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

Hi Apples Welcome back! I hope you've all had a wonderful Easter. As you know, one week today on Saturday 25th we have a concert at the Citadel in Warrington. On Monday we will run the whole programme, which will take about an hour. *The remainder of the session will be spent on* *SPACE ODDITY*. As a reminder, the concert programme is as follows: Dancing Queen Superstar Heart of stone Dancing through life Defying gravity Anthem Lion king How does a moment last forever Electri

Hi everyone My choirs are now on a fortnight's break Appleton returns on 20th April Macc returns on 22nd April Chorley returns on 23rd April I'll be back in touch nearer the time with a programme email Thank you all so much for some wonderful singing this term, and a Happy Easter to you all! Andrew x

Hi Apples This concert is going to be GREAT!!! The first 2 sets of the programme sounded amazing this week - really accurately remembered and sung with enthusiasm. Next week we will sing SETS 2 and 3, as follows: LION KING HOW DOES A MOMENT LAST FOREVER ELECTRICITY DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER MEMORY ONE DAY MORE We will then continue learning CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and SPACE ODDITY. Next week is your last week before Easter. See you next week Apples Andrew x

Hi Apples Thanks for a great session this week, and for a very nice start on the "Charlie" medley. As you know, we have a concert on 25th April at the Citadel, where we are sharing the bill with a brass band. The format will take the form of 2x 15 minute sessions from both groups in each half, separated by an interval. Although it may seem a way off, we actually only have 3 rehearsals before, as we have a 2 week break for Easter. However, over the past few weeks, you have bee

Hi everyone Thanks for a great week of singing! Next week's list is as follows: DEFYING GRAVITY DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER SPACE ODDITY CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - brand new musical theatre medley for us all! HEART OF STONE See you all next week! Andrew x

Hi Apples Well we finished Heart of Stone and, believe it or not, Don't look back in anger is nearly done too! Set list for next week is as follows: HEART OF STONE DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER SUPERSTAR - we will be doing this at the Citadel concert SPACE ODDITY - brand new song and hot off the press from Andy - yes it's the David Bowie 1970s classic LION KING - another for the Citadel I will take numbers for the concert at the Citadel on Monday - Sat 25th April evening - so if y

Hi everyone I hope you all had a good half term break, or if you didn't get one, a nice time away from me! Next week's programme looks like this: DANCING THROUGH LIFE - this is now finished, so let's do a recap DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER - good start on this last half term HEART OF STONE - we should be able to finish this next week ELECTRICITY See you all next week Andrew x

Hi Apples Well sung this week everyone. Dancing through Life is finished and Heart of Stone, almost! And a great start on Don't look back in anger. Hopefully all 3 of these will be going into your next performance at The Citadel on 25th April. In the meantime, happy half term - we return on MONDAY 2ND MARCH , and I'll send you a programme email nearer the time. Andrew x

Hi everyone I've heard some terrific singing this week - it has really lifted my spirits - thankyou! Next week's programme is as follows: HOW DOES A MOMENT LAST FOREVER HEART OF STONE DANCING THROUGH LIFE DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER - brand new song hot off the press. I feel a bit disloyal as a Manc (by adoption only - Yorkshire lad by birth!) saying that I'm not a fan of Oasis, but this song is a classic that will stand the test of time folks. Have a listen on youtube, as well

Hi everyone Thanks for a great week of musicmaking - the 2 new songs are coming on really well and are nearly finished! Next week's programme, which includes 2 old favourites) looks like this: FERNANDO DANCING THROUGH LIFE HEART OF STONE MEMORY See you next week Andrew x

Hi everyone Very well sung this week - the 2 new songs are coming on a treat and sounding great, TRUTHFULLY (geddit?) Next week's programme is as follows: LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU HEART OF STONE DANCING THROUGH LIFE GO THE DISTANCE See you next week! Andrew x

Hi Apples What a wonderful session we had this week! Almost full attendance, new members and tasters too - oh, and you sang your hearts out! Great start on the new songs - "Six" is showing until Saturday at the Palace in Manchester by the way. May I also say, on behalf of us all, a very big welcome to the new joiners and, if you haven't already, please join ouf facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/magicvoicesappleton Next week's programme looks like this: UNDE

Hi Apples It was good to see your faces again this week. It was such a shame the weather was a deterrent, but onwards and upwards, and hopefully we will get some more tasters next week. Next week's running order looks like this: DANCING QUEEN HEART OF STONE DANCING THROUGH LIFE ELECTRICITY See you next week! Andrew x

Hi Apples and Maccers! And a very happy new year to you all! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are ready to come back to choir next week. We will have plenty of tasters joining us next week, so can I have my usual helpers to assist with meeting and greeting please. I know you will all be your usual welcoming selves, and please try to give them a hand if they get lost in their music, or have any questions. I've got an uplifting programme for you which looks like thi

Hi Apples Sorry I had to pull out this week. The plan at the moment is to extend this term by one week to make up for the lsot session. So your last session will be on Monday 15th. I'm aware that gives us one less week to prepare for Tatton, but hopefully your recall of the songs will be good! Here is the running order for the 3 sets at Tatton Farm: SET 1 - 1.30-1.55PM IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS XMAS CAROLS MEDLEY (Silent night etc) LET IT GO O HOLY NIGHT I L

CALLING ALL APPLETON GENTS! If any of you could help out at either of the following, I would be very grateful: Croston Christmas Fayre SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER 2PM (for Chorley) 45 minute set (standing) - all the usual Christmas songs. This is the venue where you park at the school and walk up to the village. Beautiful church, with lots going on in the village. Tatton Farm SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER 10.30AM-1PM for Macclesfield. It would just mean you coming early to Tatton. We have

Hi everyone Next week's programme is as follows: I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY - finishing off WALKING IN THE AIR - for new members, we stop before it changes into carol of the bells SEASONS OF LOVE - for new members , you will find this under RENT MEDLEY - it is from BAR 45 ("five hundred.... etc") I LOVE CHRISTMAS DAY CHRISTMAS MEDLEY 2017 ( it begins"Silver bells" etc - NOT Macclesfield If we have time, and as a break from Christmas stuff, I would like to start

Hi Apples What a brilliant, memorable night we had tonight! Thank you so much for your energy and hard work. You were wonderful! I hope all the newbies to our choirs now understand the "high" that a concert can bring you. Soloists, you were fabulous, fearless and a credit to your choirs, yourselves and to me. Big thanks to all those who helped behind the scenes, Chris Lord for his excellent MCing, the band and the wonderfully talented Mr Rumble, without whom these choirs woul