Cobweb News 21.2.19

In this weeks Cobweb News:
Big Play 2019
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in Concert with Fenella Humphreys
200 Club Winners 

Big Play 2019 

Saturday 2nd March
Dipton Jubilee Centre, Front Street, Dipton, Co. Durham, DH9 9DR
10-6pm 
‘Pay What You Think It’s Worth’

Join us for our annual Big Play, a chance for all groups to come together and share repertoire on a common theme. The amazing range of repertoire on the theme of ‘Cities’ is as follows (not necessarily in playing order):
Dvorak “American Suite”

“Pirates of Plymouth”
Mozart “Prague”

Gershwin “American in Paris”

Mussorgsky “Great Gate of Kiev”,
Bizet Seville selection (from Carmen)
Massenet bits from “El Cid”

Bernstein “West Side Story” selection, “New York, New York”

Haydn “London”
“A Foggy Day”, “Lullaby of Broadway”,“42^nd Street”,  “I Love Paris”, “Arrivaderci Roma”, “Girl from Ipanema”

Mozart “Linz”

Strauss “Tales from the Vienna Woods”

It’s a ‘Pay What You Think It’s Worth’ event, so no advance payments, just bring along your pennies (and notes!)

It’s really important you let us know you’re coming so we have enough music for you all.
If you’d like to enrol using the new online sign up system please click here
If you’d like to enrol using the paper form, please download one here

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in Concert with Fenella Humphreys
Sunday 24th March
St. Cuthbert’s Chapel, Ushaw College, Durham.

We’re sure that everyone who took part in the study day on Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto with Fenella Humphreys earlier this year will want to be part of the orchestra to perform it in front of an audience, and will tell everyone they know to be there too!

Rehearsal 10 am – 1 pm
Performance 2-3 pm (no interval)

Food: Bring your own.
Dress: Standard Cobweb Concert Dress: black bottoms, white top, waistcoat and/or neckwear
Parts: Available on the day, but also can be downloaded from Petrucci here
Accompanying repertoire be played by Cobweb Baroque Group, which will mean that the whole rehearsal period can be devoted to Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.

Cost:
£17 Members
£20 Non Members
Students in full time education pay half the above prices

Payment can be made by cheque to the address below:
5 Valeside, Throckley, Newcastle upon Tyne
Or by BACs A/c: 65560297 Sort Code: 08-92-99 Payee ref: USHAW/your surname

A note to wind and brass players: Please don’t assume that there will be multiple players of your instrument signed up. If you want to play in the concert, just enrol. If there really are too many players for the space available, places will be filled on a “first come” basis.

If you’d like to enrol using the new online sign up system please click here
If you’d like to enrol using the paper form, please download one here

200 Club winners

The results for January are as follows:
1^st Andy Jackson £25
2^nd Heather Kelly £12
3^rd Joan Carter £8

If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning, information on how to join the 200 club is here and the standing order form is here.

That’s all this week, I hope you all have a great half term break!

Best wishes,

Lorna

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Lorna Wright

Event Coordinator, Cobweb Orchestra