’The auditions for our production in February 2017 of Ruddigore are being held on Mondays 29th August and 5th September. To book your slot, please e-mail ku.gro.ssagdnull@snoitidua (or phone Mary Alexander on 01383 737441). You’ll find details of what to prepare and how to tackle the role on the Auditions page.

If you want a complete set of the material Rae has written (synopsis; character details; audition dialogue for all the parts), click this link.

Our chairman writes:

Hi Everyone,

I trust the summer is going well for you. But wherever you are or whatever you’re doing, Ruddigore is just around the corner, as it were. Here are some details:

• We plan to start the main rehearsals on Wednesday August 24th (in Whitefield at 7.30 pm).
• We propose to hold auditions for principal parts on Monday August 29th and Monday September 5th – information at this link.

I’m looking forward to it, and hoping for a good turnout on the 24th.

George

We enjoyed ourselves last Wednesday and Sunday … though sometimes during the preparation it had felt that we would never get a concert together! So thanks to Douglas for leading us, and special thanks to Carol as Assistant MD for helping us get there, both individually and as a group. There were some exquisite moments, such as the arrangement of Fields of Gold sung by an ensemble (pictured above). And the selection from Les Miserables was much appreciated: John and Kat sparred superbly in “Master of the House”, and Ian Osborne enjoyed giving consolation to Carol!

As a reminder of what we sang, and who sang what, you can download the programmes at these links: Clermiston; Oakley. As another momento, we hope that a DVD of the Oakley concert will be available from Dave.

But we were very sad to say goodbye and good luck to Robbie Milner, whose last appearance this was. Always self-effacing – and usually invisible, tucked away on the edge of the singers! – his was a key role in the concerts, and his patient support and good humour have been invaluable during rehearsals over the past five years. So warm applause greeted the presentation made to him before the concert. Robbie leaves in late August to start his course at McGill, and takes with us our best wishes for his studies and his future career. We’ll look out for his name in lights!

Congratulations to Robbie Milner, our immensely hard-working rehearsal accompanist, on having been accepted into the music department at McGill (in Canada)! He starts there in September, and we wish him well. We’ll miss you!