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Fareham Towns Womans Guild

Lins Emails
Good afternoon to you all,


Last night was the final time that almost all of the choir managed to get together for a concert, and didn’t we do well.  The comments that we heard from the audience were “don’t know we were going to sing that many carols, but I could have listen to the choir all night long”, and ” I wonder if we could book them for a Christmas concert next year”.  We sounded very good, especially in the chapel, and I hope everyone enjoyed themselves.

Our last private concert will be for the Fareham Towns Womens Guild, on Wednesday, at the St John’s the Evangelist Church Hall, 1A St Michael’s Grove, Fareham  PO14 1DN.  There is a small car park between the church and the hall, or if the are no spaces, you will have to park somewhere on the street close by.  We are singing from 2.15pm so you will need to arrive from 1.45 to 2.00pm so that we can get you seated ready.  At the moment, there are only 12 of us singing, so if you feel that you would like to join us, please let me know.

The programme will be as follows:-

Sing We Now of Christmas
Little Drummer Boy
In the bleak Mid-winter – Solo by Mike Ward
Once in Royal David’ City
Carol of the Bells
Follow the Star
Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Solo by Lin Kellaway
Away in the Manger
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Still, Still, Still
Angels Among Us – Solo by Roy Hogben
Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer
O Come all Ye Faithful
Do you hear what I Hear
Jingle Bell Rock
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
The Most Wonderful time of the Year – with hats

A few of us are also singing that evening, around the streets of Boorley Park, at 6.30pm, so if you would like to join us, let me know and I will send you the details.

Well, that’s all for now.

Regards

Eric

RVCP Carol Concert

Lins Emails
Good morning to you all,

As promised, here is a copy of the programme and the words to the carols that we will be singing at RVCP on Saturday.
Can I remind you to write your vehicles registration number down on the list tonight ready for Saturday, and that you should arrive there from 6.00pm so that we can sort out the seating arrangements and have a warm up, as the doors open at 6.30pm.
See you all tonight.
Regards
Eric

pdf icon RVCP-Carol-Songbook-2022.pdf
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Concert Parties

Lins Emails
Good evening,

I suddenly realised that I had missed out Still, Still, Still from the programme that we are going to be singing for the three Concert Parties we have coming up, so can you add it to the list and put it between Rudolph and O Come All Ye Faithful.
Also, I need to remind you that we are wearing “Victorian” costumes for the concert tomorrow at KCC.
So I’ll see some of you tomorrow and the rest on Thursday.
Bye for now.
Eric

Christmas Concerts

Lins Emails
Hello there,


Well, that was certainly a good day yesterday.  From the comments that were heard from the audience, they really enjoyed the singing and the songs that we sang.  There were several in the audience that had not come before, and their reaction was that they didn’t realise that a choir could sound so good live, and they especially like the harmonies that we produced.

A big thank you for all those that helped set the venue up, transported the equipment back and forth from the lock-up, looked after the front of house and behind the scenes in the kitchen, helped to clear up after which meant that we were finished by 10.00pm, and finally to you, our members for making the day worthwhile.

Now, looking forward, we have three concerts coming up, as follows:-

Tuesday, 13th, singing for the Halo club at KCC (where we held our summer concert), Hedge End.  They would like us to start at 1.30pm, so we need to meet at 1.00 to 1.15 so we can get set up and seated ready to begin.

Friday, 16th at the Hamble Social Club, Beaulieu Road, Hamble (where we have been in the past), for the RAF Association.  We have been asked to start at 1.15, so we need to be there for 12.45 to 1.00pm to set up etc.

