Dear All
Great effort yesterday running through our Holly Lodge pieces which were sounding beautiful by the end! Sing like that and it will be fab!
Timings & other details for Holly Lodge are below.
Next week will be our last rehearsal before our concert on 15th Dec and we’ll run through the whole programme. See below for timings for 15/12.
Holly Lodge Concert Thurs 5th Dec, Christ Church:
Dress Code:
Christmas jumper/fun top, black bottoms
Timings:
- 7pm arrive at Christ Church for warm up which will take place in choir stalls NOT side room (NB microphone check will be taking place from 6:45-7 so arrive quietly!). We won’t have much time to sort ourselves out so get there promptly.
- 7:25 seated in choir stalls ready for concert
- 7:30 concert begins
Music (running order):
*denotes audience carol
- *Once in Royal 100 Carols White Book, Vs 1 SOLO, Vs 6 descant,
- 12 Days of Christmas SGC sing with 2 schools
- *Silent Night version found on repertoire page
- *The First Nowell 100 Carols, Vs 1,2,3,5,6
- Seeing the Star
- Ecce Novum
- *Good King Wenceslas 100 Carols
- *O Come All Ye Faithful 100 Carols, line 1 last verse change ‘this’ to ‘that’, Vs6 descant
Where we sit/stand:
We’ll be seated in the choir stalls.
All audience carols are sung from choir stalls.
12 days: we will move from stalls to stand at back of altar stage behind children. Exactly where will be advised during warm up.
Seeing the Star and Ecce Novum: these are sung straight after interval so we will take position on stage at start of second half then move back to stalls for remainder of concert.
SGC Concert Sat 15th Dec, Christ Church:
Dress Code:
All black
Timings:
- 4-5pm rehearsal
- 5:15 bar opens
- 6pm concert begins
Music (running order):
Once in Royal
Ecce Novum
Silent Night
Seeing the Star
Good King Wenceslas
Across the Vast Eternal Sky
O Come All Ye Faithful
Gloria
Revised Flyer for 15/12 Concert:
Link to flyer showing Penny’s full name is here. Tickets will be £12 on the door or via the QR code on flyer, U12s free. We’ll send the flyer to section WhatsApp groups as well. Please distribute widely!
Thank you again to David Corless for producing the flyer.
Draft Programme 15/12 Concert:
Link to draft programme here
Thank you to Simon Renton for producing the programme for our concert.
Scores for next year – re-ordering the Brahms:
If you missed the bulk order you can order directly using links below.
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Barenreiter edition
Brahms Requiem, – we ordered the wrong edition! We need to return the new Brahms and re-order German edition!! Details to follow
Choir Curry:
Date: Tuesday 17th Dec ‘24
Time: evening
Venue: Sheen
Calendar for year
SGC Dec Concert – Sun 15th Dec ‘24
Lambeth Concert – Sat 8th Feb ‘25
SGC Jun Concert – Sat 7th Jun ‘25
New term starts – Tue 7th Jan ‘25
See Calendar tab for fill list of rehearsal and concert dates to June 2025