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WEEK 40. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81691367380?pwd=RUg4SFNPbnRxbUVwQ1gwb1ZKUWZhQT09 Meeting ID: 816 9136 7380 Passcode: Gold

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Hi All

We have no birthdays this week so no embarrassing pictures to show you.

I hope some of you managed to watch the PIRATES OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND.  We had good fun on ZOOM.  Some were dressed as pirates, many had on Christmas attire and fortunately no one was in their dressing gown, not that I could see anyway.  We had a lovely chat afterwards reminiscing about the good old days.  To date we have had 117 hits on the panto which is amazing.  We have had another request for another one to be aired sometime in January, we will just have to work out which one to do.  

Hopefully you have all received the emails about the VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT.  Many thanks to Lillian for working so hard on this. It grew somewhat from the original plan with extra solos and the children singing Away In A Manger.  Can’t wait to see it tomorrow.  Thanks again to Lillian and Chris for all of their hard work putting this all together with the backing tracks and rehearsals on zoom and finally Lillian fitting it all together as if  by magic.

As you will have seen we are hoping to raise money for Mountbatten so please send out to as many people as you can.  Of course it is not compulsory but it would be nice to be able to help this worthy charity in this difficult year.
Link to their website  don’t forget to say it is for New Music Maker Christmas Concert.            https://www.mountbatten-hampshire.org.uk/

We normally write on a group choir card and donate to our Charity instead of sending cards. Something else we can’t do!  I will not be sending any real cards but will donate extra to Mountbatten. Here is my ecard to you all.


So this weeks Zoom we will be doing as we did last week starting the Zoom Call at 7.30 and then muting ourselves to watch the Concert at 7.45pm  You should be able to add comments as it is going on and then we will have a chat after it has finished.

This is just for choir members. Please do not invite anyone else to join our NMM Zoom Call.

A recap of how to do zoom and youtube together:-
1.  Go to the Premiere page on YouTube https://youtu.be/rRLi_YMa0kI
2.You can mark it to watch later as a favourite so that you can get back to it quicker.
3. On Thursday evening.  If you have two devices Log into Zoom as Normal on one device.  On the device that you want to watch the Panto click or type this link.  https://youtu.be/rRLi_YMa0kI. (If you have YouTube on your TV you could watch it on that) If you look up the title ‘Virtual Christmas Concert: New Music Makers you should find it.
4.If you only have one device watch the panto on YouTube and if you want to then join us with zoom after the concert has finished.
5. At any time whilst it is playing you can write comments on YouTube.
6.  One thing we did learn from last Thursday was to ‘reload’ the page just prior to the start (or at least as the ‘Premiere’ intro music is being played) as otherwise the page may get frozen and you can only hear the music but not see the video.


Here’s the Link for the Zoom As Usual

Time: Dec 17th 0.730 pm London

        

 

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See You Tomorrow
Lin

NEW MUSIC MAKERS – VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT

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Dear Friend

The New Music Makers of Hedge End are Premiering our first ever VIRTUAL Christmas Concert this Thursday, 17 December at 7:45pm on YouTube! Please feel free to join in with us and watch this Christmas Programme together:

 https://youtu.be/rRLi_YMa0kI

We prepared this concert in support of Mountbatten Hampshire, so please do visit their website to give a donation: 

https://www.mountbatten-hampshire.org.uk/

Here is the programme:

Once in Royal David’s City

Solo – “Still, Still, Still” by Pat

O Come All Ye Faithful (singalong)

Reading – Ecclesiastes by Eileen

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Poem – “The Christmas Fairy” by Sharon

Solo – “Glasgow Love Theme” Piano by Chris

The First Nowell

Children – Away in a Manger

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Hark the Herald Angels Sing (singalong)

Poem – “The Month Before Christmas” by Sarah

In the Bleak Midwinter

Solo – “Dona Nobis Pacem” by Jerry

Joy to the World (singalong)

Solo – “O Holy Night” by Lillian

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

We hope you can join us and enjoy some Christmas cheer!

