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HITCHIN THESPIANS<br />
Founded 1902<br />
The Gondoliers<br />
Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th March<br />
The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage<br />
Box Office 01438 363200<br />
www.gordon-craig.co.uk<br />
2011 PRODUCTIONs<br />
Spring Concert<br />
Saturday 9th April 7:45 pm and Sunday 10th April 2:30 pm<br />
Woodside Hall, <strong>Hitchin</strong><br />
Box Office 01462 641575<br />
boxoffice@hitchinthespians.org.uk<br />
The Wiz<br />
Young <strong>Thespians</strong><br />
Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th April<br />
Woodside Hall <strong>Hitchin</strong><br />
Box Office 01462 434181<br />
anncrook@btinternet.com<br />
'On A Lighter Note' Summer Concert<br />
Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th July<br />
Woodside Hall, <strong>Hitchin</strong><br />
Box Office 01462 641575<br />
boxoffice@hitchinthespians.org.uk<br />
For more details of these and other events visit our website<br />
www.hitchinthespians.org.uk<br />
For Woodside Hall Bookings contact: Ann Crook, Woodside Hall Manager on<br />
01462 434181 or anncrook@btinternet.com<br />
HITCHIN THESPIANS<br />
Present<br />
Christmas at Woodside<br />
Conductor Alan Childs<br />
Accompanist Robert Day<br />
Thursday 9th, Friday 1oth and<br />
Saturday 11th December 2010<br />
Woodside Hall, <strong>Hitchin</strong><br />
Winners of the NODA Best District Production Award for<br />
1997, 1999, 2004, 2006 & 2009<br />
Affiliated to the National Operatic & Dramatic Association<br />
HITCHIN THESPIANS is a Registered Charity, Number 1005332
Soprano<br />
Jane Baxter, Gwenda Beech, Anna Carter, Gill Cheaney, Joanna Chugg,<br />
Diane Cliffe, Margaret Coxall, Lesley Greasley, Viv Hamilton,<br />
Wendy Hazelwood, Jane Homer, Lynne Leggat, Katherine Males,<br />
Susan Osbourn, Sandra Page, Ann Peacock, Melanie Plowman,<br />
Sheila Soothill, Pat Staff, Ellen Ward, Rosamunde Ward, Jenny Wilson.<br />
Alto<br />
Gill Clough, Brenda Cundell, Lilian Dixon, Pauline Gimson,<br />
Antonia Homer, Sheila Mole, Jan Nash, Judy Page, Keryle Rutherford.<br />
Tenor<br />
Fred Ardron, Jamie Brown, Andrew Carmichael, Alan Dickinson,<br />
Peter Goff, Peter Gordon, Andy Johnson, Howard Roberts,<br />
Iain Rutherford.<br />
Bass<br />
John Beal, Ron Burton, Eddie Cullum, Ian Hamilton, Jack Lardent,<br />
Nick Morgan, Keith Mortland, Mike Steele, Andrew Wyllie.<br />
HITCHIN THESPIANS’ BUILDING FUND 2011<br />
NEW BIGGER HUNDRED + CLUB<br />
'Roll up, Roll up' and help raise funds for 'The Society'.<br />
I am pleased to announce that for 2011 we shall be running a bigger and<br />
better 100 + Club. We aim to make it into the 200 Club. This will mean<br />
bigger prizes and more money to help Thespian Funds. We will now be<br />
selling tickets to all who wish to help us, so I am asking you all, please buy a<br />
ticket.<br />
This is how it works:<br />
For £12, paid upon application, you are allocated a number from 1 to 200 (or<br />
more!) The numbers are allocated in strict rotation, based on when you<br />
apply. Although I would appreciate applications as soon as possible you can<br />
still buy numbers early in 2011!<br />
Draws will take place every month, usually on a rehearsal night at<br />
Woodside. We aim to sell 200 tickets, so the prizes will be £250 in June and<br />
in December a mammoth Christmas prize of £750. All other monthly<br />
winners win £50.<br />
If we do sell fewer than 200 numbers, unfortunately the prizes will be scaled<br />
down. Winners will be notified immediately and winning names and<br />
numbers for each draw will appear in our Newsletter, Spotlight.<br />
Remember, you can only win ‘if you are in’, so PLEASE complete and return<br />
