Just a quick note to remind you of some of the repertoire that may be in the running for the TLC festival:

Dodi li (Hebrew song from most recent workshop)
Mi Yitneni Of (Who will give me wings)
Stomi Omi (as learnt at last rehearsal)
Loch Lomond
Duermete Mi Nino (Sleep, my child)
Morning Tide
O Re Mi (Are you game men?)

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolabah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited ’til his billy boiled
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And he sang as he watched and waited ’til his billy boiled,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, three,
“Where’s that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag?”
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
“Where’s that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag?”,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
“You’ll never take me alive”, said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”.

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me”
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
“You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”
“Oh, You’ll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me.”

Workshop facilitators: Kate Schirmer – vocal technique 

                                               Jason Goopy – musicianship

Where: McMorrow Centre. Our Lady of Lourdes primary, 2 Ascot Street Toowoomba

Times: 9.00 – registration & cuppa

              9.30 – vocal warm-up  followed by workshop

              3.30 - informal performance to conclude the day

Cost:    $40  waged     $20 unwaged/ students

-ALL WELCOME -

http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/ed/Bruckner-Locus_iste.pdf

See you Tuesday!
Margaret

Tuesday 8th Sept with Tess – welcome back Tess!

School holiday break though men & girls might organize a get together practice (watch for emails)

Tuesday 6th October

Tuesday 13th October

UPCOMING Events:

Sunday 18th  Oct – BIG SING Kodaly QLD – workshop/ concert Stuartholme Brisbane

Sunday 8th Nov – Remembrance Day concert Westhaven RSL 1.30pm

Tuesday 15th Dec – St Lukes Christmas Tree Lights & concert 7.15pm

Friday 18th Dec – Burstows Christmas Wonderland – Queens Park 7.15pm

REPERTOIRE

Joy to the World (Jeremiah was a bullfrog…)/ Remembrance day Medley (Pack up your troubles etc)/ What a wonderful world/ Fly me to the Moon/ others include His Eye is on the Sparrow

Best wishes to Margaret while she is away having a baby. We’ll see her and the baby for rehearsals later in the year!

See you about 6.30 on Tuesday evening at St Lukes!

• Workshop comments Participants enjoyed the contemporary repetoire whilst finding it quite challenging musically.

It was relaxing not having a public performance at the end of the day and we enjoyed having some pieces to add to our repertoire which we can continue to develop.

It was particularly delightful seeing people we have sung with previously now coming back to present workshops for us – and doing such a fine job too.

A delightful day all around – and as usual the food was magnificent!!!

Loretto to forward these comments to Rachel Dwyer for Qld Kodaly newsletter.

• Goondiwindi workshop dates are May 31 – June1. Kent to confirm these dates with Rebecca. Workshop to be discussed at next choir to determine whether we go as a whole choir or as individual participants.

• Future venue for rehearsal – Uniting church hall, our current venue have notified us of imminent charges to include $20 per hour plus $10 per additional hour or part thereof plus $5 for heating if heaters turned on. St Marys school is a possibility. Kent to contact Jason and find information regarding security codes, whether Jason would need to be there etc. Lourdes hall is also available. Catherine to check similar details with the parish. It was noted that St Marys may be a useful venue for the Spring Sing especially if we have male and female choirs rehearsing.

1. Workshop. Jen Bergstrom and Jason Goopy (new voice teacher at St Mary’s and recent UQ graduate) will facilitate a workshop on Saturday 1 March. Jen will be facilitator for whole day while Jason will do 2 hour session

Action: a) Ritamay and Catherine will contact Choral Society and Lourdes etc. about halls.

Action: b) Kent will contact Paddy/Goondiwindi to invite them to attend

Action: c) Margaret will contact Jen about content and ask Jen to talk to Jason

Action: d) Media – Marion to put information about workshop on web site and negotiate/delegate contacting Chronicle

2. Presentation to Catherine for her hard work last year as Treasurer and as a bribe to continue it this year – Catherine graciously agreed to continue this year

3. Performances:
a) Anzac Day – Friday April 25^th – performance at RSL Westhaven Village and lunch at Picnic Point following

b) Spring Sing – Saturday 13^th September

c) Big Sing – probably 26^th October

d) Christmas Tree Festival – Wednesday 10^th December – ½hr

e) Jazz Club – middle of the year

4. Repertoire:
Margaret looking at new songs and revisiting some old songs (eg. Cloud’s Veil, Keep Your Lamps, Ni Yet Neni – Hebrew Song), some songs for men etc

5. Kent will send email about first rehearsal, new terms, workshop and nibblies to all members on old list and remind them to subscribe to web site.

6. Kent to send old email list to Marion to check who is subscribed and who isn’t and then to subscribe those who haven’t

7. Next meeting: Wednesday 23^rd April – @ Brian’s

Freedom is Coming, Freedom is Coming, Freedom is Coming, Oh yes, I know.

Oh yes, I know. Oh yes, I know. Oh yes, I know. Oh yes,  know.

 Siyahamba

Siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’ …

We are marching in the light of God.

We shall not give up the fight

We shall not give up the fight. We have only started, we have only started…

Together we’ll have victory, hand holding hand…

Never, ever put to flight, we’re bound to win… we are bound to win.

We shall not give up the fight. We have only started… x2