Category member notices and updates

Aug 22 2015

The wait is over! Choir Season 2015-16 starts 30th August

we love musicChoir addicts can relax – only one week to go ’till you can get your fix of fantastic music!

We are really looking forward to catching up with friends and making new ones at the first rehearsal of the 2016-17 season, on Sunday 30th August, at 7.00pm. (Committee meeting at 6pm please). The halls have been having some refurbishment over the summer. We expect this to be finished before we are due to meet, but if it is not, please go to the Church as we will be meeting there.

Would existing choir members please bring the following pieces:

  • America the spirit lives on
  • If the way be full of trial
  • Thank you for the music
  • Let there be Peace on Earth

 

May 3 2015

May 2015 Members’ update

We are looking forward to a busy end to the choir season, especially after the unanticipated loss of last week’s rehearsal. (Thanks for your ‘get well’ wishes for Mark and the messages commenting on the value of the website and email cascade when we have such last minute changes to notify.)

Dates for your diary:

  • Choir fund-raising Coffee Morning : Saturday May 16th – support your choir – bring those delicacies you know will delight and bring your friends to eat them
  • Concert with The Yale Alley Cats:  Wednesday May 20th – Sherbrooke St Gilbert’s Church (240 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow G41 5AD) at 7pm. Enjoy being part of this amazing opportunity to sing with this world renowned group as part of its UK and Europe Tour.
  • Annual Spring Concert: Friday May 29th – make sure your friends and family don’t miss our final concert of the season!

Music Notes

Please bring Non Nobis Domine with your other concert music to rehearsals.

Apr 13 2015

May 16th- Have your cake and eat it!

sweet musicEnjoy a lovely cup of coffee or tea and home baking while supporting your community choir!

Bring friends and family to savour the sweetness of spring days

at our Cake and Coffee Morning.

on Saturday May 16th

at Bothwell Evangelical Church, Main Street Bothwell

from 10-12 am

£2, payable on the door

Baking and other stalls will also be available.

Mar 14 2015

March 2015 Members’ Update

2673045_sWe are looking forward to a busy month with several concerts, as well as continuing to prepare for our spring concert

Key dates

Preparation

Draft singers’ programmes can be downloaded below:

Rehearsal links for home practice can be found here.

Travel to venue and other arrangements

Buses for those choir members who have booked seats will depart for Rutherglen Town Hall on the 26th and 27th from Bothwell Medical Centre at 6.15pm. (please pay for your seats by March 16th, if you have not already done so).

The Musical Director for the Rutherglen event will be visiting the choir at the rehearsal on the 15th March, with a cameraman, as part of the documentary they are making around the show and with the intention of interviewing some members – please attend if you are planning to sing in these concerts.

Choir ties are now available for men and when being used for concerts will be issued and returned on the day of the concert. White shirts are to be worn with the ties.

Mar 14 2015

‘Keep the home fires burning’: our community & WW1

2045848_sJoin us as we contribute to a reflection on the lives of the fallen of WW1 and those touched by the war effort. The varied programme blends music and words relevant to the local Cameronian Regiment. Schools, theatre groups, choirs and ensembles will join to make the evening a memorable occasion for all, supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Dates: 26th & 27th March

Venue: Rutherglen Town Hall

At: 7.30 pm

Tickets: £10

Read more here and book online