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Written by Margaret Walker

A Happy New Year to everyone. The New Year finds The Savoy Singers fully occupied with Production Rehearsals for Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer, which are going well. Our Stage Director, Stuart Box, certainly knows his G & S and has some interesting ideas, setting this production in the Summer of 1951 which will make it unique as well as true to the piece."An evening of eggs, ham, strawberry jam, backfiring spells, songs about bells and tea...lots of tea" which is just what the doctor ordered in post-war Britain as rationing is still in the process of being removed. An excellent principal line-up, a super new tenor lead to play Alexis, some new young members and music in the capable hands of our Musical Director, Geoff Horton make this a show not to be missed.
Our pre-Christmas party was again enjoyable and carols were sung as requested by the membership. However, one of our members came up with an excellent suggestion that, next year, rather than just singing carols for and to ourselves, we should find a venue where we could sing. This could be either outside a supermarket where we could make a collection for a local charity or in a care home or even a pub. crawl as suggested by one of our committee. I think this is a super idea and would be good for publicity, if we distributed flyers for the next show, and for the profile of The Savoy Singers as well as fun and raising some money for a local charity. Any ideas or comments on this idea would be gratefully received and considered.
Many of you have been to Gilbert & Sullivan productions and other operatic and musical productions. We would love your reviews on both professional and amateur productions that you have seen. You can email them to me and I will put them onto the review page or blog them.
When you were asked about your opinions and preferences for our October 2012 production, there was division between gentlemen and ladies. The men's preference was for another musical while the ladies were in favour of another revue. Shortly we shall be calling an EGM and putting before you the committee's selection upon which we shall all vote. Please talk to someone on the committee if you have anything you would like add before we call the EGM.
Now is the time to sell tickets for The Sorcerer. Each year we have many flyers unused that could be in shops, offices, leisure centres, church halls - the list is endless. Please help Iris who has taken on the coordination of publicising the next show by taking flyers and putting them in as many places as you can. Please do a mail drop down your street and send out the flyer electronically to your friends. Remember you can buy tickets for your friends via our Business Manager, Viv Andrews.
Some new social events are being planned so please watch out for these. In particular, keep the weekend of 30th June free, for a special singing event we are planning!

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