The programme for both of these concerts will be as follows:-

Sing We Now of Christmas
Little Drummer boy
Once in Royal David’s City
Carol of the Bells
Follow the Star (if we have enough Tenors)
Away in a Manger
Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
O Come All Ye Faithful
Do you Hear What I Hear
Jingle Bell Rock
Hark! the Herald Angel Sing
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
We are then singing on Saturday, 17th, at the Royal Victoria Country Park for their Carol Service. The Carol Service will be starting at 7.00pm, so we need to be there for 6.00 to 6.15 so that we can sort out the chairs and have a sound check before the doors are opened at 6.30pm.  We will be singing the following songs:-
Sing We Now of Christmas
Good Tidings of Comfort and Joy/Carol of the Bells
Do you Hear What I Hear
Grown Up Christmas List
White Winter Hymnal
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
We will also be singing the following carols:-
Once in Royal David’s City
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
Good King Wenceslas
In the Bleak Mid Winter
Hark! the Herald Angel Sing
Silent Night
O Come All Ye Faithful.
Once we have received their programme, I will let you know the running order.
They require us to give them our registration numbers for our cars, so we will have a list out on Thursday’s rehearsal so that you can write your numbers down.
This coming Thursday, we will be rehearsing the songs and carols that we will be sing at RVCP on Saturday, and we will finish with some light refreshments, as this will be our last rehearsal before Christmas.
We then will be singing at the Fareham Towns Woman’s Guild on Wednesday, 21st December, but I will let you have more details about this nearer the time. We will be doing the same programme as we will have done for the RAF Association.
Well, that’s all for now, so look after yourselves in this cold weather we are having, and I will see you at one of the vents that we have coming up over the next week.
Bye for now.
Eric

Various Private Concert Parties

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Just to confirm that the uniforms for all these events will be Gold Tops for the ladies and Back Shirts and Gold Bowties for the men, as previously mentioned at the last rehearsal and in previous emails.

You only need to bring your hats for the last number.  We will only wear the antlers at our concerts on the 10th.

Various Private Concerts Parties

Lins Emails
Good afternoon,

For those of you who will be attending the various private concert parties that we are performing at over the coming weeks, we have agreed the following programme:-
Sing We Now of Christmas
Little Drummer Boy
Once in Royal David’s City – Singalong
Carol of the Bells
Follow the Star
Away in a Manger – Singalong
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Do You Hear what I hear
O Come All Ye Faithful – Singalong
Still, Still, Still
Jingle Bell Rock
Hark! The Herald Angles Sing – Singalong
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
The arrangements for this Thursday at Hedge End URC is that we have been asked to arrive there for 1.30pm so that we can start at 1.45pm.
I will let you know near the time the arrangements for the other concerts that we are singing at.
For the concert at RVCP, on the 17th December, we will be singing the follow songs:-
Sing We Now of Christmas
Tidings of Comfort and Joy/Carol of the Bells
Do you Hear What I Hear
Grown up Christmas List
White Winter Hymnal (provided we have enough of the small group available. If not we will change this to something else)
The Most Wonderful time of the Year
We will also be singing the following carols:-
Once in royal David’s City
O Little town of Bethlehem
Away in a Manger
Good King Wenceslas
In the Bleak Mid Winter
Hark! The Herald Sing
Silent Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
This weeks rehearsal will be a run through of the programme that we have for our own concerts on the 10th December.
Well, that’s all for now.
See you sometime on Thursday.
Regards
Eric

Tomorrow’s Concert

Lins Emails
Good morning,

As promised, here are the details for tomorrow’s concert at the Hedge End Methodist Church.
The concert is due to start at 7.30pm and will take place in the main church.  We will be sat on the dais at the front of the church and we will be in three rows.  Due to the numbers of us that are coming, I will have to slightly re-arrange the seating plan, but there will be your name on the chair when you get there.
You will need to get there by 7.00pm, or earlier if you want to park at the church.
I have enclosed a copy of the programme so you will know what songs we are singing and their order.  For the carols, we will be singing verses 1, 2 , 3 & 6 for Once In Royal David’s City, all three verses of Away in a Manger, verses 1, 2 & 6 for O come All Ye Faithful, and all three verses of Hark! the Herald Angels Sing.
The ladies will wear their Gold tops and the men will wear Black Shirts and their Gold Bowties. 
As you will see from the programme, there is an interval where refreshments will be served.
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow night, and enjoy yourselves.  From Chris’s comments last night, we do sound good, just remember to smile.
Regards
Eric

pdf icon Xmas-22-Methodist-Programme.pdf

This Week’s Newsletter

Lins Emails
Good evening to you all,

Our rehearsal this week will be the same as last in that we will be going through the programme for our concerts.
The order is as follows:-
1. Sing We Now of Christmas
2. Little Drummer Boy
3. SINGALONG – Once in Royal David’s City
4. SOLO 1 – Amelia (violín) for the Afternoon; Solo 1 for the evening
5. Carol of the Bells
6. This Christmas
7. SINGALONG – Away in a Manger
9. SMALL GROUP – Christmas Island
10. SOLO 2
11. Follow the Star
12. Tidings of Comfort
INTERVAL
13. Rudolph the Red Nose (with antlers)
14. Do You Hear 
15. Still, Still, Still
16. SOLO 3
17. SINGALONG – O Come All Ye Faithful
18. Jingle Bell Rock
19. Last Christmas 
20. SOLO 4
21. SMALL GROUP – White Winter Hymnal
22. Grown-Up Christmas List
23. SINGALONG – Hark the Herald
RAFFLE RESULTS

