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Jo Taylor After our discussion at a recent Practice about Jo's daughters putting together a musical tribute to her for her 80th Birthday, and following Jo's request that the Choir contribute to it, I proposed the following to to Alison:
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..... on his Ordination by Archbishop Peter at St. George's Cathedral on Friday 17th June. The ministry at St. Bart's that he has trained for now begins in earnest. His first words to me after his Ordination were of reminder, that I must help him learn the Exsulet between now and April 15th!! There are some lovely pictures of the occasion HERE. Music Checking Whilst you obviously (!) have the 5th July Party firmly logged in your diaries, I'll take this opportunity to remind you that we have Music Checking the following Tuesday, the 12th. With at least nine new pieces to go into your folders for the forthcoming year, and at least 12 to come out, we shall have a necessarily busy evening. If you cannot be present to sort your folder, please remember it is your responsibility to ask someone else to attend to it on the evening for you. Many thanks.
An evening of delightful music for a summer evening from St. Bartholomew's Orchestra on Sunday 3rd July: click on the poster to the left for full details: Dates List You will find the next Dates List HERE to print out and refer to. I will give out paper copies during Music Checking. Cantors From next term, I shall have a fifteen minute session with each of you from 7.40pm on the penultimate Tuesday before you sing to assist you in carrying out your role to the best of your abilities. Workshop for Singers at St. George's Cathedral 9th July Thanks to British Choirs on the Net - an interesting day for those of you who pursue unaccompanied polyphony liturgical music that is to be held at our Cathedral. Application Form. |
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Choir Outing My thanks to all who travelled. The Choir sang wonderfully, and the singing was hugely appreciated by so many of the parishioners at the Mass at St. Swithun's, who made us feel very welcome. We were certainly 'smiled upon' with the weather! Echoing Richard's words the Tuesday afterwards, I especially thank Jeannette for her organisational skills that made the day work so successfully (even if I did have to offer a little bit of assistance prior to lunch!), and Ken for both facilitating our trip and for his cantoring. We should never forget the generosity of dear Doris Weeds, who allowed us to make it so affordable for us all. Apparently there was a recording made.....!!
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Plainchant Choir The next monthly Plainchant practice will take place for just 25 minutes from 7.30pm promptly on Tuesday 12 July to prepare for the 17th July 11:30 Mass. Prayers, please Mary & George Meyern, George Norton, Christine & Eugene, Maria & Family, Anne Mitra, Mary & Frank Elliott, Madeleine and her husband and two Choir members' special intentions. Please also remember Jeannette's mother Hazel, Andrew's mother Josie and Carole's husband Mike in your prayers.
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For your coffee breaks How to speak Middle English - a reading of John Skelton's "Speke Parott". Another example of an old form of English (from the 1950s) is shown HERE. An example of the importance of diction for us all, perhaps!A wonderful project to provide Portable Altars for travelling priests.A lovely Web site for Italian Cooking from Mariachristina Norton (yes, George's delightful wife!).The revival of May Processions across Britain.Mass celebrated facing East promulgated by the great Cardinal Sarah. Remember my footnote last July?This is what I call a proper scenic railway!The year without a summer is recalled by IanVisits.Trolleybus nostalgia from Carshalton and Sutton in the 1950s.TfL's Geographically Correct Rail Map. Zoomable!A really useful (and interesting) set of Free Map Tools.A really useful (and interesting) set of Free Liturgy Tools.An Archive of Old Photo's of SW London.And finally...... some drone footage from an area broadly within the parish - see how long it takes you to work out exactly where. You can see why some people have privacy issues with these things! |
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And finally..... ..... I wish you, and yours, a wonderful Summer break. The last couple of years have seen suggestions that we will have 'barbecue summers'. They never materialised. This year the suggestion seems to be that July will be a wash-out. Go forth, and prepare your barbecues for action!!! |
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