The course was taught by our previous Musical Director (MD) Paul Hayward.

It was planned as an opportunity for newcomers to gain an introduction to Choir singing and for our own members to revise some of the basics.

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The first session of this free course, on 20th April, attracted 14 gentlemen who, together with the established choir members were shown posture, breathing and the basics of musical notation. By the close we had progressed to learning two new pieces, one sung in Unison and one in two parts (Tenors & Basses). By the end of the second session we had learnt and practiced singing in 4 parts (TTBB), as well as some aspects of musical notation such as Tempo, piano (p) and forte (f).

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Over a dozen gentlemen attended each of the succeeding sessions, one of whom, Bill Hill, kindly penned these comments via the Cropwell Butler Newsletter:

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The last two sessions were on 25th May and 8th of June, at 7pm in the Methodist Church,  Shelford Rd.,  RoT.  At the latter the Course was drawn to a close with an informal Concert, presentation of Certificates and a social for friends and partners in the Royal Oak.

Many thanks to all who attended and the 7 who have joined to date - we look forward to seeing some of the others as the nights draw in!

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