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Petanque – Contact Nora

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Monday 26th September

The Fareham P tanque Club,
Henry Cort Drive,
Fareham.
PO15 6TL

7.00pm. Start of play

A Ploughman’s Supper will be available for 5 Please indicate your choice of gammon or cheese.
Also advise of gluten free or any other special requirements

Of course, if Ploughman’s is not to your liking you may bring your own choice of food.

Tea and coffee. 75p
Filter coffee 1
Cans. 60p
J2O 1.50

Cakes (cut your own slice). 1

As there is no bar, you are welcome to bring your own alcohol.

Boules may be borrowed if players do not own their own.

I will need to know:-
1. The names of people who are coming.
2. The people who need to borrow boules, 3. The people who would like Ploughman’s and their choice of gammon or cheese.

Donations to MacMillan will be gratefully received.

I am looking forward to seeing you.
Nora

New Music Makers Raise The Roof!

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Saturday 6th August saw (and heard)the New Music Makers raise the roof with
their soaring harmonies at a concert to make money to assist with the
refurbishment of the Underhill Centre at St John’s Church, Hedge End.

 

An exciting repertoire of pieces ranging from the shows, gospel, choral and
pop entertained the audience on a beautiful summer’s evening.

Soprano Patricia Jenkins’s solos were stunning and she was joined for duets
with Lin Kellaway, singing ‘The Wings Of Sleep’ from ‘The Dancing Years’ and
Barbara Cobley with ‘Evening Prayer’ from ‘Hansel and Gretel’.

The pieces perfectly matched their voices to give goosebumps. Roy Hogben’s
hugely entertaining rendition of ‘I’m Reviewing The Situation’ from ‘Oliver’ was
a crowd pleaser as was the emotional beauty he gave to ‘Stars’ from ‘Les
Miserables’.

You can catch the New Music Makers again at their ever popular family
Christmas Concert on Saturday 10th December, 2.30pm and 7.30pm at Hedge End
Village Hall. Tickets available from 01489 781836.It is rumoured that a special
person with a white beard and red coat will be at the matinee! See you there!

St John’s Church Fundraising

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The New Music Makers and one of its members Patricia Jenkins are putting on a Summer Concert at St John’s Church Hedge End on Saturday, 6th August starting at 7.00 pm.

Tickets are £7.00 available from the Parish Office or on the door on the night.  Or contact us at tickets@newmusicmakers.com so we can put some tickets by for you.

All proceeds are in aid of The Underhill Centre Fund.

So if you missed our Concert at The Berry this is a chance to catch up with some of the songs that we performed or just come along for another lovely evening of great music.

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2016 Netley Abbey Concert

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Friday 13th May was certainly a lucky day for us, as we had the pleasure of singing at one of our favourite venues – St Edwards in Netley.  With an amazing acoustic, a wonderfully warm welcome and a church filled to the roof with a brilliant audience, what more could you want? Cakes? Well we got those too – in platefuls!

Our audience really appreciated the wide ranging musical genres on offer, as well as being treated to Roy’s solo (If I Were A Rich Man) and David and Sandie’s duet (I Remember It Well).  Both Michael (our Musical Director) and David ( Deputy Musical Director), ensured each piece of music oozed musicality, which made for a sensationally sonorous evening.  The Beatles sing along proved a great hit (pardon the pun) and everyone joined in singing and waved their arms in unison to the ever popular ‘Hey Jude’.  All this and the concert raised over £500 for the church.

We look forward to returning to our friends at St Edwards next year, for another fantastic concert.

Photos courtesy of Andy Duell and Lin Kellaway

Christmas Concert – 10th December 2016

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Hedge End Village Hall was packed to capacity for this year’s Christmas offering.  Much fun and enjoyment was had by all.   Irish dancers from the Forrestall School of dancing, entertained us with their fast, complicated dance steps and they shone not only because of their spectacular costumes, but also because of their abundant talent.  Rory Staff, a great favourite of ours and of our audiences, delighted us with jazzy carols and a wonderful, lilting rendition of ‘Summertime’.  We were also lucky enough to have Callum Litchfield and Jamie Kimathi Milburn perform several songs for us and playing guitar and flute.  Two very entertaining, light-hearted readings were given by Janet Moody and Ann Lee, adding to the festive flavour of the event and making everyone laugh.

This year, we extended a warm welcome to our new Music Director Lillian Sedilles, who has worked hard with us to produce pieces of breath taking beauty.  A varied programme of traditional sing along carols for the audience, interspersed with interesting set pieces was exceeding well received.  The Ukranian Sleigh song was particularly well liked, with its fast rhythmic pace, ending in a loud ‘Hey’!   ‘Bethlehem’ provided a quieter, more reflective tone, with beautiful harmonies and rising and falling dynamics.  The concerts ended with our much loved ‘It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year’, for which we received a huge ovation. Thanks also to Chris Alison, our pianist, ably assisted by his children Martha and Zac turning pages and also to David Farnell our Assistant MD.

The matinee concert was of course attended by a special jovial man, with a white beard, red, carrying a very large sack, full of presents for the younger members of the audience.  Mince pies and mulled wine were enjoyed by all.

We look forward to, dare we say it, our Christmas 2017 concerts!

Wedding – Private Function

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Wedding 7th May. The New Music Makers were asked to sing at a wedding in Chandlers Ford. The ladies of the choir enjoy singing at weddings as they get to see, from a good seating position, the wedding ceremony first hand and also what the latest wedding fashions are.  The men come mainly under sufferance and to enable us to achieve a balanced sound.

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We can offer suggestions for music to be sung before the service, during the signing of the register and to accompany the newly married couple as they leave the ceremony.

SONGS OF PRAISE

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A few months ago, Lin, Sarah, Louise and Jenny recorded a programme of Songs of Praise for the BBC at The New Community Church Southampton.

The first week they practised the songs with around 150 other singers, with direction from the conductor. It was interesting to be instructed how to ‘perform’ for filming – no looking directly at the cameras, having a joyful expression and conveying visually and musically the meaning of the songs.

The second week recording took place, the process of which was truly engrossing. Each song was sung twice and if required, a few bars were re- recorded for the mixing crew to blend in. The conductor directed  voice warm up exercises before recording, many of which were familiar from choir and the words were projected on a large screen with the accompanying band playing from the stage.

There were only 3 cameras, one on a boom for wide angle shots, one on a track for closeups and a hand held one for filming from all positions. Several takes were done so as to mix up the filming angles to give the impression that there were more cameras than there really were.  Obviously a BBC Cutback! Everything was relayed to a huge mobile studio parked outside the church and the conductor had 2 ways to talk to the Producer – one through a headphone mic , which everyone could hear and another which was an old WWII type field ‘phone which ensured a private conversation – obviously so the Producer could tell the Conductor ‘to get the old dear in the second row to smile etc!

After 3 hours, with no loo stops and minimal time to sit down, everything was ‘in the can’  as they say.  Ultimately it was a really interesting experience and despite not knowing any of the songs initially, we had them ringing in our heads as we left.