Forty Favourites
Ellen Patrick (5th desk, 2nd violins … as well as a Ruddigore bridesmaid) invites us all to the Kirkcaldy Orchestral Society (KOS) spring concert in Dunfermline High School at 7.00pm on Friday 17 March.
The programme is varied. There’s a great soloist (Gregor Blamey) for Gershwin’s “Rapsody in Blue”. We’re also doing “Overture from Candide” and “Divertimento” by Bernstein, a suite of English Dances by Malcolm Arnold, Peter Maxwell Davis’s “Orkney Wedding with Sunrise”, the foot-tapping “Pops Hoe-down” by Hayman and a piece based on Scottish melodies called “Fanfare and Fugato”, written for the conductor, Graeme Wilson, by the KOS oboist, John Gourlay. Pupils from Dunfermline High School will also be performing. More details if you click the image.
DGASS members who were able to go to last year’s concert enjoyed the experience, so Ellen looks forward to seeing you on 17 March. There should be plenty of tickets available at the door, but they’re also available in advance from Fire Station Creative in Carnegie Drive (Wed–Sat, 10.00am–4.00pm; Fri/Sat, 5.00pm–11.00pm).
The compleat Ruddigore!
Rae has produced a full set of chorus notes, which are linked below for those who find it easier to access the website rather than emails. If anyone would like anything else documented, please let Rae know as soon as possible and she’ll see what she can do.
Act One Finale
Gents Notes
Ladies Notes
Ladies Notes 2
Ladies Notes 3
Moody & Sad.pdf
Welcome Gentry
Scene Breakdown
You’ll enjoy it too!
It’s 2017, and the first rehearsal after the break sees our company setting out to enjoy themselves and delight you, our audience. You’ll be amazed at what these Victorian bridesmaids get up to when Rae leads them from the front!
All will be revealed in February, and all you have to do is buy a ticket or three for the show. The order form will give you details and prices, and you can order tickets from any member, from our ticket hot-line (07703 483083), or from the Carnegie Hall Box Office (01383 602302).
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
Saturday 17 December … just eight days to go … and the Society were singing carols again at Tesco’s Duloch store in aid of Whitefield Day Hospital. Anne was pleased to report that “we raised £505 from our efforts yesterday. Thank you to everyone who came along, it was great fun as always, and thankfully not too cold. A special thanks too to Willie, we couldn’t sing like that without his brilliant accompaniment.”
We wish all our supporters and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. But remember that it’s just 67 sleeps until we invite you all to Rederring and Ruddigore Castle, so why not put a ticket or three for Ruddigore in your wish list for Santa!
Rehearsal aids for the ladies!
Eddie has produced some rehearsal aids for the ladies numbers in Act 2 so that you can “sail over life’s treacherous sea” with improved accuracy!
Act 2 No. 2 “Happily coupled are we” – 1st soprano vocal line
Act 2 No. 2 “Happily coupled are we” – 2nd soprano vocal line
Act 2 No. 2 “Happily coupled are we” – alto vocal line
Act 2 No. 3 “In bygone days” – 1st soprano vocal line
Act 2 No. 3 “In bygone days” – 2nd soprano vocal line
Act 2 No. 3 “In bygone days” – altoo vocal line
Rehearsal aids for the ghosts!
Eddie has “answered to your call” and produced some rehearsal aids for the Ghost numbers in Act 2:
Act 2 Nos. 4 & 5 “Painted emblems/Ghost’s high noon” – tenor vocal line
Act 2 Nos. 4 & 5 “Painted emblems/Ghost’s high noon” – bass vocal line
Act 2 No. 6 “He yields” – tenor vocal line
Act 2 No. 6 “He yields” – bass vocal line
Get the bug!
We’ve been enjoying the variety offered by the Dunfermline Arts Guild concerts, and their December offering – 7.30pm on Sunday 11 December – is again rather different. The Ugly Bug Ragtime Three are delivering “a Christmas treat of standards, rags and blues from the Golden Age of Jazz”. “Exuberant versions of well-known tunes by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke”, plus tracks from their latest CD.
You can buy tickets (£10; student/unemployed £1) from the Carnegie Hall box office (01383 602302; email boxoffice.carnegie@onfife.com) or at the door. For details of the rest of the concert season, click the image, visit www.daguild.co.uk, or talk to Martin or Jean.