Dear All
I am so very sorry to pass on the devasting news that our wonderful Music Director Ben Thapa died today. We understood he was on the mend while being treated in hospital but clearly this was not the case. I know this will come as an awful shock to everyone.
Ben said to me many times that he just loved bringing people together to sing. He really believed in our choir and I know many of you felt inspired by his enthusiastic and committed direction. As seems fitting, we are going to go ahead with our first rehearsal next week, with Penny Homer at the helm as originally planned. We then hope to continue the term following Ben’s programme– more information to follow.
Rather than start the new programme next week, we invite everyone to bring a drink of their choice to the rehearsal at Christchurch- usual time 19:45. We will have a toast to Ben then sing some favourite pieces from our year with him – details will follow shortly. I’ll be bringing most of a very nice bottle of gin that Ben brought to the Summer choir party and left behind, together with some Fever Tree tonics. I had hoped to return them to him at the start of this term, but instead it would be very nice to share with anyone who fancies a glass.
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