWAY IN A MANGER
Here is a nice idea for our Virtual Concert.  To add the ‘ahhhh’ factor how about getting your children/grandchildren/young nieces nephews and friends to record ‘“Away In a Manger”.   They would have to do it the same way as the adults with singing to the backing track with earphones in.  Apologies for the short time get it done.  The backing track is below.  Thanks Jerry. It is your onedrive backing track.


Well done those that have already submitted your recordings just a reminder to those that still need to send them in by next Tuesday.  I still have mine to do, by the time I had set it all up in the dining room it was tea time!!  Fingers crossed 🤞 for tomorrow.

It would be really nice to see recordings from other choir members for Hark The Herald, We wish you a Merry Christmas and the finale The Most Wonderful Time of The Year.

The Virtual Concert will be aired on Thursday 17th December evening.  Details to follow on how you can access it.

Lillian has sent the following message:-

Here is the list of recordings received so far in bold, in red (not in bold) for the ones we still need:
1. Hark the Herald (ALL)- Gilly, Maggie, Maureen, Sharon, Roy, Ann, Eileen, Sarah, Jerry, Percy
2. We wish you a merry Christmas (ALL)- Gilly, Maggie, Maureen, Sharon, Eileen, Pat, Marg, Sarah, Jerry, Percy, Roy
3. O Come all Ye Faithful – Gilly, Maggie, Rosie, Sharon, Roy, Eileen, Jerry, Percy. Louise, Lin, Marg, Ann, Keith, Peter B.
4. The First Nowell – Sarah, Pat, Hilary, Sharon, Margaret W, Jerry, Terry, Peter B, Rebecca
5. O Little Town of Bethlehem – Louise, Marg, Jane, Maureen, Rosie, Terry, Roy, Eileen
6. In the Bleak Midwinter – Beccy, Ann, Jane, Maggie, Maureen, Margaret W, Jerry, Rebecca, Roy, Eileen
7. Joy to the World – Sarah, Pat, Beccy, Lin, Hilary, Sharon, Maggie, Margaret W, Rosie, Percy, Keith, Roy, Peter B
8. Once in Royal David’s City – Pat, Gilly, Jerry, Peter B
9. The most wonderful time of the year (ALL) – Gilly, Maggie, Sharon, Eileen, Pat, Sarah, Percy, Roy

Tomorrow’s zoom are more carols from the Carol Books:-

Tomorrow, I’d like to sing these requested songs:

Deck the Hall(#16)
Coventry Carol (#51b)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (#44)
Jingle bells (#17)

Zoom Details Same As Previous Dates

Time: Nov 19th 2020 07:30 PM London

        Every week on Thursday until Dec 24, 2020, 

        Nov 19, 2020 07:30 PM

        Nov 26, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 3, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 10, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 17, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 24, 2020 07:30 PM


 

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See You Tomorrow as Long as I am Still not recording 
Lin






Week 36

Lins Emails

Hi All

Week 36 week two of second lockdown.  What can I say?  Here we go again.  Hope everyone is staying safe and coping with everything that is thrown our way at the moment.

We have Birthdays.  Elizabeth Manser has a birthday next Wednesday the 25th.  She is a Top Sop, I think joined about four years ago.(note to self must put dates on audition sheets).


Here is a photograph of Liz singing at Hedge End Switching on the Lights, something that will not happen this year I am sure.  I am a little worried about the three (????) men behind her???
Hope you have a lovely birthday Liz.

We have another birthday it is Tom Rodaway our founder member he does feature quite a lot in this weeks email.  Tom obviously joined the choir 50 years ago this year he must have been about 15 when he joined.  


This is Tom doing a speech at our Golden Anniversary Dinner.  Hope you have a Wonderful Day Tom and Diane.

Tom sent me two emails this week I thought I would send them on.

Hi Lin, and all you clever people,

It was raining all day yesterday, so I watched the practice Lillian did, it’s not the first one I’ve watched but I thought I would let you know that I am still around and interested in what is happening. My thoughts were how clever you all are particularly Roy who is old enough to know better. So congratulations to you all and keep up the good work. Afterwards I watched the UTube of “You Raise Me Up” (the second time I’ve watch it). I was very impressed, I don’t know how you do it bringing it all together as one recording, ‘the mysteries of modern science’.

Look after yourselves and keep safe, missing you lots.

Something Tom thought you might like to see, he says to have tissues ready.
I have sent this on a separate email as it didn’t like being copied.

I hope you all received the thank you letter from David and Sandie that I passed on. David has had an operation for his hearing which went well but he will not know how well it has gone until Friday next week when he will have the dressing removed.  Sending best wishes to him.

This weeks Zoom meeting (go on Tom you know you can do it)

Time: Nov 19th 2020 07:30 PM London

        Every week on Thursday until Dec 24, 2020, 

        Nov 19, 2020 07:30 PM

        Nov 26, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 3, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 10, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 17, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 24, 2020 07:30 PM


 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81691367380?pwd=RUg4SFNPbnRxbUVwQ1gwb1ZKUWZhQT09

 

Meeting ID: 816 9136 7380

Passcode: Gold

Lillian has sent the following message.  

Hoping we will enjoy singing to more carols this week! Any suggestions other than these? What about for next week?

Once in Royal David’s City (#61)
The Twelve Days of Christmas (#60)
Still, still, still (#76)
Silent night (#75)

Many thanks,                                                                                                              Lillian


Virtual Christmas Concert 
Time is closing in to get your recordings in how time flies when you are enjoying yourselves.
MEN.   After some confusion as someone had already submitted their songs before the email about the correct dress code.  Could you please wear white shirts and the above bow ties.
Thank You.
Lin 

Thank you to NMM

Lins Emails
From: David Farnell <farnell1946@hotmail.com>

Subject: Thank you to NMM

Dear members of NMM
We apologise for taking this long to thank you all for the very generous gifts we received from you and lovely messages from many of you in an e-card. Thank you also to those who have contacted us by email or phone. We appreciate your kind thoughts and words. Due to the newly enforced lockdown, we have not yet been able to spend the M&S Voucher but will let you know when we have made a purchase.  We have, however, already enjoyed a “Dine in for Two” meal which was lovely, and of course, a bottle or two of the wine as well as some other goodies.
Leaving the choir was a very difficult decision for us to make, as neither of us had ever considered not being part of the choir at all until recently. We always thought we could be in the choir, without any responsibilities, while our voices were good enough but, unfortunately, that is now not the case. Some of you have asked if we might join another choir.  For myself, I am not sure I would have the heart to do that. The NMM has been, and continues to be, the choir of my choice and focus and Sandie feels the same.
I would personally like to say thank you for the friendship and solid support many of you have given me over the last fifteen years that I have been a member, and the privilege and pleasure I have felt serving the choir as Assistant Conductor. I hold fond memories of the many good musical performances we produced together in concerts. These are amongst my best musical memories and will always remain so.  There have also been many occasions when we have brought much pleasure to our audience in the way we have performed our items.
We will miss much about the choir, especially the friendships and making music together. We wish the choir every best wish for the future and trust all will go well when rehearsals can restart and a more normal life resumes for all of us. Always remember to do the best that you can do to be the best you can be for the choir. 

We would be most happy to keep in touch with you all by phone or email should you wish too. We have already enjoyed sharing time with some of you in the Kettle and Cake in Hedge End, which could also be an option after lockdown.

Best wishes to you all.
David and Sandie