A summer concert with a relaxed feel
in the beautiful surroundings of St. Budock Church.
We would love to see you there!
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and the Cornwall Branch
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Category Archives: Event
Successful? … you bet!
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 )
A full report will appear very shortly, together with a recording –
so keep checking back!
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Here we come!
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.
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.
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.
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+
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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Our next concert is …
This Charity begins at home …
Our first concert of the new season will be in aid of Cara Coweth Water, Sierra Leone.
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.
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.
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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A Stithians Tradition
Fun at Christmas
Photocredit: John Colgate
Many Cornish villages have traditions which the community maintain with a sense of pride and belonging. Stithians has several to do with Christmas, one being a Carol service in the village hall involving three of the village musical institutions – the brass band, the men’s choir and the ladies’ choir. The hall is not huge and the atmosphere is warm and cosy by the time the audience is shoe-horned in.
Photocredit: Peter Asplet
The carols of Thomas Merritt feature strongly, together with performances from the band and both choirs. But one Carol features every year because the composer was born in the village. Lewis H Pascoe wrote a version of “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night” probably between 1905 and 1910. He was the organist of Stithians Penmennor Methodist Church from 1903 to 1944 and the first accompanist of St. Stythians Male Choir 1913-26.
Occasions such as this are vital to the continuity of the Cornish choral tradition. Long may it continue!
A MERRY CORNISH CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR READERS
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Jubilate Deo!
This is the third of the songs which we sang in Truro Cathedral at the Truro Big Sing event. I apologise for the quality of the recording and the fact that we missed the beginning of the introduction.
Jubilate Deo by Mary Lynn Lightfoot
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Another memorable performance
Our performances in Truro Cathedral were warming and memorable both to us and the members of the congregation. The first song we posted, Hodie, from A Ceremony of Carols, can be found just below – here is another.
How Far Is It To Bethlehem
Arranged for SSA by David Willcocks
( Hope you like the snow! )
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Looking forward
OUR LAST CONCERT
Can’t wait!
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STITHIANS LADIES CHOIR 