Hi Apples I hope you had fun with Ged this week. As always, he spoke highly of you and had a ball with you all. Big thanks to all of you who turned out at St Matthew's - it was certainly better weather conditions than the last time we sang there! You sang really well, and I hope you all enjoyed it! Next week will be your final session before the summer break. We return on Monday 31st August. In the meantime, here is your programme for next week: BEAUTIFUL (the Carol King medl

Hi Apples Next week you have the lovely Ged leading the session and the programme is as follows: YOU WILL BE FOUND – it's been a while for this one, but I know you'll do your best BE OUR GUEST – Ged will teach you new notes from bar 153, and then recap from the start THRILLER – Ged will teach you new notes from bar 141, and then let you sing from the start A MILLION DREAMS We are still short on numbers for St Matthew's on Saturday, especially mids, so please try to come if yo

Hi Apples Here are the details for Saturday. VENUE - ST MATTHEW'S C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, STRETTON RD, STRETTON WA4 4NT DATE - SATURDAY 18TH JULY TIME - 12 PM for a half hour performance. We are performing outside, weather permitting, under a gazebo. We will be standing up, but chairs will be available for anyone who needs one, or bring your own! No need to get there until 15 minutes before. The event starts at 12 so we will be the first performers. You will all need to sing o

Hi Apples Please could anyone who wasn't at choir tonight but IS planning on attending the performance next Saturday please either reply to this email or comment on Facebook, so I get an accurate set of numbers. Please only reply if you CAN do it. The performance is at the St Matthew's School Stretton Summer Fayre at 12pm on Saturday 18th and lasts for half an hour. Many thanks. Andrew x Magic Voices 3 Alder Grove, Chapel En Le Frith United Kingdom

Hi Apples I know I will see lots of you on Sunday, and I've already emailed you about that. This is the programme email for next Monday. You have one more concert after Sunday, which is at St Matthew's School, Stretton on Saturday 18th July at 12pm. It's a half hour programme and we will be standing up, probably outside. I will take numbers for this on Monday night. The set list for this performance is as follows: DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER DANCING THROUGH LIFE CHARLIE MEDLEY I

Hi Apples Here are some details about Sunday. VENUE - Walton Hall and Gardens, Walton Lea Rd, Higher Walton, Warrington WA4 6SN DATE - Sunday 12th July We are on at 1.30pm and our set lasts for 40 minutes. Please note advice from the organisers to arrive at the venue by 12.45pm, so you have plenty of time to park and then make your way on foot to Marquee 5. As soon as the previous act has finished, we have 5 minutes to get onto the stage and in position, so please don't dilly

Hi Apples Well sung this week Apples. Next week we will run your programme for DAD at Walton Hall, so please bring all your music in the right order and we will sing the whole programme standing up. Songs: DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER DANCING THROUGH LIFE SPACE ODDITY I'M A BELIEVER CHARLIE HOW DOES A MOMENT ELECTRICITY DANCING QUEEN PLEASE ALSO BRING THRILLER AND BE OUR GUEST. Here is some useful information from Tony about the event: Key points at DADInfo for PerformersParking:

CALLING ALL LOWS AND GENTS!!! Can any of LOWS AND GENTS help swell the numbers at a Chorley gig on Saturday please? The songs are all ones you know and are singing at your own gigs. It's a 45 minute set which starts at 3.15pm in a beautiful church in Croston near Leyland. Postcode is PR26 9HA. Please reply to this ONLY if you CAN do it, or comment on the corresponding Facebook post. Thanks in advance. Andrew x Magic Voices 3 Alder Grove, Chapel En Le Frith United Kingdom

Hi Apples. If there are any of you who weren't at choir tonight, but WILL BE attending the event at Walton Hall and Gardens on Sunday 12th, please can you comment on the FB post or reply to this x Magic Voices 3 Alder Grove, Chapel En Le Frith United Kingdom

This is a message from Tony Gillam (Appleton) who is helping to organise the Disability Awareness Day at Walton Hall and Gardens on Sunday 12th July, regarding parking passes. Next Monday (29th) we'll start allocating parking passes - limited space, so try to fill a vehicle. Many thanks. This is a map for the DAD event at Walton Hall Gardens. We're on at 1.30pm and will have to get in place quickly - only 5 minutes allowed after previous performer. The Arts Marquee is at the

