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| Concert Details for the 27th ..... Hi there everyone! Well it’s not long to go now before the concert, I hope the info below will answer all your questions about the arrangements for the day but if not, please let us know! The date, an obvious one, but just to remind everyone, it’s Saturday 27th June. Tickets… I know some of you purchased tickets at the last rehearsal, but pls let me know if you want any and I will keep them aside and hand out at the concert day afternoon rehearsal in exchange for cheques/cash. I’m also happy to send them out if you let me know your address to post them to. Remember that friends of the orchestra get a concession too as well as family, so I have included previous players on this email who can’t make this concert – it would be great to see you/have your audience support! Adults: £12.50
down to £10.00 Programme… I know we have gone through a lot of potential pieces at the rehearsals, but here is the final draft of the programme we will be playing: ‘The Magic
Flute‘ Overture – W. A. Mozart Interval Pomp and Circumstance
march no. 4 – Edward Elgar For the fireworks: 1812 Overture – P. Tchaikovsky ‡ items with soloist. For those of you who have taken music away to rehearse, it would be great if you can make sure it’s all in order and you have a complete set. Also, if you need music, let us know and we will see what we can sort out – I’ll keep a close eye on emails over the next few days and into the weekend. Schedule of events for the day…. First of all, check out these maps.... The first one shows where the park is in relation to the town for those who are not familiar:
and the second is a more blown up picture of where we need to meet. Head for the area arrowed ‘Artistes Parking’....
This is reserved for us, and is as close to the backstage area as you can get. If we can meet at the Backstage Area for 1.45PM please, that way we can get on the stage and start setting up the chairs etc for 2PM. The rehearsal will be from 2PM to 4PMish, when we will run through the whole set, practice with Gaynor Keeble, our soloist, and generally acclimatise to the stage acoustics etc. The town band will be rehearsing after us, so we will then have an opportunity to return to our respective homes and prepare for the evening event. For those of you travelling from far afield you are welcome to stay at my house if required, (if you do, let me know by email so I can try and cater for you!) however we need to be changed and returned to the Back Stage area for 7.30PM sharp so we can allow for any final preparations. I think we are on between 8PM and 8.30PM, with a 40 minute set. This will take us through to 9.10PM when there will be an interval for 20 – 30 mins, followed by the final 40 min set finishing up at around 10.15PM. Dress Code… We want to look the part, so…. Gents: Dinner
Jackets (That’s Black Jacket, White Shirt and Black bow tie) I am conscious that this is short notice, so if there is a strong view in the Gents camp to wear all black, then pls let me know – I personally feel we should go with the DJ, as we will look more the ‘Proms part’ and we can always take jackets off after the first piece, which with a white shirt will be cooler in the lights. I will check emails this weekend and if there is a popular consensus for black shirts then I’ll re-advise on dress code. And finally… I hope we have covered everything here but if you have any questions, pls do let us know – Howard is on 07956 405984, and Nikki can be found on 07725043544 There may be discrete changes to the plans above, so please can I ask you keep a close eye on your email over the coming days. Look forward to seeing you all on the 27th! Let’s just hope the weather stays good! The Ampthill Orchestra Committee
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