PATRONS

 
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Dear Patrons,
 
 

Prelude to Christmas 2021

Here’s a reminder of our first post-lockdown concert – The Prelude to Christmas.

 
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I shall attempt to keep you up to date with patron-related information, funnies and other items you might find of interest.  Our Patrons are a very important part of our Choir.  We don’t know what we would do without you and we look forward to seeing you at Toll Gavel and elsewhere as soon as it is humanly possible.  Might we even go off on another  weekend away together during the next year or so?  Hmm.  Depends on Mr Covid.
 
Remember that you can always contact me with any requests, offerings, complaints or suggestions, preferably by email – julianmusik@icloud.com 
 
This also applies to any non-patrons who might have strayed onto this page and might wish to join us.  Most of our patrons have been with us for many years, so there must be something good in it for them!  Further details can be found on the “About the Choir” page of this website.
 
Best wishes and a hasty return to normality to you all
 
Julian Musik
Patrons’ Coordinator
 
 
Our current loyal Patrons are:
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1.  If you are a patron but your name does not appear
2.  If there is an error
3.  If your name appears here but you have not yet provided me with your email address.  At the risk of being boring I say again that being able to email is so very much easier for all concerned (well, me!)
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Honorary Life Members:
 
Members who have served the Choir exceptionally well as Musical Director/Musical Accompanist/President/Long-serving, retired members who have provided exceptional service to the choir.

Kate

Pat

Ann

John

Andrew

Alan

Dorothy

David

Mark

Ken

Andrews

Cave

Christie

Cross

Eastwood

Lee

Walker

Wilkinson

Williams

Doran
 
 
 
Patrons of long standing, as well as widows of departed members, will I am sure also be interested in the material on the “Memorabilia” and “Lest we Forget” pages under “About the Choir”.
 
 
 
 
**Note that with videos you can click the small square bottom right corner for full screen.**

A Ray of sunshine among the Covid Gloom

We hear that Amy Butler and Steve Goulden just got engaged.  Perfect harmony!

We are sure that the members are delighted and wish them all the very best for their future together.

 
 
 
Some very good thoughts – some seen before, some not (by me, anyway)
 
As I sat, strapped in my seat waiting during the countdown, one thought kept crossing my mind …  every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.
-John Glenn
 
When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. 
 They  said ‘Let us pray.’  We closed our eyes.  When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
– Desmond Tutu
 
America is a country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling  is real but the moon landing was faked.
– David Letterman
 
I’m not a paranoid, deranged millionaire. I’m a billionaire.  
– Howard Hughes
 
After the game, the King and the Pawn go into the same box. 
– Italian  proverb
 
The only reason they say ‘Women and children first’ is to test the strength of the lifeboats.
–  Jean Kerr
 
I’ve been married to a communist and a fascist, and neither would take out the garbage.  
– Zsa Zsa Gabor
 
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife.  
–  Prince Philip
 
Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.  
– Harrison Ford
 
The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit under a tree.  
– Spike Milligan
 
Lawyers believe a man is innocent until proven broke. 
– Robin Hall
 
Kill one man and you’re a murderer, kill a million and you’re a conqueror. 
– Jean Rostand.
 
Having more money doesn’t make you happier. I have 50 million dollars  but I’m just as happy as when I had 48 million.
– Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 
We are here on earth to do good unto others What the others are here for, I have no idea.  
–   W. H Auden
 
If life were fair Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead. 
–   Johnny Carson
 
Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball  cap.
–   Steve Martin
 
Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is. 
– Jimmy Durante
 
America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric. /
– Doug Hamwell
 
The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone.  
– George Roberts
 
If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to get to the airport.  
– Jonathan Winter
 
I have kleptomania, but when it gets bad, I take something for it.
– Robert Benchley
 
The weather person is the only person that I know, that can be wrong 99.9 % of the time and still have a job the  next day.  
-Johnny Carson