Agenda Tuesday 5 December 2015

Chair: RM Venue: Linklaters, 1 Silk Street EC2Y 8HQ. Arrive by 6:45 for 7pm start Attendees: JB,SE,KM,MM,MS,WT,LS,RM Apologies:  DD, DC [ Inja-bound, happy travels]   Song Start Finish Time Leader 1 Warm up & useful exercises 19:00 19:20 15 ?   2 Shenandoah   19:20 19:35 15 JB     3 Better Be Home Soon 19:35 20:00 30 JL     4 Break 20:00 20:10                 5   Duan Nollaig 20:10 20:25   15   KM 6 Stand by Me 20:25 20:45 20 MM             7 AOB Friday Continue reading Agenda Tuesday 5 December 2015

Minutes of Rehearsal 10 November 2015

Chair: Robin Attendees: LS, MS, WT, JB, KM, SE, RM, MM, DC Apologies:, JL, MS [poorly], WT, [sick as a parrot], DD, [guest performance] Item Action 1 Duncan warmed us up in his own inimitable way.   2 I Want to Break Free – better, needs softening in placed, own the words Hope you all made notes 3 Blood Red Roses – Timing needs focus, essential for this song, its a rope hauling number, and gusto Work on timing with metronome-ALL 4 Agincourt Carol – Lou concentrated on the slow and faster sections and softer parts for improved dynamics. Lou Continue reading Minutes of Rehearsal 10 November 2015

Christmas Presence RSVPS

These people have said YES! Bruna Uli Chris Mel Byron (Wendy) Dan Rubinstein (Wendy) Rob Brown Andy Paget (Lou) Donna Malcolmson (Lou) Dom Goodrich (Lou) Charly (Lou) Geoffrey (Lou) John Coatman (Lou) Clare Coatman (Lou) Julian Hay Barry Mackie (JB) Barry Mackie’s friend (JB) Georgina Fitzmaurice (JB) Hugh Fraser (JB) Andrew Parfitt (K) Wendy Boyle (K) Suzie Monk (K) Richard Stokesbury (K) Sue Ellis (K) Helena Watson (Wendy) Julie Ashworth (Wendy) Yvonne Rose Annie Moreton (Janette) Natalia Diaz Burlinson (Janette) Dolores Rice (Janette) Anthony O’Neill (Janette) Simon Slidders (FB) Kate Masters Carlos Dabezies(K) Jane Sufian(K) Pete Wolford(K) Anne Wolford(K) Yvonne Continue reading Christmas Presence RSVPS

Wrabler Rehearsal 13 Oct 2015 Minutes

Wrabler Rehearsal Notes 13 October 2015 Venue: Linklaters. Chair: JB Attendees : JB, DC, SE, KM, MM, RM, MS, WT, LS Apols: DD (convalescing), JL (has meeting) 1 Warm up & Useful exercises. We did scales counting up and down in increasing sections, then inversely in two groups. Good for concentration on timing and pitch. We were better at it at the end than the beginning. DC led some throat relaxing exercises, including a graphic tip of imagining singing while chundering. Engages the belly muscles, apparently. Very useful. All songs tonight revealed that a raggedy standard of part learning has crept Continue reading Wrabler Rehearsal 13 Oct 2015 Minutes