GOODBYE
JANET
12
March 2010
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 Janet
Wheeler, who has been the Clerk for Cookham Parish Council for
nearly eight years having taken over from David Armstrong in 2002,
is leaving her post as clerk as she has been offered a job as Town
Clerk in Amersham. Janet said 'This job will have a lot more
responsibility and should be a real challenge'. Janet has more
recently been Clerk to Hurley Parish Council too, so both councils
are having to find a new clerk. On Friday 12th March, Mike Barnes,
vice chairman of the council, presented Janet with a goodbye
present to remember Cookham by. Janet will be a hard person to
replace.
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HAPPY
BIRTHDAY PATRICK
8
March 2010
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 The
Mattins Choir sang a special anthem during this Sunday's morning
service at
St John
the Baptist Church Cookham Dean. Patrick Bell’s wife Sonya
commissioned Malcolm Archer to write an anthem to give to Patrick
for his 85th birthday last year. The words are by Henry
Vaughan (1622-95) My Soul there is Country. The composer
has written at the top of the anthem: “For Patrick’s 85th
birthday and for his most loyal “Mattins Choir”. There was a
very good turn out at the service to hear the anthem which was
beautifully sung by the choir.
The
photograph shows the choir with Patrick Bell.
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WORDS
APART THEATRE COMES TO COOKHAM
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February 2010
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Following
their opening night in  Huntingdon,
Cambridgeshire, 'Words Apart Theatre Company' bring their
inaugural production to the Pinder Hall in Cookham, on Friday
March 19th. Local actor, Richard James (familiar to some from his
tv and film work, and to others for his roles with the Tarrystone
Players), has teamed up with friend and fellow actor, Dean
Laccohee, to present two one-act plays.
'I Am Hamlet' concerns an actor auditioning for a role in a
local  production
of Hamlet, who turns out to have more in common with the Prince of
Denmark than meets the eye. The second play, 'Vision Impaired',
lets the audience see inside the most terrifying creatures ever
created for televison, as we eavesdrop on two actors waiting to
make their entrance as Daleks in 'Doctor Who'...
Tickets are £8 and are available from the Stationery Depot,
Station Parade, Cookham or via Richard James on (01628) 532880.
You can find out more at www.wordsaparttheatre.co.uk
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FIND
YOUR VOICE
2
February 2010
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Maidenhead
Choral Society are hosting 6 sessions of Find Your Voice from
Thursday 11 February to Thursday 18 March led by Christian
Goursaud a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court
Palace.
The
cost of the 6 sessions with be £36 and will be held in the
Wesley Hall, Methodist Church, High St, Maidenhead from 8-10
pm.
For
further information and to sign up contact
Jenny
01628 822886, Trisha 01628 416980, Anne 01189342109
Information
below gives a taste of what will be covered.
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Breathing/Posture,
Primal sounds, Scales/arpeggios, Notation/Monophony
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Singing
in Parts: Simple two and three part music Singing in
Parts: Simple four-part music
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Applied
choral skills I: Musical awareness/Listening II:
Balance/Phrasing III: Tricks of the Trade
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Case
Studies: Renaissance Baroque, Romantic/Twentieth
Century
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