a form to me. Please be sure to enclose both a cheque, payable to '<strong>Hitchin</strong><br />
<strong>Thespians</strong>' (for £12 per number) AND a stamped addressed envelope.<br />
You should find forms on your table, or next to the main entrance.<br />
Or, contact me at :-<br />
.<br />
Andrew Carmichael,<br />
19a, Tilehouse Street,<br />
<strong>Hitchin</strong>,<br />
Herts. SG5 2DY<br />
Tel. 01462 433866
Acknowledgements<br />
Part One<br />
Choral Managers:<br />
Concert Manager:<br />
Box Office Managers:<br />
Front Of House Manager:<br />
Programme Editor:<br />
Lighting:<br />
Raffle:<br />
Rehearsal Pianist:<br />
Punch Makers:<br />
Hall Decoration:<br />
Susan Osbourn & Charles Langford<br />
Andy Johnson<br />
Nick & Nicky Morgan<br />
Ann Crook<br />
Susan Osbourn<br />
Alan Bailes & Team<br />
Vivienne Tadman<br />
Robert Day<br />
Jane & John Tunesi, Paul Adams,<br />
Charles Langford, Mark Savage<br />
Brenda Cundell, Gill Clough, Ann Crook,<br />
Lilian Dixon, Antonia Homer<br />
Choir: Gaudete arr Ben Parry<br />
Verse 1 Iain Rutherford<br />
Verse 2 Mike Steele<br />
Verse 3 Ian Hamilton<br />
Verse 4 Andy Johnson<br />
Reading: A Christmas Lesson by Tom Krause<br />
Viv Hamilton<br />
Solo: Rejoice Greatly From Messiah by G F Handel<br />
Jane Homer<br />
Mince Pies supplied by the Hospitality & Catering Department of<br />
North Hertfordshire College<br />
Choir corsages worn to support The Garden House Hospice, Letchworth<br />
Carol For All: Sussex Carol Traditional<br />
On Christmas night all Christians sing,<br />
To hear the news the angels bring,<br />
On Christmas night all Christians sing,<br />
To hear the news the angels bring,<br />
News of great joy, news of great mirth,<br />
News of our merciful King's birth.<br />
Then why should men on earth be so sad,<br />
Since our Redeemer made us glad,<br />
Then why should men on earth be so sad,<br />
Since our Redeemer made us glad,<br />
When from our sin he set us free,<br />
All for to gain our liberty?
When sin departs before his grace,<br />
Then life and health come in its place,<br />
When sin departs before his grace,<br />
Then life and health come in its place,<br />
Angels and men with joy may sing,<br />
All for to <strong>see</strong> the newborn King.<br />
All out of darkness we have light,<br />
Which made the angels sing this night,<br />
All out of darkness we have light,<br />
Which made the angels sing this night,<br />
Glory to God and peace to men,<br />
Now and for evermore. Amen.<br />
E'en so here below, below, let steeple bells be swungen,<br />
And i o, i o, i o, by priest and people sungen.<br />
Gloria, hosanna in excelsis<br />
Gloria, hosanna in excelsis.<br />
Pray you, dutifully prime your matin chime, ye ringers,<br />
May you beautifully rime your eve-time song, ye singers<br />
Gloria, hosanna in excelsis<br />
Gloria, hosanna in excelsis.<br />
Choir: We Wish You A Merry Christmas arr Gwyn Arch<br />
Choir: The Linden Tree Carol arr Ben Parry<br />
Verse 1 Jane Homer<br />
Verse 2 Melanie Plowman<br />
Choir: Fum, Fum, Fum arr Gwyn Arch<br />
Reading: The Spirit of Christmas Anon<br />
Joanna Chugg<br />
Choir: A Polish Lullaby arr Gwyn Arch<br />
Verse 1 Katherine Males<br />
Verse 2 Ian Hamilton<br />
Verse 3 Susan Osbourn<br />
Choir: Taladh Chriosta arr Ben Parry<br />
Soloist Jane Homer<br />
<strong>Hitchin</strong> <strong>Thespians</strong> would like to wish you all a very<br />
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year<br />
If you have enjoyed this concert and are interested in joining the Society, as either<br />
a member or a patron, please contact:<br />
Lynne Leggat, Secretary<br />
<strong>Hitchin</strong> <strong>Thespians</strong><br />
Woodside Hall<br />
