Month: March 2013

Summer 2013 season now available

After a couple of long days working on the music, the Summer 2013 season is now available to book on BeVox OnLine. If you’re planning to sing with us this summer, please log on to the OnLine system and subscribe to the Summer 2013 season. (To log on to BeVox OnLine, just use this link: https://online.bevox.co.uk/singers/login

Session dates for the Summer season are:

  • Wakefield runs from Monday 22nd April until Monday 8th July, with a big end-of-season concert at Wakefield Cathedral on 27th July.
  • Nottingham runs from Tuesday 23rd April until Tuesday 9th July, with an end-of-season concert on 16th July.
  • Sheffield runs from Thursday 25th April until Thursday 11th July, with an end-of-season concert on 18th July.

I’ve also added all the performances we’ve currently got booked that feature Summer season music (taking us into October), so you can sign up for Summer concerts now if you’re feeling super-organised!

Running orders

Hi everyone. As we’re still having a few problems with group emails, which our ISP is looking into, I’m posting the running orders for each event below.

Ecclesall Live At Home

  • Lean on me
  • The circle of life
  • Nothing compares 2 U (Shelley Tidgwell)
  • Think/Respect
  • You make me feel so young (Chris Pearsall)
  • Shine
  • Yesterday once more (Jacky Batty)
  • Higher and higher
  • Somebody to love (featuring Shelley Tidgwell)
  • You’ve got a friend
  • Can you feel the boogie?
  • My way (Hugh Bland)
  • Les Mis medley

Totally Locally

  • Lean on me
  • Think/Respect
  • Shine
  • Higher and higher
  • Can you feel the boogie?
  • The circle of life

We’ll sing this programme twice, with a 10 minute break between sets.

Wakefield end-of-season

  • Lean on me
  • The circle of life
  • Yesterday once more (Jacky Batty)
  • You’ve got a friend
  • You make me feel so young (Chris Pearsall)
  • Think/Respect
  • Shine
  • Wild horses (Jacky Wilson)
  • Higher and higher
  • INTERVAL – No refreshments available, I’m afraid
  • Somebody to love (featuring Rachel Wood)
  • My way (Hugh Bland)
  • Can you feel the boogie?
  • The sound of silence
  • Les Mis medley

Sheffield end-of-season

  • Lean on me
  • The circle of life
  • Yesterday once more (Jacky Batty)
  • The sound of silence
  • One song glory (Paul Howard)
  • Think/Respect
  • Nothing compares 2 U (Shelley Tidgwell)
  • Shine
  • Footprints in the sand (Martin Clarke)
  • Higher and higher
  • INTERVAL – No refreshments available, I’m afraid
  • Somebody to love (featuring Louise Jarman)
  • Wild horses (Jacky Wilson)
  • Can you feel the boogie?
  • Evergreen (Lis Luke)
  • You’ve got a friend
  • True colours (Louise Beard)
  • Les Mis medley

Music at the Minster – Southwell

I’ve posted the running order for this separately.

 

 

Great concert at Music from the Crofts

Thanks to everyone who came along and made last night’s “Music from the Crofts” concert such a success. Everyone was in fine voice, despite the downpour, and I was really pleased with the overall sound. There were a couple of sopranos who need to look again at “I ain’t gon’ do you wrong” – I’ll start getting cross if I hear “gonna” again! Les Mis was epic, and I’m so glad we’ve brought it back.

Thanks everyone for your patience and organisation too – we looked very professional, and I was really pleased with how everything came together. I really appreciated the support from Shelley signing people in, Howard helping with my gear, and Pauline keeping us all organised – great to see the teamwork. Looking forward to giving the rest of the songs a public airing now – keep working hard, and the end-of-season concerts will be incredible!

Music at the Minster – running order

This is the planned running order for the “Music at the Minster” concert. It may change after our final rehearsal on 7th April, but I’m hopeful it won’t.

  1. Lean on me
  2. The circle of life
  3. Feelin’ groovy (59th Street Bridge Song)
  4. Nothing compares 2 U – Shelley Tidgwell
  5. You’ve got a friend
  6. Think/Respect
  7. The life I never led – Cat Allcock
  8. The rose
  9. Shine
  10. Footprints in the sand – Martin Clarke
  11. My favourite things
  12. True colours – Louise Beard
  13. Higher and higher

INTERVAL

  1. Somebody to love (soloist Cat Allcock)
  2. Evergreen – Lis Luke
  3. You were always on my mind
  4. Ave verum corpus – Ensemble
  5. Can you feel the boogie?
  6. The sound of silence
  7. My way – Hugh Bland
  8. Fields of gold
  9. Les Misérables medley (including Stars solo)

I’ll be teaching you the encore at the additional session on April 7th, or for those that can’t make this, on the afternoon of the concert. Don’t panic though – you’ll get it!

Change of venue, Nottingham, 19th March

Next week’s session will be at St Wilfrid’s Church, Wilford, rather than our usual venue of The Becket School. The church’s address is St Wilfrid’s Church, Church Drive, Main Rd, Wilford, Nottingham NG11 7AJ. There is a link to a map, including directions for how to get there from the school, here: http://goo.gl/maps/aI8Kc

Be careful not to miss the turnoff from Main Road onto Church Drive – it’s quite small, and feels like a private drive rather than a main road.

I’ve put a satellite map on our website, with a few key areas marked on. Take a look at http://www.bevox.co.uk/files/StWilfridsChurchMap.jpg and you’ll see I’ve marked the route from Main Road onto Church Drive in red. The areas marked in blue are where you can park your cars – there are some paved areas, and some areas where you can park on the grass. The green loop road must be kept clear for access to the Rectory. The yellow path shows where you walk from your car to the church, and the pink square is the Church Office, where we have use of the loo!

If anything is unclear, please get in touch in plenty of time, so you’re properly organised for next week. I’ll be arriving nice and early, and will put up a few signs to help you find us!