More lovely singing last Wednesday. Next week we will work on Shaftesbury Christmas Lights (held over from last time) and hopefully polish the rest of our Christmas repertoire i.e. Little Donkey, No Small Wonder, The Holly and the Ivy, Ding Dong, Boar’s Head, Gaudete, Come tune your cheerful voice, Fais Dodo, Hosanna, My Dancing Day. All this alongside our traditional carols of course. Words, where needed, have all been attached over the last few weeks. Please print them out yourselves and maybe do a spare copy for the needy. Bethlehem Carol Sheets will be available for all of course.
COMING CHOIR EVENTS
2025
Monday 8 December Short Christmas entertainment for St Denis Lodge. 2.30 p.m.
Thursday 11 December Shaftesbury Late Night Shopping. 7 o’clock – 7.30.
Tuesday 16 December Short Christmas entertainment for the Blind Association. Meet 2.45 for 3.00 p.m. British Legion Hall, Coppice Street. Mince pies etc for people afterwards.
NB Normal Wednesday practices on 3rd, 10th and 17th December. We will not be meeting on 24th and 31st.
2026
Wednesday 7 January Choir New Year Party, celebrating 13th Night (a forgotten west country festival) and the Orthodox Church’s Christmas Day.
Sunday 18 January Westminster Hospital Memorial Service Afternoon. (3.00 p.m?) Town Hall
Wednesday 11 March We welcome our guest leader Sarah Pennington
OTHER COMING EVENTS
2025
Saturday 29 November 7.30 PM Shaftesbury Arts Centre. Green Matthews return to perform Midwinter Revels their new festive show - a celebration of Yuletide past, guaranteed to warm the cockles of the most Scrooge-like heart.
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Songs of the Sea 6.30 p.m. St Mary’s Church, Gillingham. Top Brass and Wind Concert Band with the Dorset Mutineers Shanty Singers. See attached flyer
Sunday 7 December Pilgrim Singers “Gaudete” Christmas concert in aid of North Dorset Women’s Refuge. 7.00 p.m. St Luke and St Teresa’s Church, Wincanton. See attached flyer.
Saturday 13 December The Romantic piano. 3.30 St John’s Church, Tisbury. See attached flyer
Sunday 14 December Wincanton Choral Society Christmas Concert. See attached flier
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Afternoon tea with Jane Austen and the Phoenix Café orchestra. 3.00-5.00. Shaftesbury Arts Centre
Wednesday 17 December 11.30-12.30 Wessex Baroque Collective. (Grosvenor Assembly Rooms. Promoted by Shaftesbury Arts Centre)
2026
Friday 23 January Soul Soundings. Singing workshop with Jane Harris (Rolling Harmony). Wells Cathedral and Chapter House. 7.30 – 9.30 p.m. Details at: www.tickettailor.com/events/songways/
PAYMENT BY BACS
If any choir members would prefer to pay their subs online, our bank details are:
Shaftesbury Community Choir
Account no. 23158960 Sort code: 30-65-21
Payments can be made for individual sessions or block payments of several weeks but payments should be made before the session and please indicate the date of session/s paid for.
David
29 November 2025