24. The Most Wonderful Time (with hats)

For those of you who wish to do a solo, we will be doing those at the end of the rehearsal, at 9.30, so can you make sure you bring your music along with you.
You will notice that Rudolph the Red Nose has “with antlers”, so if possible, can you all obtain a set of antlers.  I have found some in Pound Stretchers in Bitterne for £1.50 each.
We are still looking for raffle prizes for our concerts on the 10th December.
I enclose a copy of the poster for the RVCP Carol Concert on the 17th December, at Netley. If any of you want tickets, you can obtain them from Lin by emailing her, and then give her the money for them.
Well, that’s all for now, so I hope I will see you tomorrow night.
Bye for now.
Eric

This Week’s Email

Lins Emails
Good morning to you all,

Here is the email from Lillian regarding tonight’s rehearsal:-
Apologies for the late weekly email. 

This week, I’d like the choir to have their songs in programme order, hopefully this order will be the final one; but I’m sure we can still make some changes:

1. Sing We Now of Christmas
2. Little Drummer Boy
3. SINGALONG – Once in Royal David’s City
4. SOLO 1 – Amelia (violín) for the Afternoon; Solo 1 for the evening
5. Carol of the Bells
6. This Christmas
7. SINGALONG – Away in a Manger
9. SMALL GROUP – Christmas Island
10. SOLO 2
11. Follow the Star
12. Tidings of Comfort
INTERVAL
13. Rudolph the Red Nose (with antlers)
14. Do You Hear 
15. Still, Still, Still
16. SOLO 3
17. SINGALONG – O Come All Ye Faithful
18. Jingle Bell Rock
19. Last Christmas 
20. SOLO 4
21. SMALL GROUP – White Winter Hymnal
22. Grown-Up Christmas List
23. SINGALONG – Hark the Herald
RAFFLE RESULTS

24. The Most Wonderful Time (with hats)


We will have Maureen’s Steve with us to try out the snare part for Little Drummer Boy. He might come early to set up his electric drum kit. We are also doing voice tests in the break. The plan is also to run through the White Winter Hymnal at 9:30pm, finishing no later than 9:50pm. Next week, I will be hearing solos and may need to listen to them starting at 9:30pm.

Looking forward to it!
Lillian
We need some raffle prizes for our own concerts on the 10th, so if you have anything you can give, please bring it along in the next couple of weeks.
Also, if you have signed up for the various concerts that we are doing, or if you haven’t been to rehearsals lately, can you let either Eunice or me know if you are available, especially for the concert on the 26th at the Hedge End Methodist Church, and for our own concerts, as we need to sort the seating plan out for these.
We are also looking for someone to act as compare for both the 26th and the 10th, and if you are happy to take on a small part of this, please let me know.  We are quite happy to have two or three people do it so it spreads the load.
I know some of you have been asking about the recordings of the rehearsals that we used to put onto the website, but Emmie is having problems downloading the files while she is on board her ship at the moment, and we are trying to find another way to do it.
Well, that’s all for now, so I will see you tonight.
Regards
Eric

This Week’s Rehearsal

Lins Emails
Good evening to you all,
Here is a copy of an email from Lillian regarding this week’s rehearsal.
Regards
Eric
This week we will be adding Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer to our concert, to replace Wexford Carol. The music will be given out on Thursday evening.
I’d like to rehearse White Winter Hymnal (small group) again this week, staying after until 9:50pm. Please do plan for it if you would like to join! We would love to have another bass, if possible.
Here is the plan for Thursday:
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSE REINDEER
CAROL OF THE BELLS
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR
THIS CHRISTMAS
TIDINGS OF COMFORT
FOLLOW THE STAR
STILL, STILL, STILL
LAST CHRISTMAS
WHITE WINTER HYMNAL
Thank you all for your hard work!
Kindest regards,
Lillian