Zoom meetings

Monday 19th July Zoom meeting.

https://bbc.zoom.us/j/3658243877?pwd=dlZnc3krdUdibUo4SHlaYXVwbGJYUT09

Meeting ID: 365 824 3877
Passcode: 201208

This Year’s AGM will be held at Toll Gavel Church on 26^th July 2021 at 7:00pm.  The Agenda and other documents can be found here: AGM docs

 

Derek Rigby

 

It is with great regret that we have to pass on news of the death of Derek Rigby, a Life Member of Blackpool Male Voice Choir.

Derek was a very special gentleman, who following his move to Lytham, to be nearer his family, always kept in touch with us!

Derek retired from active duty with BMVC over ten years ago but maintained a passionate interest in our activities through his ongoing friendship with long-serving member Rhodes Holmes.  He even managed to join in on our 2020 Christmas Zoom get-together.

 

Derek joined Blackpool MVC from Beverley MVC and was instrumental in bringing about a hugely successful joint concert in Blackpool.

 

Music played a major part in Derek’s life and he spent countless hours on his electronic organ creating tracks which he combined to form fantastic versions of popular songs.

He often used to play before a concert started, and then again during the interval.

 

Our thoughts are with Derek’s family. The funeral is to be held at Carleton Crematorium on 16 July at 1230.

 

Rest in peace Derek.

Selective Rehearsal

Your Committee decided at the last meeting that, as we hopefully approach an end to the pandemic, it would be sensible to ask Liz to nominate two or three songs a week for your special attention.  It was felt that this would help, in addition to the Monday Zoom meetings, to have us all to a limited extent “singing from the same song sheet.”

Liz agreed and has nominated  songs from the current repertoire as follows:

Week commencing 5 July:

We rise again

 

Someone Like You

 

Tell My Father

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Your name will be listed next to your contribution unless you request otherwise. 

For any who don’t realise it, you can move videos to full screen by clicking on the square in bottom right-hand corner.

You can also enlarge pictures/cartoons by clicking on them.

This from Kate and Nick Andrews.  Decided to move it to the top – cheers you up if you play it every few days.  Other items will be added and removed as thought appropriate.  This will remain until crisis-end.  It might be regarded as the BMVC Covid anthem!

Don’t forget that Amy is now on a separate page called, erm, “Amy’s Page”, and that you can go over there and listen to what she has to say and play. 

Remember also that you can send her a request if there is a favourite you would like to hear from her.  I had an email exchange the other day with  Pat Cave, the quiet lady, who wishes the Choir all the very best and says how much she enjoys listening to Amy. 

If anyone ever wanted to make a movie of  our Pat’s life, and why might they not, they would need to find someone to play the young Pat.  They’d look for an extremely talented pianist for whom nothing is too much trouble as well as someone equally quiet and unjustifiably modest.  Hmm, wonder who they’d choose. 

Never forgetting Dorothy, Emily, Sue and Leonie, what a lucky choir we have been for pianists over the years.

For those who have not heard Pat play, here she is accompanying the choir, on our 50th anniversary, in “Plaisir d’amour”

And here’s another BMVC Golden Oldie for those who like that kind of thing – “Somewhere over the rainbow”.

And on a livelier note! (Pat on piano again)

Zoom Meetings and Virtual Choir

1. For those who have not yet signed up to Zoom – it is never too late.  It is easy and it won’t cost you anything.  Here is how to do it:

You need either a computer with a microphone – internal will do, a tablet (eg ipad), or smartphone.