Hear us sing!
The coming months offer several opportunities to hear members of the Society in action:
Plus refreshments and our live Big Draw, with an opportunity to win a hotel stay.
Tickets £10, on the door, or available in advance from Anne (07703 483083)
Later, in a more informal setting, we will be singing carols at Tesco Fire Station, Dunfermline, with four sessions booked.
- Thursday 11 December 4.00–6.00pm (at checkouts)
- Saturday 13 December 10.00am–2.00pm (at checkouts)
- Sunday 14 December 12n–2.00pm (at the foot of the travelator)
- Thursday 18 December 4.00–7.00pm (at checkouts)
Current and former members are welcome to sing with us, as are your friends and relations – the more singers, the better! Try to come to all of a session, but the odd hour is also really useful as we need a good turnout to make a good sound. Please note that, for security reasons, we need to give the store the names of those performing in advance of each session, so please register your interest by emailing Ellen.
Getting prepared for Strictly Patience – 3
When the first version of this post was prepared, the “interesting fact remained” as characters in both last year’s show and next year’s might put it, is that was then exactly 300 days to our opening night of Patience!
[For those who are wondering “Why so many flowers?”, it’s because our Patience is cast as a florist/gardener rather than the milkmaid in Gilbert’s original]
Do please spread the word, and encourage folk not only to book the dates, but to join in the fun … every G&S show needs a chorus, and the team could include you and your friends. No previous experience is necessary … as it says on our Becoming a member page: “Mostly you need enthusiasm, plus a willingness to dress up, apply make-up, and generally be an idiot on stage!” We start back with our regular Wednesday rehearsals on 27 August at Limekilns, and hope to see you there.
Curtain down on another successful show
From the very first moment, now a year ago, that Linda Milne described to the Society the idea for a show that she’d been thinking about for most of a decade, and we leapt at the chance of a new show, we’d all known that The Jury’s Out was going to be something special. And we were right!
Preparations were great fun … and so was Show Week. Provost Jim Leishman opened the show and enjoyed the première, the warm audience reaction was gratifying, and the production didn’t break the bank according to our Treasurer. Altogether a very positive result, and one that was well worth all the effort involved in getting a new show ready for the stage.
We’re still working on an archive page, but you can enjoy its current form at this link. Meanwhile, we can all look forward to the 2026 production of Patience.
Your next chance to see the Society on stage at Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline will be on 19–21 February 2026 in a sparkling production of Strictly Patience.
