Extra rehearsal: Thursday 11 June at 7.30pm at St Peter's in the Forest, Woodford New Road.

 

Programme (choir folders to be used)

•  Give Unto the Lord (Elgar)
• Silver Swan
• Now is the Month of Maying
• Where'ere You Walk (Handel arr. Rathbone)
• Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (Shakespeare/Arne arr. Rathbone)
• Les Fleurs et les Arbres (Saint-Saëns)
• Calme des Nuits (Saint-Saëns)
• Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré)
• Windmills of Your Mind (Michel Legrand arr. Rathbone)
• The Summer Knows (Michel Legrand arr. Rathbone)
• Love of My Life (Mercury)
• Nobody Knows (trad arr. Rathbone)
• Polly Wally Doodle (trad arr. Rathbone)

 

Travel

One minibus and one 9-seater will be used to take most of the group up. We will be stopping en route for a break, and expect to arrive at the hotel by 2.30pm.

 

Saturday timetable

The minibuses leave at 10.45am (collection points are either Walthamstow Central station - please note the Victoria Line is not expected to be running that weekend - or Beacontree Avenue corner of Forest Road) on Saturday 13^th, stopping en route for lunch, and arriving between 2.30 and 3pm.  I'm told the hotel is about 30 minutes' drive from Wirksworth, where we're performing.  The minibus group will therefore need to check-in and leave almost immediately. 

Independent travellers: the address of the church is St Mary, Church Close, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, DE4 4DP. Parking is apparently limited. See also maps below.

Fishpond choir say the church is clearly visible, quite a large church for the size of town, and the Red Lion pub, where the buffet will be laid on prior to the concert, and drinks after, is about 100 meters away on the market square.  

Fishpond rehearsal: 3:00 to 4:00

Tea on arrival at 3.45.

Forest rehearsal: 4:00 to 5:00

Buffet: 5:00 to 6:30

Return to venue: 6:30 ish

Concert: 7:30 (we'll probably be on second this time)

Back to the Red Lion pub (marked on map): 10:00-ish (there'll be a separate room with bar)

 

Accommodation

The Derbyshire Hotel
Carter Lane East
South Normanton
Derby
DE55 2EH                     Tel. 01773 812000                     

 

St Marys Church 

St Mary’s Church is situated in a large churchyard behind the shops on the East side of the main road through Wirksworth.

Access to the church is via Church Lane, a short cul-de-sac off Coldwell Street, or via the pedestrian access through St Mary’s Gate.

 The church does not have a car park, but there is a small amount of parking available nearby in the Market Square, and parking is available on some local streets. However, overall parking in Wirksworth is limited.

As the church is not actually on a road, it does not appear to have a postcode. However, for SatNav purposes, or for getting directions on the internet, the following postcode points to the centre of Wirksworth:

For those of you travelling up under your own steam, I have advised the hotel we'll be arriving some time between 2.30 and 3pm on the Saturday (with the exception of Brian and Marian who are going up on the Friday). Breakfast on Sunday is included.

 

Concert dress - usual

Changing facilities - hardly any. There is a small vestry which we can use, and I'm told the toilet is quite roomy, so you may want to take the opportunity to change into concert dress before leaving for Wirksworth.

Free tickets are being provided for the friends coming up with us:

Pip's husband, Graham Irving, Stirling Grayston, Ted Carder, Monica Janowski's husband, Ron Atkinson, David Puddifoot, and Lisel's Phil.

* Bus pick-ups: W=Walthamstow Central, and B=Beacontree Ave/Forest Road	V	Bus	* Bus
Pip KINGS	S1	No
Eva RADKOWSKA	S1	Yes
Liz SHARP (with Graham)	S1	No
Pauline SYMON	S1	Yes
Jo FLETCHER	S1	No
Gillian BARKER	S2	No
Marilyn GRAYSTON (with Stirling)	S2	No
Ruth KAUFMAN	S2	Yes	W
Carole MERRIMAN	S2	Yes	B
Charlotte WRIGHT	S2	Yes	B
Harriet HAMMEL	T	Yes	W
Lisel RYATT	T	No
Isabel STOBART	T	Yes	B
Joan CARDER (with Ted)	A1	No
Jane COOPER	A1	Yes	B
Rosalind HALL	A1	Yes
Barbara HUMM (with partner)	A1	Yes x2	Wx2
Monica JANOWSKI (with husband)	A1	Yes
Kairen ZONENA	A1	Yes
Marian JARVIS	A2	No
Annette JENSEN	A2	Yes
Gill MAPLEY	A2	Yes	B
Lizzie PUDDIFOOT (with Dave)	A2	No
Chris SOBEY	A2	No
Jo GAUCI	A2	Yes	B
Tom JOHN	B1	Yes	W
Oliver MASON	B	Yes	B
Mike PITWOOD	B1	Yes	W
Brian JARVIS	B2	No
Steve LOWE	B2	Yes	W
Tony SUMMERS	B2	No

 

Room-share arrangements

Single Rooms

• Harvey BRINK
• Oliver MASON
• Pauline SYMON
• Carole MERRIMAN 

 Twin Rooms

• Jane COOPER and Eva RADKOWSKA
• Gill MAPLEY and Annette JENSEN
• Rosalind HALL and Kairen ZONENA
• Barbara HUMM and Ron ATKINSON
• Ruth KAUFMAN and Jo GAUCI
• Mike PITWOOD and Steve LOWE
• Chris SOBEY and Jo FLETCHER
• Isabel STOBART and Charlotte WRIGHT 

 Double Rooms

• Joan and Ted CARDER
• Harriet HAMMEL and Tom JOHN
• Monica JANOWSKI and Mr Janowski
• Marilyn and Stirling GRAYSTON (Saturday and Sunday)
• Brian and Marian JARVIS (Friday and Saturday)
• Pip KINGS and Mr KINGS

(32 people in all)

 

Sunday

Checkout by time to be agreed, depending on plans for return trip. Currently a number of suggestions for a visit en route home have been made, including:

• Chatsworth House
• Kedleston Hall (National Trust)
• Calke Abbey (National Trust)
• Ashby de la Zouche
• Biddulph Grange