Parish Singers
On Sunday 15 October the Parish Singers & friends, SMSG church band, handbell ringers and children of St Mary & St Giles school gave their annual Autumn concert of a variety of sacred and secular music for all to enjoy. We always start these concerts with the Parish Singers & friends and finish with as many as possible of the performers singing and playing together, this year even the school orchestra joined in for the final piece.
The programme:
SMSG Church handbell ringers
Parish Singers & friends
- Easter Alleluia Canon
- I wish I knew how to be free
- Beauty and the beast
SMSG church handbell ringers
- Ye watchers and Ye holy ones
- Summer Holiday
- Praise my soul, the King of Heaven (with the organ)
SMSG Church band
Parish Singers & friends
- Hush, somebody's calling my name
- When the stars begin to fall
SMSG church band
- Fiddler on the roof medley
- Summertime
- Brindisi - drinking song from La Traviata
Parish Singers & friends
- Phantom of the Opera medley
Jonathan conducts the south site choir
SMSG School choir
- South site (conducted by Jonathan Kingston) - Silver Moon
- North site (conducted by Mrs Noon) - Kookaburra
Interval
SMSG School orchestra
- Chinese Tune
- Movie Buster
- Balderdash Blues
Parish Singers & friends
- Look at the world
- You'll never walk alone
North site choir
SMSG School choir (combined)
- Autumn Days
All
- The Lord's Prayer
- Golden Anniversary Song MaKing 50
Feedback comments from the audience and performers included:
SMSG school orchestra
"Absolutely fabulous"
"The children were excellent"
"I really enjoyed it"
"The whole programme was a good mix"
"I'm excited that I performed in this!"
"Great to get so many groups together"
"How can I join this choir?"
"Do you need an audition for the choir, because they were spot on?!"
"Astounding - so glad I was here fron New Zealand"
All the performers
The concert was free with a retiring collection of £181.30 going towards organ maintenance. Thank you to everyone who helped organise the concert and conduct the performers as well as the very important refreshment team.
