Thanks for bumping this back up, Baz!

Ah - good weather is forecast, muffinmonster - so a nice sit-out in the garden area at the break, I think!

Thanks for your good wishes, Violin Hero - sorry you can't make it as it's so local to you!

Looking forward to it already...

Has any device been invented allowing a person to be in 2 places at once?

See you later for a Jolly Good Sing.

Great! And hopefully Baz and benjaminja too!

David has some more lovely music for us...and all the solfa is written in, so no problem with vegetables !

(PianoNotes will explain about 'vegetables' when I see you!)

Another lovely afternoon of lovely music and lovely weather.

Indeed it was!

Good to see not only muffinmonster there but also barry-clari, PianoNotes, onion, Willard and benjaminja .

We had about 38 participants this time and again made a pretty good noise! We sang some gorgeous music...

Next meeting is 6th June!

A very enjoyable afternoon's music.

Good to see plenty of forum representation, and I hope to be back again in the autumn (I sadly can't make June or July).

I had a great time. What beautiful repertoire (and a stunning new purple folder for sheets)! Looking forward very much to the next one...

Was good to see you benjaminja

I'll endeavour to remember to send this topic to the top of the listings before I go off forum in early June for a few days :Cyrilla, if you can let me know the dates for Sept/Oct/Nov when you know, I'd be grateful, thanks!

Tee hee I just KNEW you'd go for the purple folder, benjaminja !

Thanks, Baz - and of course will let you know asap re dates for the Autumn Term.

Many thanks!

The time just flew by. I'm rubbish at sight-singing but did manage to get the rhythm correct and move my mouth in the correct places.

Hurrah !!!

When I first started singing in a choir I didn't even move my mouth in the right places !

Enjoy yourselves tomorrow. I am on Chopin Society duties and will be at Ian Hobson's recital.

Thank you PianoNotes - looking forward to it!

Have a good day and hope to see you at a future session.

Another lovely sing today!

May I ask what songs I missed C?

*Looks in shiny purple folder*

OK, we did..

~ Amici che ora è - a gorgeous canon by Cherubini
~ If Ye Love Me - Tallis
~ Verily, Verily I Say Unto You - Tallis
~ O Susser Mai (sorry, don't know how to do umlauts or the German B for double s!) - Brahms
~ Call to Remembrance, O Lord - Farrant
~ Fahr Wohl - Brahms
~ Rejoice in the Lord Alway - Redford
~ Viva tutti le vezzose - Giardini

And it was all !!

Cool

I can't come in July either, sadly, so I'll look forward to joining you all again in the autumn.

Will post the Autumn Term dates asap.

Excellent : thank you. I'll let you know my Sep-Dec attendance as soon as the dates are out.

Another boost to the top of the list : next meeting is a week tomorrow. Sorry I can't join you all again, I hope to be back in the autumn.

Thanks for the reminder, Barry. I am not sure about next week yet. All I have been thinking about for the last 24 hours is going to summer school but am not sure if that will be happening this year.

Ooooo!!!!

That would be great if you can!

Hope to see you on 4th - but I'll see you next week anyway .

Thanks for putting the reminder up, Baz .

Thanks for the reminder. I've told Cyrilla I'll be going to the next one on the 4th and am now thinking

Er - actually now you've told the whole forum, so you'll just HAVE to go now !!

You will be FINE. You just open your mouth and go, 'la' (or do, or ti, or fa, or....).

*holds Panthera's hand*

Just been emailed the next four dates : Sept 12th, Oct 24th, Nov 7th, Dec 4th.

Of those, September's and October's look OK, November is definitely out (that's the date of Lois' forum concert in Birmingham), and December's is out (4th is a Saturday )...

Wish I lived closer, this sounds great. Unfortunately hubby won't let me fly over each time LOL

Cyrilla, is there a book that I could at least learn the basics from? My nearly 6 year old has just discovered singing and I did a bit of kinestetic hand up and down motion to help him (had to learn the verse and chorus of waltzing matilda for school) as he wasn't listening and now he is singing exactly in tune unaccompanied. He really enjoyed it too, and I'd like to build on it as he doesn't have the best concentration ever...

I'll hopefully see you on the CT course next year but I don't want him to wait that long.

SOrry, threadjack over!!

Cyrilla, I won the race back to the forum

The December meeting is indeed a Sunday, the 5th.

That still looks an iffy day, but two from four is pretty good...

Thanks for amending the date, Baz!

Dawn, will PM you tomorrow - too pooped just now...

Another lovely session today - some more gorgeous music, lovely people, great atmosphere - and it was fab to meet Panthera there !!

Forumites onion, benjaminja and zolly's dude were also in evidence!

Glad it went well : all being well, I'll see you at the next one Cyrilla.

Great!!

What great fun it was! I was really nervous going in but after 5 minutes I was feeling like I've been doing this all my life. It was really interesting to see that we managed to sight-sing pretty well in Solfa but when we switched to the actual words, things quickly fell apart... (No doubt Cyrilla will say such is the magic of Solfa )

And of course, it was lovely to finally meet Cyrilla too

All the future dates are now in my diary

Such is the magic of solfa...

Predictable? Moi???

Glad you all had a good time. I would have loved to have been there. September is a possibility if I am in a fit state after a Music Minds Games workshop in Cambridge all day Saturday and then straight to a party in the evening. October and November unfortunately clash with Chopin Society concerts and duties. 5th December is a definite yes.

Hope to see you at the September and December dates, PianoNotes!

Will you be singing Barry-Tone?

I am sure the answer is on here but I can't see it...

Is Jolly Music - the first book - aimed at preschool and book 1 for infants?

The first book (Beginnners Level) is intended for use with children from age 4, i.e. Reception.
The second book (Level 1) is aimed at 5+, Year 1
The third book (Level 2) is aimed at 6+, Year 2.

However, you can start with older children and work through the books in order. You could start Beginners as late as age 7 (Year 2).

Hope this helps.

There is a 'Jolly Music' thread in the Teachers' Forum (entitled 'Big Plan #1'!).

I think you could use a fair bit of the 'Beginners' book even with young Y3s who haven't worked in this way before, too.

Oh thanks, I couldn't find that thread.

I teach preschool classes at nurseries and need some new ideas, picked up some great ones at Kodaly classes at RNCM JSP a while ago...actually, that was 14 years ago now I think EEEK

Will buy a book!

Talking to Cyrilla here just now has reminded me : next rehearsal is a week Sunday (12th)

indeed!!!

A question : I've missed a load of rehearsals : will I be able to catch up with some of the song sheets I'e missed?

I think so...David usually brings spare copies of all the sheets...