Hi All
As promised the information about the Centenary Festival Choir singing at the Mayflower.
We will be having a rehearsal on Saturday 30th May at 3.30pm for about an hour to go through the songs together to give us a bit of confidence but you need to look at the music and listen to the backing tracks to familiarise yourselves with the pieces before our rehearsal. There is some splitting to be done into two choirs which we will let you know how to do this very soon.
As I said before I have had problems with the doodle poll so it may not have registered you so I am sending the list again as I do have to submit who is coming so if your name is not there could you tell me please.
Jane Courtenay Beryl Gerrey Jerry Gamble Pete Blake
Lin Kellaway Maggie Jacobs Terry Harland Peter Foster (?)
Ann Lee Gen Marsh Percy Knight Eric Gerrey
Jennie Soley Maureen Pay Keith Henry Roy Hogben
Rebecca Williams Margaret Whale Roger Estcourt(?)
Beckie Bull Rosie Adams Philip Hounslow
Beccy Coppen Margaret Ballard
Eileen Eyers Eunice Deuchar
Liz Kemp Gill Jefferey
Sarah Turl Sharon Thomas
Elaine Walter (poss?) Vanessa Wilkinson
Ellie Best (/) Chris Allison
MUSIC– The choir are required for 8 numbers. 7 of these are complete, and can be found in the Google Drive here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16Pmg3pvS4J5WpIeh3es45WXssHUm5Cpm?usp=sharing– This drive has the music in, as well as a folder with backing tracks to practise to (I’m afraid some are midi exports from Sibelius as there are no exact recordings), and a folder of piano parts for some, if you have a rehearsal pianist.– The majority of the parts are fairly easy, and we’ve played it safe with a lot by just having a melody part and few harmonies to ease the load on the choirs with rehearsal schedules etc. The two Greatest Showman numbers have TWO parts – this is to cover answering phrases, so in places they are unison, but others different. Please could half of each choir cover each part – then when we come together on the day we have an easy split of “part 1” and “part 2”.OTHER DETAILS– I’m sure a lot of members will be keen to know timings and details asap:– The dress code will be ALL BLACK. This can be a dress, skirt, trousers with a black shirt/blouse etc, but this is the easiest way to keep uniformity. If any of you have big issues with this and have strong feelings about wearing what you normally wear, please let me know.– The rehearsal on the day is anticipated to be between approximately 2pm and 5pm. I’ll do my best to make sure all of the choir bits are condensed together as much as possible, and will be in touch asap if this will change.– The performance itself is at 7pm, and will finish approx 21:30 – 21:45.– There is no parking provided unfortunately, so members are encouraged to lift share and park in one of the local car parks (the multi-storey car park behind is potentially the best/cheapest option).– Tickets are on sale, and discounted performer’s family and friends tickets at £20 are available with the code : FEST20. Tickets are available here:INFO/NUMBERS– Please could you email Claire (copied in) who is organising the event with a photo and logo of your choirs, plus a little write up/bio for the programme/publicity?– Please could you also confirm exact numbers signed up, and also names, so that we can prepare for the day.I think that’s it for now – I’ll have the last arrangement over to you this week. Thanks for coming on board with this. It’s going to be an excellent evening and celebration!Best Wishes,Greg
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