First half
163 Phantom of the Opera selection (Lojeski)
- A Foggy Day (Gershwin)
Solo
            
14 Yellow Bird (Keith and Bergman)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
122 Red Red Rose (Mullholland)
Solo
               
- Kyrie from the Armed Man (Jenkins)
96 The Shadow of Your Smile (Webster/Mandel)
199 Let The River Run (Johnson)

Second Half
204 You’ll Never Walk Alone (Hammerstein)
36 Candle on the Water (arr Mac Huff)
44 Shenandoah (arr Erb)
Solo
               
179 The Sound of Silence (arr Kern)
95 My Lord What a Morning (Burleigh)
187 Wherever You Are (Paul Mealor)
Solo
 
193 Social Madrigal  (Howe)
186+111 West Side Story (Bernstein)
203 Irish Blessing (Bob Chilcott)

We start our new singing year on Saturday (1st September): usual place and time.
Our full rehearsal dates are available here.
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Ian has the sets of music ready for the Christmas programme.
If you have "Carols for Choirs" books please bring them (Ian has a few copies that can be borrowed).  

N.B. If you have not already done so can you also bring "The Lord is My Shepherd" (No. 123) as we are loaning it to Lanchester Choral Society.

The pieces for our two sets at Bob's concert on 11th Nov are as below.

• Thank you for the Music: Abba
• And so it goes: Billy Joel
• Someone to watch over me: Gershwin
• Fields of Gold: G M Sumner
• Scarborough Fair and sound of silence: Simon and Garfunkel
• Social madrigal: Nathan Howe
• The wind beneath my wings: Sillbar and Henley.

Tony is offering to do an extra practice for these on 9th Nov, there will be an email to confirm where/when.

We next meet on 3rd June as usual from 2-4.30pm.
Please remember to bring the West Side Story medley (186 + 111) to replace Phantom of the Opera for our next concert.
All other pieces remain the same. 

Please note before the concert on 24th June at Our Lady Queen of Peace, Penshaw, I shall provide location and other info.

Please remember we have our AGM before our next rehearsal (starting at 1pm on 22nd April).
Also, please see the message below from Tony:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Hi all

Just to say thank you so much for the concert on Saturday.  It went really well and the singing sounded great.  Hope you all have a good Easter break. Next practice is on 22nd April when we will look at:
Give me music
- Phantom of Opera
- Wherever you are
- Foggy day
- Seal Lullaby
- Fields of Gold
- In my life
- Wind beneath my wings

Thanks

Tony

Please find below the current draft programmes for April/May/June concerts.

Lanchester 1 April
 61 All in the April Evening
161 Thank you for the music, Abba
118 And so it goes, Billy Joel
106 Send in the clowns, Stephen Sondheim
--- Someone to watch over me, Gershwin
193 Social Madrigal, Nathan Howe
108 Wraggle Taggle Gypsy O, Christopher Fleming
186 + 111 West side story selection, Bernstein/Sondheim
192 Count on it, Kevin Memley
191 Adiemus, Karl Jenkins
179 Scarborough Fair/Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
--- “When I survey” , Emrys Jones

 Witton- le-Wear 20 May/Penshaw 24 June
190 Give me music, Amy Bernon
118 And so it goes, Billy Joel
106 Send in the clowns, Stephen Sondheim
---   Someone to watch over me, Gershwin
193 Social Madrigal, Nathan Howe
108 Wraggle Taggle Gypsy O, Christopher Fleming
163 Phantom of the Opera Selection, Andrew Lloyd Webber
161 Thank you for the music, Abba
143 In my life, Lennon and McCartney
---   Foggy day, Gershwin
192 Count on it, Kevin Memley
191 Adiemus, Karl Jenkins
179 Scarborough Fair/Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
187 Wherever you are, Paul Mealor
134 Fields of Gold, G M Sumner