HERE - The Good Afternoon Choir

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JUNE 2016
NEWSLET TER
FIND YOUR
VOICE
From 10am-7pm Saturday
October 22 - Bath Forum
A thousand singers will converge on Bath City Centre on Saturday October 22nd for
a free admission day of music and popular songs. Taking place from 10am in the morning
to 7pm – 9 community choirs will join forces to sing out for the Golden-Oldies Charity.
The day is organised by Grenville Jones and his team and will feature all four Good
Afternoon Choirs as well as community choirs from Cardiff, Malmesbury, Swindon and
Bristol.
Each choir will perform during the day on the Forum stage which has hosted some of
the top celebrity names in popular music in recent years. With audience seating for 1,000
it is sure to be a fantastic day of music making. As well as performing on stage, each choir
This newsletter is for all
singing members of Grenville’s
Good Afternoon Choirs in
Bristol, Keynsham, Bath and
Devizes. With over 400 singers
in the four choirs, afternoons
are a great time to sing, make
friends and have fun through
music. Tell your friends about
your Good Afternoon Choir
and bring them along to your
next rehearsal. Please note
rehearsal dates are always on
the website shown below G
will get the opportunity (weather permitting) to sing during the day at various outside
venues across the city, including the nearby SouthGate centre.
The day will be promoted extensively with visitors encouraged to drop in and listen to
the choirs, find out more about how they can “Find Their Voice” and discover more about
he Goldies charity which is now reaching out to brighten the lives of older vulnerable
people across England and Wales. Apart from singing individually, the four Good Afternoon
Choirs will join forces in special items which will be led by Grenville and Ben England. Tell
your friends to make the date in your diary for the ‘Find Your Voice’ event in Bath on
Saturday October 22nd.
www.goodafternoonchoir.org
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Gwyn and Margaret Rees are founder members of the
Devizes Good Afternoon Choir. Gwyn writes about the May
visit to Cornwall this year enjoyed by 56 singers from
Devizes and Bath GAC and 8 supporters. Gwyn writes;
This was our third visit to join Neil Shepherd and his Cornwall Community
Choir, having previously been to St Ives and Camborne, as usual the
arrangements for travel and accommodation went extremely smoothly, with the
Premier Inn proving to be an ideal place to stay. The Saturday visit to
Glendurgan Gardens was certainly a highlight and we were fortunate with the
weather, some even going for a paddle in the sea.
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This year we were joined again by the Bath GAC which gave us an opportunity
to make new friends and meet up with those who went on the very successful
Canada trip to Halifax last year.
Personally, I have enjoyed the opportunity that these visits with the choir give us
to sing in new venues. The chapel in Truro was a typical Methodist building very
reminiscent of those in South Wales where I was brought up. Neil's Community
Choir, of about 100 singers, were so welcoming with the wining and dining, and
their friendship. The evening concert went well, so, a good time had by all.
BRISTOL
The Bristol Good Afternoon Choir (pictured above) started early in April and
already has over 70 members enjoying their Monday afternoons at TrinityHenleaze Church. Ben England (pictured right) is the popular conductor,
previously head of music at a Bristol school, Ben is now following a freelance
music career and is a great asset to the Good Afternoon Choir team.
keynsham
Keynsham started in March this year and is taken by Grenville Jones with Sandie
Middleton as the accompanist. With the rehearsal venue in the centre of the town at the
Methodist Church, numbers are now approaching 60 with more enthusiastic singers
coming along each week.
Bath
Started by Grenville in May 2009 with over 90 enthusiastic singers, the Bath group
has already this year performed at Clifton Cathedral and at the Bath Festival Party
in the City on Friday May 20th. The accompanist is multi-talented Will Ashworth
and the choir is led by Grenville with help from Michelle!
DEVIZES
Grenville leads the Devizes choir with over 100 singers – many taking part in the
recent visit to Cornwall with members of the Bath Choir (see opp page) The choir
enjoy performing at concerts at the Corn Exchange in the centre of the town.
Since starting in 2011, through its annual Christmas concert and other
peformance, it has raised over £2500 for local charities. Tim Charity is the man
on the keyboard.
Frome Good Afternoon Choir COMING
SOON!
Diary Dates
Every week Good Afternoon Choirs take place on:
Monday in BRISTOL at Trinity-Henleaze United Reformed Church I 2pm – 4pm
Wednesday in KEYNSHAM at Methodist Church I 2pm – 4pm
Thursday in BATH at United Reformed Church, Argyle Street, Bath I 2pm – 4pm
friday in DEVIZES at St Andrew’s Church, Long Street I 2pm – 4pm
I For rehearsal details see www.goodafternoonchoir.org I
On Friday July 1st, the Keynsham Good Afternoon Choir will perform for the first time as guests of the Keynsham
Festival 2016. A 7.30pm concert start in Keynsham St John's Parish Church. Come along and cheer the choir and
their first performance. On Saturday September 17th, Devizes Good Afternoon Choir will stage their autumn
concert starting at 7.30pm in Devizes Corn Exchange. This concert will support the local branch of Parkinson’s UK.
On Saturday October 22nd, ALL Good Afternoon Choirs will be performing at the ‘Find your Voice Day’ in Bath –
see front page.
On Saturday November 5th – The Bristol Good Afternoon Choir will celebrate their first concert in TrinityHenleaze United Reformed Church with special guests, the Bath Male Choir. The concert is free admission starting
at 7.30pm with a retiring collection supporting St Peter’s Hospice. On Saturday November 26th in the United Reformed
Church, Argyle Street, Bath, the Bath Good afternoon Choir will support the Headway Charity in a concert starting
at 7pm. Joining them will be Grenville’s Bath Children’s Choir.
Christmas Open Carol Services will replace rehearsals with a warm invitation to family and friends in December
– Keynsham on Wednesday December 14th, Devizes on Friday December 16th, Bristol on Monday December 19th.
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For details of all Good Afternoon Choir concerts call Nikki on 01761 472468
– Monday’s, Tuesday's and Friday’s or email [email protected]
The World Famous
SATURDAY OCTOBER 1st
In concert at Malmesbury Abbey with Grenville’s Bath Chorus Choir
Tickets from Bath Box Office 01225 463362 www.bathboxoffice.org.uk
The King’s Singers will also lead a workshop on the same day
from 2pm to 3.30pm in the Town Hall – call 01761 472468 for details.