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LAST 16th MARCH 2003

Newsletter

A little late, but - Happy New Year

Before you know it our next trip to the US will be over and done with. We feel we're short of one concert in our last week and are working hard at filling that slot. Ideally it will be midway between Waynesboro, VA and Hamden, CT. By the way, we had to give up on the idea of going up the east coast.

The two concerts listed on the last newsletter (Louth and Crowle) went very well (but we would say that, wouldn't we!). Following the success of our concert in Belton All Saints Primary School we've done another school concert, with one more to come before Easter (see upcoming schedule). Children of primary school age seem to get very little input of live music and are a delight to perform for. We thought about a gig at Scunthorpe's Screen Theatre before leaving England, as we did in 2001, but in the end decided against.

Spent Christmas in Tesco singing our 'pop' repertoire and Christmas Carols once again. Thanks to the management for their welcome and generous hospitality. That could well have been our last year if proposed government legislation on the performance of live music in public buildings comes into effect undiluted.

We have added a reworked version of the Beatles number 'I Will' and a new arrangement is 'If I Fell'. Hope to have 'Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat' sorted soon - just got to learn the words! All Jeff's arrangements with some additional words from Keith in 'Sit down'.

USA trip April 20 - May 10, 2003

Sorry that Ann Rook couldn't join us this year but we are thrilled to welcome Avis Tossell as accompanist. Avis has a great reputation as singer, pianist, conductor and accompanist. She will be making the whole of the trip with us along with her friend, Bill Wilson. Following on from the success of Tony Ellis (Keith's brother) appearing with us at Belton school where he played jazz on his guitar and a duet with Keith, we have invited him to join us at Williamsburg (Va) Library Theatre and hopefully at Waynesboro First Presbyterian Church. Tony conveniently lives midway between the two cities, in Richmond, Virginia.

Tour Schedule

April 20, Leave Manchester, UK for Georgetown, South Carolina via Atlanta and Myrtle Beach

April 21, Return concert - Georgetown County Library, South Carolina (7.00pm)

April 22, Leave Georgetown for Dahlonega, Georgia via Atlanta
Concert - Dahlonega Mormon Church

April 23 Meet up with Scunthorpe Male Voice Choir who arrived April 22 for a week's concert tour of North Georgia.
Concert with SMVC - Cumming, Georgia

April 25 Concert with SMVC - Sautee Nacoochie, Georgia

April 27 Morning Service with SMVC (Ed conducting), Dahlonega Baptist Church, Georgia
Concert with SMVC - North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Georgia

April 29 Scunthorpe MVC return to UK. We fly Atlanta to Washington. Pick up the fifteen-seater van we've rented for the rest of the trip. Should be interesting!

May 1, Return concert - Williamsburg Regional Library Theatre (VA) (7.30pm)

May 3, Concert First Presbyterian Church, Waynesboro, VA, for Waynesboro Community Concert Association (8.00pm)

May 9 Entertaining at a cocktail party in the home of Charles and Dinny Wakerley, Hamden, Connecticut.
May 10 Leave JFK, New York for Manchester via Paris, France

Thanks to Trudy Bazemore (Georgetown), the Bishop of Dahlonega Mormon Church, Patrick Golden (Williamsburg), Leon Harouff (Waynesboro) and Charles Wakerley (Hamden) for fixing concerts and organising things Stateside.

As with Newsletter 1 and 2 thanks for taking the time to read it through. Please keep in touch, we like to hear from you. And, if visiting the site for the first time, please sign our Guest Book.

Jeff Keith Ed and Roger

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