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If you can’t make the Premier on Thursday you can watch the concert at any time after it has aired.  


If you are kindly donating to Mountbatten there is a box at the beginning to complete to say that you are donating in reference to New Music Makers  Christmas Concert. – Thank You.

Best Wishes and a Merry Christmas 🎄.


Lin Kellaway

Chairman 

New Music Makers


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NEW MUSIC MAKERS – VIRTUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT

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Hi All

The time has come for the Virtual Christmas Concert. 👏 👏 👏 
Lillian has been very hard at work editing the Christmas Concert and the link is now up and running on our facebook page   https://fb.me/e/1KouwSY3S.  Please feel free to share as much as you can.
It is Premiering on Thursday (tomorrow) 17th December at 7.45pm you cannot watch until then but you can watch it as many times as you want to after that time. 
As you know we normally raise lots of money for charity over the Christmas period and we thought that it would be great if people could donate to Mountbatten Hampshire (new name) if they view the video.  Obviously not compulsory but people may feel happy to contribute to such a good cause.
Mountbatten are going to put it on their social media but to get as much publicity as possible along with the facebook and website page can you send details to your friends and families and anywhere else you can think it can go.
After this email, I will be sending you another email that you can forward on to friends and family.  It has all of the details on it of how they can watch the Concert and a link to how they can donate to Mountbatten.  Sharon has donated on this and says “it is all very straightforward and there is a box in the beginning to compete where people can say they are donating in reference to New Music Makers Christmas Concert”.
I will let you know tomorrows Zoom details in my Weekly Email.
Lin

Fwd: [Events] Watch our Virtual Christmas Concert – 15 December!

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If anyone is interested. 

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From: Making Music <info@makingmusic.org.uk&gt;
Date: 11 December 2020 at 1:55:24 pm GMT
To: Lin Kellaway <lin.j.kellaway@ntlworld.com&gt;
Subject: [Events] Watch our Virtual Christmas Concert – 15 December!
Reply-To: Making Music <info@makingmusic.org.uk&gt;

 
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Deck the halls for our
Virtual Christmas Concert!

O come, all ye faithful, to the Making Music Virtual Christmas Concert! Our seasonal special premieres at 7:00pm, Tuesday 15 December, and will again be broadcast for free on our YouTube channel, where you can also catch up on all previous concerts.

While this has undoubtedly been a difficult year, leisure-time music has continued to flourish across the UK. Since May, our virtual concerts have featured over 85 performances by our member groups, showcasing the wonderful variety of music they make. In this final concert of the year, we’re inviting everyone to join in the festive fun — so start warming up the mulled wine, slip into your comfiest winter attire, and get your whole household rockin’ around the Christmas tree!

Tuesday night’s concert will be as diverse as ever, featuring a classic from The Snowman, an ukulele arrangement of ‘Love Shone Down’, and, of course, a Frozen medley led by none other than the Real Princesses of Northern Ireland — all this and much, much more!

 

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HI ALL

HA HA HA – DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING DID YOU.
OH YES WE DID!  OH YES WE DID!
I gave you the wrong link for the premier viewing, it is right further down the page and it does also give you the link on the trailer.  But here you are:-

THE YOUTUBE LINK FOR THE PREMIER VIEWING


You can visit at any time and show your interest and make comments but you will not be able to view until 7.45pm on Thursday 10th December at the Premier Viewing. You can view at any time after this event. Don’t leave it until the last minute to try and get on as otherwise you may miss it.




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Lins Emails

HI ALL

HA HA HA – DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING DID YOU.
OH YES WE DID!  OH YES WE DID!
I gave you the wrong link for the premier viewing, it is right further down the page and it does also give you the link on the trailer.  But here you are:-

THE YOUTUBE LINK FOR THE PREMIER VIEWING


You can visit at any time and show your interest and make comments but you will not be able to view until 7.45pm on Thursday 10th December at the Premier Viewing. You can view at any time after this event. Don’t leave it until the last minute to try and get on as otherwise you may miss it.




