Venue: Rifle Club Concert Room

Opposite the swimming pool on West Cliff car park. We have full use of the Club for much of the week and are presenting a mixture of song and music workshops, and afternoon and evening concerts. The rooms we use are on both ground and first floors, with the toilets on the ground floor accessed via a separate internal staircase. They usually provide very good value refreshments.

WORKSHOP “English Pastoral”

‘A mix of trad songs (“Pleasant and Delightful;) with the more literary tradition ( John Clare, Shakespeare, Purcell.) It’s all there

CD LAUNCH

Join Lynda and Alan while they perform songs from their newly released CD

CONCERT

Our Patrons Melrose Quartet would like you to join them for a song session.

CAROLS IN AUGUST

South Yorkshire Classics. Singers, Instrumentalists, Enthusiasts, Reprobates, Drinkers – All Welcome.

3.‘The Mighty Fuguers’: Classic Village Carols from S.Yorks.

VILLAGE BAND WORKSHOP

Oxfordshire tunes arranged Village Band style, suitable for squeeze-boxes, strings, winds, brass & bass instruments. Some music-reading ability will be helpful.

WORKSHOP

“Can’t sing won’t sing ” Back to basics – vocal technique for people who want to sing but think they can’t.

VILLAGE BAND WORKSHOP

Oxfordshire tunes arranged Village Band style, suitable for squeeze-boxes, strings, winds, brass & bass instruments. Some music-reading ability will be helpful.

CAROLS IN AUGUST

While Shepherds’ vs ‘Herald Angels’ Singers, Instrumentalists, Enthusiasts, Reprobates, Drinkers – All Welcome

2.‘Carols with a Swing’: Evangelical Village Carols from Yorks and Derbys.

PRESENTATION

Our journey through song with friends – Rosie & Roisin will talk of influences, and friends met along the way.

CAROLS IN AUGUST

Derbyshire Gems, Singers, Instrumentalists, Enthusiasts, Reprobates, Drinkers – All Welcome

1.‘Curly Carols’: Village Carols from Yorks, Derbys and Notts with Melisma.