Hi Apples Thanks for a great session this week, and I think we coped ok with the heat! Here is your programme for Walton Hall and Gardens: DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER DANCING THROUGH LIFE SPACE ODDITY I'M A BELIEVER CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY MEDLEY (Pure imagination, Candy man) HOW DOES A MOMENT LAST FOREVER ELECTRICITY DANCING QUEEN Next week please can you bring the following: HOW DOES A MOMENT LAST FOREVER CHARLIE THRILLER BE OUR GUEST I'M A BELIEVER See you next week

Hi Apples Well sung this week - after 3 weeks of no singing we certainly blew away the cobwebs - and what brilliant numbers we had! Only 9 absentees from a choir of 65! It makes such a difference to the sound! Next week's programme is as follows: SPACE ODDITY THRILLER - Man in the Mirror section, definitely! ***NEW SONG ALERT*** - BE OUR GUEST - from Beauty and the Beast - sorry we didn't get on to this one this week, but we will definitely be making a start on it next week G

Hi Apples Welcome back everyone! If you've managed to get a break, I hope it's been a good one and you've escaped all this terrible rain. Next week's programme looks like this: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY THRILLER - I think we are on to the Man in the Mirror section now SPACE ODDITY - if you remember, we had to abandon this one when we had taster week, so now we can finish it off ****NEW SONG ALERT**** BE OUR GUEST - from Beauty and the Beast REACH FOR THE STARS Just a

Hi Apples and Maccers Just a reminder that you are now on half term break until week beginning June 15th. I will send a programme email nearer the time. See you soon! Andrew x Magic Voices 3 Alder Grove, Chapel En Le Frith United Kingdom

Hi Apples What a lovely evening we had this week. 10 years, WOW! It was so good to chat with you and share memories. And thank you again for your generous birthday present, which I have already started spending! Yes it's choir as usual, despite it being a bank holiday, and then 2 weeks off for half term Next week's set looks like this: I'M A BELIEVER CHARLIE MEDLEY THRILLER SPACE ODDITY – if you remember, we didn't quite finish this before we had to pause for taster week. WAT

Hi Apples Thanks for a great session this week, and we finished I'm a Believer! Next Monday will be a little different, as you know. To celebrate the choir's 10th anniversary, we will be having a buffet in the hall, just like the ones we have at Christmas. Please don't bring too much food! And please take home whatever is left from your contribution. The school is providing tables at the back of the hall and some bins. Our singing will be a little curtailed, so we will just b

Hi Apples, Thanks for a great session this week. Next week's running order is as follows: I'M A BELIEVER CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY ***NEW SONG ALERT*** - THRILLER MEDLEY! SHINE As we discussed on Monday, it will soon be 10 YEARS since Magic Voices Appleton opened its doors! So, on Monday 18th May some of our session will be taken over by a buffet at the hall, just like we do at Christmas, where every member brings something to eat or drink, and we will lay it all out

Hi Apples Thanks for a super session this week. Yes THERE IS A SESSION ON MONDAY - we are always open on bank holiday Mondays except when they occur during our breaks. Running order as follows: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST I'M A BELIEVER CHARLIE MEDLEY THIS IS ME You have some concerts coming up this term, as follows: Sunday 12th July - Walton Hall and Gardens - Disability Awareness Day (with Macclesfield) Saturday 18th July - St Matthew's, Stretton Summer Fayre Not sure on times yet

Hi Apples This is your programme email for next week - unrelated to tomorrow's concert. Next week WE HAVE TASTERS! As always, please make them feel welcome and try to help them if they got lost in their music (not in a Sister Sledge kind of way!). Please could I rely on my usual helpers to meet and greet? Your programme is as follows: DANCING QUEEN CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - for the benefit of tasters, we will begin with the Candy Man section, where we had got up to

Hi Apples Here is all you need to know about your forthcoming concert on Saturday 25th April. VENUE - Salvation Army Citadel Church, Academy Street, Warrington WA1 2BQ TIME - please arrive for 5.45pm. We have a half hour slot for you to bagsy your seats and do a sound check, before doors open to the public at 6.15pm. The band will be rehearsing until 5.45pm. If you arrive before 5.45 please relax in the smaller hall where you will be able to leave coats and have interval drin