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| 9th Dec 2017 |
Hedge End Village Hall
2.30pm and 7.30pm It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Well at least it was in Hedge End Village Hall on Saturday 9th December. It was sounding like it too as the New Music Makers did two performances of their Christmas concert. The comprehensive programme showed the full range of the choir’s ability including difficult pieces by John Rutter, the very beautiful ‘Mary Did You Know?’, the incredibly fast ‘Sleigh Bells’ as well as humorous pieces like an arrangement of ‘Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer’ and ‘The 12 Days After Christmas. This was Lillian Sediles’ second Christmas concert with the choir and the performance level and quality has greatly improved under her leadership, ably supported by David Farnell. In the afternoon the audience were also treated to a display of Irish dancing by the award winning Forrestall Irish Dancing group. They have only been going for a relatively short time but they are already beating the Irish at their own game. The discipline required is amazing and they were a real treat to watch. We were also given a rendition of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ by young Georgie Terrey who is already showing great promise as a solo performer. Sharon Thomas and Eunice Deuchar read humorous poems and Roy Hogben sang a country and western song, ‘Angels Among Us’, which was emotional and moved many to tears. Sandie Farnell and Lin Kellaway “muffled up and sallied forth” to sing ‘The Carol Singers’. There was also a special treat from “The Jingle Belles”, Rebecca Williams, Hilary Green and Liz Kemp who did a fabulous jazzy rendition of ‘Jingle Bells’, a real foot-tapper. As always accompanist, Chris Allison, with his son and daughter acting as page turners for him, was excellent. And the compere, Chris Kellaway, guided the audience through the programme in his usual inimitable style. Grateful thanks were extended to those people who helped out with front of house and in the kitchen, serving up refreshments. The stage was a treat for the eyes thanks to the efforts of Louise Staniforth, who spent ages planning it all, and to her team of helpers on the day.
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| 1st Dec 2017 |
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance
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| 30th Nov 2017 |
Switching on Hedge End Xmas Lights
Hedge End Village Centre
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| 11th Nov 2017 |
Concert for Countess Mountbatten Hospice Charity
Methodist Church
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| 7th Oct 2017 |
Hedge End Village Hall 1
So it’s not “all work and no play” for the New Music Makers. On Saturday 7th October we had a Beetle Drive/Quiz attended by 40 people made up of choir members, as well as friends and family. There were manic rounds of dice rolling to build the 14 part beetle and the cheers of relief when a six was thrown for the body, were very noticeable. The children who came joined in with enthusiasm and there were some very artistic/creative drawings of beetles. The frantic part was interspersed with quiet, gentle rounds of questions which did tax the brains a bit. The fish and chips arrived in the nick of time and overall the evening was very enjoyable. |
| 3rd Oct 2017 |
Masonic Hall
A sunny day in Southampton greeted us as we arrived to put on our concert party for the Marks and Spencer Retirement Fund. Despite Roy and Pete being ill, the bases were more than competently covered by Eric Gerrey who sang his heart out. Pat delivered some wonderful solos, kindly singing an extra one to cover for Roy’s absence. The audience were most appreciative and enjoyed songs such as Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, Bring Him Home, Feed the Birds, Hallelujah, and One, to name but a few. Chris did an amazing job, not only playing the piano, but conducting and mouthing the words – all at the same time – a real one man band! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the venue, the wonderful audience, not to mention the tea, cakes, chocolate bars and biscuits. Who could ask for more? |
| 9th Aug 2017 |
Spiritualist Church
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