Category Archives: Concert

Welcome back!

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Well, would you believe it? … the 1st of October already!

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The Choir has returned reinvigorated after the summer break and the Ladies are getting to grips with the challenges ahead as we work towards Christmas ( not long now! ) We have been joined by several new potential members who are interested in singing with us and it’s great fun arriving at practice each Thursday not quite knowingly how many chairs we need. The sections of the choir are beautifully balanced now and the sound continues to grow in confidence and richness.

To see our concert diary for the Christmas period click HERE

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Our new red jackets have arrived – fashion show soon.

Really looking forward to our 50th anniversary Gala Dinner 14th October

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Music for a summer evening

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Our latest concert at Gwennap Church was another resounding success. Resounding to the fabulous singing of the Ladies, to the warm applause of the audience and to the crashing sound of the piano as our wonderful accompanist Rico surprised us with The Warsaw Concerto!

The Ladies relax after a job well done

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Where has Vivienne hidden this time?

In the gentler moments Peggy and Sylvia told some humourous tales and Jo and Pat sang beautiful solos. The good people of Gwennap Church provided excellent refreshment and a tableful of homely produce was available to purchase as well as raffle tickets to win a lovely painting.

The weather was clement, the surroundings beautiful and the company entertaining in every way. What more could you wish for in Music For A Summer Evening?

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Our next concert

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WEDNESDAY  JULY 13th  at  GWENNAP  CHURCH

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Beautiful Gwennap Church holds a series of concerts in June and July each year entitled Music For A Summer Evening. The evening starts at 7.30, there is an interval for refreshments and a sales table with delicious fresh produce and jams to tempt you. Entry is by donation.

SEE YOU THERE!

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Beautiful Budock

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STITHIANS LADIES CHOIR SUMMER CONCERT

Saturday July 2nd found the Ladies singing at St Budock Church, helping to raise money for the Cornwall branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

An unusual perspective of the choir!

Pictured together with guest performer Anne Parkes and accompanist Rico Gerber. Not pictured is deputy MD Vivienne Nicholas who managed to hide behind the pulpit!

A large and enthusiastic audience appreciated the varied programme sung by the Ladies which contrasted nicely with the jazz and blues songs provided by Anne Parkes and the piano solo from Maestro Rico Gerber. Peter Asplet as compère held the whole evening together – “Together” being the final number from the Ladies and the recurring theme of their enduring harmonious friendships.

The event was beautifully organised by Connie and Peter Asplet with scrummy refreshments by members of the Church and well over £500 was raised for MND Cornwall. A huge thank you to everyone!

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Click on our Facebook page for some audience feedback.

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Successful? … you bet!

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TOUR TO SOMERSET 2016

Stithians Ladies Choir with The Beatroots

All Saints Church, Long Ashton. June 4th 2016

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Here are some of the photos taken on our trip away last weekend.

( Photocredit: Peter Asplet and Nigel Guzek )

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A full report will appear very shortly, together with a recording –

so keep checking back!

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Here we come!

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It’s countdown to this year’s trip away and we are really looking forward to it. Our final practice is on June 2nd and we travel by coach to Clevedon on Friday. That evening we give a concert in St Mary’s Church, Clevedon where we will reconnect with our ex-accompanist Nigel Guzek and his wife Bridget.

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Our wonderful team of organisers has arranged a two night stay in a top Bristol hotel and an excursion to the city of Bath on Saturday.

Saturday evening sees us in the village of Long Ashton near Bristol singing in All Saints Church, again accompanied by Nigel.

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On this occasion we are joined by our friends The Beatroots from Oxford who shared a charity concert with us last summer at Budock Church. It is a privilege to work with such a talented group and we look forward to hearing their eclectic selection of A Capella vocals.

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Our trip continues on Sunday with a visit to the National Trust property and gardens at Tyntesfield and then we come home! We will have lots to tell when we get back so watch this space for a full report.

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£650+

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Yes, you read that correctly … the choir helped to raise the amazing sum of £650       ( and counting! ) at the concert they gave on Saturday 16th April.

It was a really lovely evening shared by a large, enthusiastic audience, with our good friends the Glee Singers and enhanced by the acoustics and welcoming ambience of Camborne Catholic Church. Even the weather was on our side!

The ladies sang their hearts out – beautiful music sung with soul and accompanied by our very own treasure Rico, his first concert with us. The Glee Singers with their own style of relaxed a Capella music had the audience smiling and tapping their feet. Thank you for joining us, gentlemen.

The success of the event was, of course, due to the hard work of many people, including those who organised the raffle, dealt with the catering, carried and set up heavy equipment, provided prizes and the myriad things which go towards an enjoyable event. And what a wonderful amount was raised by the very generous audience and various donations. This £650 ( and rising ) is the first amount raised to go towards the next undertaking by Cara Coweth Water Sierra Leone – providing solar energy for the town of Medina which will cost an estimated £10,000 to £14,000.

Thank you to everyone

Job well done!

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This Charity begins at home …

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Our first concert of the new season will be in aid of Cara Coweth Water, Sierra Leone.

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Cara Coweth is a charity founded in Stithians, Cara Coweth being Cornish for “A caring group of people working together” and the aim is to raise money to build clean drinking water wells in rural areas of Sierra Leone.The money sent covers the cost of the materials, many of which are given at a discounted price by local businesses. The wells themselves are hand-dug by the local people.

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Choir members Mollie and Monica on one of their visits to Sierra Leone

The availability of clean water doesn’t only benefit health. Children usually head out into the jungle in the mornings to find water to carry home. The time spent doing this prevents them from going to school, therefore with water available on their doorstep the children can go to school and improve their prospects for the future.

Pictured below is the first official well, which was presented to the people of Lungi Village on the 5th April 2013. Future plans include more wells and funding for solar panels to run the generators at Madina. £10,000 needs to be raised so that renewable energy can replace costly fuel.

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The choir is honoured and delighted to be able to support this remarkable charity and we would love all our friends and followers to join us at the concert so that we can raise lots of money.

Here are the details:-

SATURDAY APRIL 16th  7.30pm at the Church of St John the Baptist, Camborne.

Plenty of parking available. Admission free with donations invited. Refreshments and raffle afterwards. Guest appearance by the ever popular Glee Singers.

Read about Cara Coweth Water HERE

Cara Coweth Water Facebook page HERE

Find St John’s Church, Trevu Road, Camborne HERE

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A Stithians Choir supporting a Stithians Charity…

a Charity which may begin at home but has profound and far reaching results

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