St. Bartholomew's Polyphony Choir

UPDATE DECEMBER 2014

Final Christmas Times

¬ Tuesday 9^th 8pm – final general Christmas practice
¬ Saturday 13^th 2.30 – start upstairs; MIDNIGHT/CONCERT practice
¬ Tuesday 16^th 8pm – all downstairs CONCERT FINAL PRACTICE
¬ Sunday 21^st 2.30pm – CONCERT – Warm up in hall at 2pm
¬ Tuesday 23^rd 8pm – FINAL MIDNIGHT & EPIPHANY PRACTICE
¬ Wednesday 24^th 11.30pm – MIDNIGHT MASS; be seated by 11.15pm
¬ Tuesday 30th - NO PRACTICE!
¬ Sunday 4th 11.30am – EPIPHANY MASS
¬ Tuesday 6th 8pm – DRINKS & NIBBLES IN THE UPPER HALL

Concert: help needed with the selling of programmes on the doors on the day, and to take the retiring collection afterwards. Do you have other halves who might be willing to help out? Please click on Jeannette to let her know - this is getting pretty urgent now. At least three people are needed, before and afterwards; two for the main doors and one for the side door. Baskets provided! Thanks to Jo and John Taylor for being first in.........

January's UPDATE

I hope to get a brief issue out between Christmas and New Year.

December & January Quiz

37 carols, one for each day from 1st December until Epiphany, with the first letter of the opening words of each indicated by snowflakes (T) and letters. How many can you name?! Click HERE for a PDF to print out and complete by hand, or HERE for a Word document, to complete on your iPads, 'phones, computers or whatever. Entries to Tony on or before Tuesday 27th January. There are TWO prizes up for grabs for this one!

November's question: "How would you best describe, within ten words, the depiction portrayed on the reverse of the Crucifix hanging over the altar?".

Most got Christ and Resurrection in their answers, but I was looking for ten or less words reflecting "The Risen Christ Reaching for His Crown", as stated on the Parish History page on our Web site.

For your coffee breaks

A wonderful, and somewhat angry, Waltz for piano (Op.1 No.6) composed by Nicholas Wilton and performed by Alexei Knupffer is available to listen to from our Web site HERE.

Apart from the watermark on the screen, THIS is a fascinating film of Croydon in 1943.

Do you remember the Rag'n'bone man!? Or remember Sparrowhawks, between the Beehive and the railway line down beside Beehive Bridge in Commonside East, Mitcham?

With tongue in cheek, 10 things NOT to say to a convert!

And finally, a clever piece of advertising from the Daily Telegraph for a new carol book - a Christmas Carol Advent Calendar.

Prayers, please.....

Jan Marshall's father-law RIP, John Ambler, George Norton, Anne Mitra, Mary & Frank Elliott, Maria Leszczynska & Family. I continue to ask you also for prayers, please, for a Choir member's Private Intention.

HOW DO YOU EAR YOURS?

Cadbury introduced the classic Creme Egg advertising slogan ‘How Do You Eat yours?’ in 1985. What was the most popular answer?

- bite off the top, lick out the Creme then eat the chocolate (53 per cent)

- bite straight through (20 per cent)

- use your finger to scoop out the Creme (16 per cent)

HOW DO YOU EAR YOURS?

Cadbury introduced the classic Creme Egg advertising slogan ‘How Do You Eat yours?’ in 1985. What was the most popular answer?

- bite off the top, lick out the Creme then eat the chocolate (53 per cent)

- bite straight through (20 per cent)

- use your finger to scoop out the Creme (16 per cent)

HOW DO YOU EAR YOURS?

Cadbury introduced the classic Creme Egg advertising slogan ‘How Do You Eat yours?’ in 1985. What was the most popular answer?

- bite off the top, lick out the Creme then eat the chocolate (53 per cent)

- bite straight through (20 per cent)

- use your finger to scoop out the Creme (16 per cent)

HOW DO YOU EAR YOURS?

Cadbury introduced the classic Creme Egg advertising slogan ‘How Do You Eat yours?’ in 1985. What was the most popular answer?

- bite off the top, lick out the Creme then eat the chocolate (53 per cent)

- bite straight through (20 per cent)

- use your finger to scoop out the Creme (16 per cent)

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