Dates and songs

Grab a pen - here are some dates for your calendar:

A couple of these things you already know about if you are on Mal's email list for events but I thought I'd put them in to remind you -

AUGUST: Coming up at the Powerhouse is the Gypsy Jazz Festival - Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 August.
http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/view/brisbane-gypsy-jazz-festival-2010/

SEPTEMBER: Waulking The Tweed -- demonstration and workshop
When: 2 – 4pm, Sunday 26 September, 2010
Where: 30 McCord St , Gordon Park
Details:http://www.myspace.com/theshieling

NOVEMBER: Peer Sing Brisbane November 6 (at this point tentative because venue has not been booked yet. In the afternoon, same as last year.

SPOOKYMEN visit. Saturday November 13 at the Princess Theatre, November 14 somewhere in Maleny. We sing some of the main Spooky, Stephen Taberner's arrangements of songs.
http://www.spookymen.com.au/home.htm
The information about their Brisbane visit is not on their website yet, so I presume it is still being finalised. Check out youtube for some of their singing - it's just a joy.

Peer Sing Sunshine Coast; Sunday November 28 at the Coolum Civic Centre, 10.30 am to 2.30 pm. This is being organised by Yvonne from the Cool Harmonies singing group and she was inspired by the Peer Sing in Brisbane. We've been invited to participate and I'd love to do this if enough people are interested, even though it follows very quickly on from the one on Nov. 6.

DECEMBER: International Day of Disabilities is Friday December 3, and I am looking for ideas about how to give a performance opportunity for the Vision In Voice choir around this time - maybe on the 2nd, 3rd (in combo with Morningsong) or 4th December. If anyone has free time (Ha!) and would like to help out with this, please let me know.

December 4: tentative date for our Christmas Afternoon Tea and Sing. This could be on Saturday November 27 if the December date is not convenient for most.

Phew - November and December on the calendar is starting to look on the squishy side.

Leaving you with a song - this is Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone singing Thula Sizwe. Nina is the one with the very deep voice who comes in second.
http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=AE8g5_CoRvM

Happy humming!
Jane

PEER SING Saturday November 7th 2009

For your calendars:

All singers with Morningsong are invited to participate in the

2009 Peer Sing!

Saturday November 7 West End State School, 24 Vulture Street, West End

1.00 - 4.00 pm (times approximate at this stage)
....followed by a drink at the West End Club 2 Vulture Street, West End

This is an annual event, but first time for Morningsong.

Community a cappella choirs run by friends and singing leaders Ann Birmingham, Jane Becktel, Helena Bond, Rosalind Borschperry, Christine Grodd and Marina Thacker are invited to get together for an afternoon of fun and joyful singing.

Draft Format:

• Warm ups and rounds
• Each choir sings two short rehearsed songs
  
• Tea break
  
• Rehearse and then perform a short song with a different choir leader
• Final song by all combined choirs - 100+ singers
  

This is an edit: Final cost has not been decided - maximum of $5 per person.

This is also an edit: apparently there is no room for an audience. Any family members who come needs to participate as a choir member.

This event is not open to the public.

The only requirement to participate is that you know our two songs backwards,
forwards and inside out.