A New Chairperson

Last Tuesday night, the first rehearsal for Ruddygore and Trial by Jury, saw the hand-over of power from Peter Dooley, the outgoing Chairman, to Mary Benson, our incoming Chairwoman.

I think I speak for all of us when I wish Mary all the best for the coming year!

Sky Arts and Gilbert and Sullivan

For all you G & S fans with Sky TV, next week sees the start of a new series called Gilbert and Sullivan: A Motley Pair. This series explores the success behind the operas and is presented by Simon Butteriss, a singer and actor who has performed many of the comic roles written by G & S.



The link below will take you to the official Sky TV page with further information.



http://www.skyarts.co.uk/opera/article/gilbert-and-sullivan-a-motley-pair/?DCMP=EMC-Sky-ArtsEmail_BI



Tune in on Wednesday 8th September at 8pm on Sky Arts 2.



TTFN

'Dame' Hannah

We have a winner!

I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the first ever Caption Competition is none other than our very own Musical Director, Mr Alan Durman with a winning entry of 'Three Little MADS from school.' He wins a chocolatey prize which he will receive next week at the FIRST REHEARSAL (Tuesday 7th September, 7.30 - bring a friend!!), well done! Mr Cliff Spooner receives a 'Highly Commended' for "...with cat-like tread...grrr...". He wins a slightly smaller chocolatey prize! Mr Graham Jones was runner-up with "give us back our cauldron, or else..." (Sorry, Graham, I only saw your email after I published this post - oops!)

There were, sadly, no other entries so August's competition can be counted as a warm up.

Take a look at September's Caption Competition and add your caption as a comment below the post (or email it to me if the comment box is playing up!!).

Best of luck (and apologies to Wendy and Gordon this time...)

'Dame Hannah