Walsworth Road<br />
<strong>Hitchin</strong><br />
Herts SG4 9SP<br />
or<br />
secretary@hitchinthespians.org.uk
Reading: P.S. To Santa by Ivor Davis<br />
Alan Dickinson<br />
Choir: Designer Christmas by Errollyn Wallen<br />
Rapping Paper<br />
by Ben Parry<br />
Reading: The Office Christmas Party Anon<br />
Mike Steele<br />
Solo: Miss Hooligan's Christmas Cake Anon<br />
Susan Osbourn<br />
Reading: Christmas Fruit Cake Anon<br />
Margaret Coxall<br />
Choir: Christmas Is Here Again arr Ben Parry<br />
Choir: Silent Night arr Gwyn Arch<br />
Verse 2 Melanie Plowman<br />
Carol For All: Ding Dong Merrily On High Tune by Charles Wood<br />
Ding dong merrily on high in heav'n the bells are ringing<br />
Ding dong verily the sky is riv'n with angels singing<br />
Gloria, hosanna in excelsis<br />
Gloria, hosanna in excelsis.<br />
Carol For All: Rocking Czech<br />
Little Jesus sweetly sleep, do not stir,<br />
We will lend a coat of fur.<br />
We will rock you, rock you, rock you,<br />
We will rock you, rock you, rock you,<br />
See the fur to keep you warm,<br />
Snugly round your tiny form.<br />
Mary's little baby sleep, sweetly sleep<br />
Sleep in comfort, slumber deep.<br />
We will rock you, rock you, rock you,<br />
We will rock you, rock you, rock you,<br />
We will serve you all we can,<br />
Darling, darling, little man.<br />
Solo: O Holy Night Adolph Adam<br />
Iain Rutherford<br />
Reading: Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br />
Sheila Soothill<br />
Choir: Child Of God arr Ben Parry<br />
Il Est Ne<br />
arr Ben Parry<br />
Carol For All: While Shepherds Watched Este's Psalter, 1592<br />
While shepherds watched their flocks by night,<br />
All seated on the ground,<br />
The angel of the Lord came down,<br />
And glory shone around.
'Fear not' said he, for mighty dread<br />
Had seized their troubled mind,<br />
'Glad tidings of great joy I bring<br />
To you and all mankind.<br />
To you in David's town this day<br />
Is born of David's line<br />
A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord,<br />
And this shall be the sign.<br />
The heavenly babe you there shall find<br />
To human view displayed,<br />
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,<br />
And in a manger laid .'<br />
Thus spake the Seraph, and forthwith<br />
Appeared a shining throng<br />
Of angels praising God, who thus<br />
Addressed their joyful song<br />
'All glory be to God on high,<br />
And to the earth be peace,<br />
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men<br />
Begin and never cease.'<br />
INTERVAL<br />
Part Two<br />
Carol For All: O Little Town Of Bethlehem arr R V Williams<br />
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we <strong>see</strong> thee lie.<br />
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep<br />
The silent stars go by.<br />
Yet in thy dark streets shineth, the everlasting light,<br />
The hopes and fears of all the years<br />
Are met in thee tonight.<br />
O morning stars together proclaim thy holy birth,<br />
And praises sing to God the King<br />
And peace to men on earth,<br />
For Christ is born of Mary and gathered all above,<br />
While mortals sleep,<br />
The angels keep their watch of wond'ring love.<br />
Verse 3 to be sung by the choir only<br />
O holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us we pray,<br />
Cast out our sin and enter in,<br />
Be born in us today.<br />
We hear the Christmas angels the great glad tidings tell,<br />
O come to us, abide with us,<br />
Our Lord Emmanuel.<br />
during which mulled wine and mince pies will be served<br />
Choir: Just A Tale Howard Goodall<br />
O Mary Where Is Your Baby<br />
arr Gwyn Arch<br />
Solo: Deck The Hall Traditional<br />
Ian Hamilton