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PAGE 2 ZOOM THURSDAY DECEMBER 10th DECEMBER Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81691367380?pwd=RUg4SFNPbnRxbUVwQ1gwb1ZKUWZh

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Hi All Again

Well this week zoom is a bit of an experiment, especially on my part and if it all goes pear shaped we will have a Christmas Quiz and Chris will sing us out with some Christmas songs.  
SO

THE TRAILER – play this first!
THE POSTER – open if it has not come on your device opened
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OH YES WE ARE! we are revisiting one of the many Pantomimes that NMM produced this one is from 2007.  Thanks to Martin Small who left us his collection of videos that he took we can now air it for the first time.  It is a very family friendly show so invite all your friends and relatives round to watch it. OH KNOW WE’RE NOT! We will have to watch it on our own with our own family bubble in our own houses ☹️.  But please feel free to pass the link on AFTER we have aired it at 7.45 pm on Thursday and PLEASE DO NOT PUT ON ANY SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE EVER.  I will be sending it out to past members who were in the choir at the time and other people who were involved in the next few days.
The idea is the link below will enable you to log in as interested, even give you a reminder and the show will start at 7.45 pm.  Hopefully you will be able to watch it on another device and still be on zoom. You should be able to write remarks on the youtube link?  
It will run straight through without an interval so make sure you are sitting comfortably with snacks and maybe a glass of wine that will last you just over and hour.  If you want to dress up as  PIRATES that would be amazing, if you want to wear a CHRISTMAS JUMPER  that would be great, I guess if you want to be in your dressing gown, you can it is your house.  But do remember you are on Zoom 😝 
If you only have one means of watching and can’t do zoom at the same time we will be staying on afterwards for a chat so come and join us on zoom.  If you just want to watch it without zoom, fine as well we hope you will enjoy and be something different to do on a Thursday evening.  
THE PROGRAMME

Has been sent on a separate email
 


THE YOUTUBE LINK FOR THE PREMIER VIEWING


You can visit at any time and show your interest and make comments but you will not be able to view until 7.45pm on Thursday 10th December at the Premier Viewing. You can view at any time after this event. Don’t leave it until the last minute to try and get on as otherwise you may miss it.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF 

Mon Beale
Galia Harrison
Di Heathorn
John Sillence
Martin Small
John Smart
Pat Smart
Colin Wilkinson
They were all involved in the making and performing of Pirates of Christmas Island.
Many apologies if I have missed anyone please let me know if I have.
THANK YOU
My thanks to Chris (my very long suffering husband) who is going through all of the videos and recording them so we will have  a permanent record.  He also edited the pantomime for your enjoyment.  
FOOT NOTE
The choir was involved in all of the pantomimes and they usually sang some pieces at the beginning and at the end of each performance. They also joined in very verbally with all of the audience participation’s pieces.  
ZOOM DETAILS – Log in at the Normal time 


This weeks Zoom meeting 

Time: Dec 10th 0.730 pm London

        Every week on Thursday until Dec 24, 2020, 

        

        Dec 17, 2020 07:30 PM

        Dec 24, 2020 07:30 PM


 

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 816 9136 7380

Passcode: Gold

SO TO SUMMARISE 

1. Watch the trailer. https://youtu.be/4y5U-jIqQNs
2. Go to the Premiere page on YouTube https://youtu.be/SridSZHE7Fg
3. You can mark it to watch later as a favourite so that you can get back to it quicker.
4. On Thursday evening.  If you have two devices Log into Zoom as Normal on one device.  On the device that you want to watch the Panto click or type this link  https://youtu.be/SridSZHE7Fg. (If you have YouTube on your TV you could watch it on that)
5.  If you only have one device watch the panto on YouTube and if you want to then join us with zoom after the panto has finished.
6.  At any time whilst  the panto is playing you can write comments on YouTube.
Please Join In and have a bit of fun.  OH YES YOU WILL!!!!!


LIN 


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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