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To nd out more about e Crossings, or make a donation visit: www.thecrossings.org.uk Marchwood Prelude’s next concert, “Out Of is World” will take place on Saturday 9th May at 7pm in Marchwood Village Hall. For more information about the Orchestra visit: www.marchwoodmusicsociety.com Flowers from the Nutcracker brought the classics into the programme. California Dreaming may not seem like an obvious winter tune, until you realise it was written by the Mamas and Papas’ Michelle and John Fhillips sitting in a frozen New York hotel wishing they were home. Christmas also featured in the repertoire of the orchestra and other ensembles performing, with Jose Feliciano’s Feliz Navidad, a fairly new addition to the Christmas music lexicon, proving to be a rm favourite. Prelude Orchestra The hall was transformed into a Winter Wonderland highlighting the variety of issues that the twenty volunteers deal with - from people facing eviction o en through no fault of their own, to people forced to sofa surf, or sleep rough. e charity provides the support for people needing help to improve their situation. He pointed out that although homelessness is often associated with cities and more urban areas, the charity had helped over 150 people on the Waterside since it began ve years ago. Sandwiched between the orchestra’s performances e Flutes of the Forests, e Marchwood Clarinotes, and Saxophonous each performed Compere for the a ernoon was Phil Elsey, who treated the audience to a comedy interlude which lled the hall on cue with cheers and well-meaning groans as he reeled o Christmas cracker jokes. Phil is one of the many members of the orchestra who put in such a lot of work to making the Prelude concerts happen, not least Angela Mabey who designed and decorated the hall and backdrop with a team of helpers. Proceeds of £510.72 from the concert were donated to local Waterside charity e Crossings which works with homeless people. In the interval Andy Clarke, the project leader, described its work Totton Sing For Life Choir Totton Sing for Life Choir (SFL) were very busy in the lead up to Christmas, with many performances raising much needed funds for Wessex Cancer Support. ank you to everyone that supported the Totton Sing For Life Choir Christmas Concert, held in presented by Sound A Capella on behalf of SFL, raising a further £173. e choir had a great time singing for and with the audience at the Copythorne Christmas Carol Concert with money raised to be added to the grand total in due course. Totton Sing for Life Choir meets weekly on Wednesdays, 2pm–4pm at Hounsdown Hall. Anyone is welcome to go along, you don’t need to sing like an angel, just be prepared to have some fun and enjoy 2 hours of escapism singing popular songs in a very relaxed way. eir next concert will be on 8th March at Colbury Memorial Hall. Hounsdown Hall. The event raised an amazing £349.55 – thank you to the Hounsdown Committee for supporting the event. ank you also to Totton u3a for inviting the choir to sing for them, along with two other events
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