We galloped through things somewhat on Wednesday but, with luck, all is ready for our various performances over the next couple of weeks.
This Monday we are singing at St Denis Lodge. Please be there just before 2.15 ready to start our entertainment at 2.30. we will be singing standard carols (white booklets and / or Bethlehem Carol Sheets), the Christmas Songs and a selection from our “featured repertoire”.
On Wednesday we will continue work on Shaftesbury Christmas Light and continue polishing 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.
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. Please be there just before 2.15. Usual dress code (red / black or dark) + something a bit Christmassy (but no antlers please)
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
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.
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Concert for Peace 4.30 – 5.30. Emily Burridge (cello) Assembly Rooms, Grosvenor Hotel See attached flyer.
Saturday 13 December The Romantic piano. 3.30 St John’s Church, Tisbury. See attached flyer
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Ruth Rogers & Simon Callaghan - violin & piano duo recital of Beethoven, Elgar, Ravel & Franck 5.00 p.m. Farrington Hall, Port Regis School
Sunday 14 December Afternoon tea with Jane Austen and the Phoenix Café orchestra. 3.00-5.00. Shaftesbury Arts Centre. NOT TO BE MISSED!
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Wincanton Choral Society Christmas Concert. See attached flier
Tuesday 16 December Christmas Cheer – a festive programme of carols and readings presented by Gillingham Arts Workshop. 5.00 p.mn. Gillingham Library. FREE See attached flyer
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
6 December 2025