Community Choir in Whitchurch

Community Choir in Whitchurch, Shropshire U.K.

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PIANIST REQUIRED… and updates

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Below is an advert for a pianist for the choir – if you know of a possible candidate please urge them to contact Margaret Hatton.

Whitchurch Community Choir are seeking a pianist to assist their musical director at rehearsals and concerts. The choir rehearses on Monday evenings from 7 until 8.30pm in Bargates Hall. If you are interested in applying please contact the choir’s secretary Margaret Hatton on 01948 662594 to arrange an audition when you would be required to accompany the choir for approximately 20 minutes, for which music will be made available in advance if required. Rate of pay is negotiable.

 

A while ago Margaret sent an email to everyone with this term’s songs for rehearsals and also other news and information, such as the choir’s performance in July for ‘Relay for Life’ and also a spring concert.

Here is the list of songs again -;

  • The Rose’s Age
  • Apple Trees in Bloom
  • Spring
  • You Don’t Send Me Flowers
  • Edelweiss
  • Tulips Fom Amsterdam
  • Blackbird
  • Tiptoe Trough The Tulips
  • Inchworm

 

 


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a little fame but awaiting fortunes…

The Whitchurch Herald this week used a staff photo of us singing at the Blackberry Fair on Saturday. From all the many different acts and displays on the day isn’t it good that we were chosen.

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Philip Walker was also out and about with his camera.

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Other choristers, friends and family, people in the crowd and at least one usually highly critical husband were complimentary about our performance and apparently… there was disappointment that we only did one slot. Not bad for our debut at this event.

 

During Monday’s rehearsal we gave time to learning more of the Beach Boys songs, Good Vibrations and God Only Knows, and then Donna introduced us to the very beautiful Ave verum Corpus. If you read the notes at the bottom of the score you’ll see Mozart wrote it when visiting his wife who was ‘taking the waters’ at the time in a little spa town. I wonder what he would think about our performances of it in the oldest little market town in Shropshire.

The choir has some connection to the Shropshire M. E. Group and they are holding a coffee morning on 16th October in the Civic Centre – there will be a raffle, tombola and book signing by local author Katie Flynn who is the new patron of this charity and she also has M. E. It would be lovely to see any of you there.

 

 

We have been invited to perform at the next ‘Relay for Life’ event (Cancer Research U.K.) in July next year and the committee has now confirmed the booking. We will be singing on the morning of Saturday 2nd July 2016 at the Rugby Ground.


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catch up – 14 & 21 September

We’ve been working on ’rounds’ and we’re sounding good!

You will have received an email from Margaret asking if you are going to sing at the Blackberry Fair – do reply asap as the committee needs to know if the numbers add up as it may not be viable.

On July 3 we are going to sing at ‘Relay for Life’ at the rugby ground. Here’s a link to the Cancer Research UK campaign that is achieving so much and it’s an honour don’t you think for the choir to take part LINK

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First day of autumn apparently today so enjoy the colours and don’t slip on soggy leaves! If I had to think of songs that go with this season my mind conjures up John Denver and vast open spaces in the U.S. How about you? Click this link for one of my favourite songs by him LINK

If you haven’t already paid your subs – they were due last Monday.

 

 

 


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Monday 5th january 2015

MONDAY 5th January 2015, the choir’s first rehearsal of the new year. The second £25 installment of the annual subscription is due today.

gabriel faureWe will start learning Faure’s Requiem. Here is a YouTube link  – just one of many recordings of this beautiful piece.

If you would like to practice at home Donna suggested http://www.cyberbase.com and the Requiem link is here

We will be performing it with Wem Community Choir in April, provisionally the Sunday after Easter at St Peter and St Pauls, Wem, but firm details will follow.

The choir will be performinig at a wedding on May 16th and our repertoire has yet to be decided. This is the same day as the annual ‘Singing For Fun Day’ when the theme will be gospel music.

Photographs of some choir members performing carols at Sainsbury’s can be seen in following posts that have been transferred from the original blog on Googles’ Blogspot. The choir raised nearly £60 in just two hours for The Beechtree Community Centre.

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The choir will be having its annual social/meal on Tuesday 20th January and details will have been emailed to you by Margaret who is taking bookings. She and Pat have found a new venue with a set menu to order from.

 

 


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Rehearsal November 10th

We ran through the medley for Friday’s concert a few times, with particular attention to ‘Saints go marching in’ of which we’re only doing verses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9, and singing quietly ‘Stay’ at the end of My funny valentine. We need to remember to sing the ‘t’s on the end of some words and when sopranos begin ‘June is bustin out all over’ it has to be loud.

There’s a request for any choir members who can to join Donna at the Animals in War Remembrance Service at Dearnford Lake this Sunday 16th November and to be there for 11am; the service starts at 11.45.

The village of Marbury would like some choir members to perform at their seasonal celebrations on 6th December, 7.30 in the village hall.