Edmonton Rest Home Concert, Sat 29 May 2010
A wonderful afternoon with an excellent and enthusiastic audience. The choir was in good form and the soloists were great.
Concert Programme:
1. Can't Buy Me Love
2. The Gypsy Rover
3. Glocca Mora (Kelly)
4. Shenendoah
5. Java Jive
6. Gendarmes Duet (George & Laurie)
7. Bring Him Home
8. In Remembrance
9. Tea For Two (Kelly & Barbara)
10. Sing Along - Five Foot Two, If You Knew Susie, When Irish Eyes, White Cliffs
11. It Had to Be You
5 December 2009, Annual Xmas Concert
This was held at the Te Atatu Union Church at 7:30 p.m.
The traditional annual Christmas Concert for family and friends is always great to view. Entry is by a gold coin donation, and supper follows the concert.
The programme this year included songs by the Oratia Singers and music by Massey High School chamber musicians on the piano and flute. Waitakere Voices Choir songs were:
Rhythm of Life
Bring Him Home
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down
Java Jive
Somebody Build A Manger
Bethlehem Procession
Masters in This Hall
Gloria
May The Road Rise To Meet You
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20 September 2009,The Rhythm of Life Concert
What a wonderful event this was! Waitakere Voices held "The Rhythm of Life" Concert in conjunction with the Cantemus and Kumeu Blend choirs. Also featured were Swiss yodelling and the St Peter's College Clarinet Ensemble.
All 3 choirs met with a great reception and offered a variety of styles. The climax came when we joined together for the last 2 rousing numbers.
Having the Swiss yodelling and the clarinet ensemble added another dimension to the concert. The yodellers featured some amazing voices and the clarinet players displayed skill beyond their years.
The concert was performed in front of a packed audience at the Te Atatu Baptist Church.
The complete Concert Programme was:
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Waitakere Voices
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Conductor - Barbara Bentham Accompanist - Kelly Taylor
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The Rhythm of Life (Sweet Charity)
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Cy Coleman/ Dorothy Fields
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Let The Heaven Light Shine On Me
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Trad Spiritual arr Moses Hogan
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Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's)
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Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini
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Cantemus
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Conductor - Leonie Lawson Accompanist - Shirley Chiang
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What a Wonderful World (Good Morning Vietnam)
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Weiss/Bob Thiele
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Londonderry air
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Trad Irish arr Bob Chilcott
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Scarborough Fair
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English Folk Song arr Margaret Vance
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St Peter's College Clarinet Ensemble
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Leader - Yvette Audain
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Clarinet Marmalade
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(Edwards, LaRocca, Sbarbaro,Shields) arr James 'Red' McLeod
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Overture to The Barber of Seville
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Rossini arr Daniel Dorff
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Entry of the Gladiators
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Julius Fucik arr Anon
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Kumeu Blend
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Conductor - Margaret Lindsay Accompanist - Kathryn Mansell
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Midwinter's Chill
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Greg Gilpin
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Ai, Dunaii Moy
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Russian Folk Song
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I Hear The Trumpet Sound
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Vijay Singh
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Interval of 10 minutes
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Part 2
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Cantemus
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Embraceable You
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George & Ira Gershwin
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Night and Day
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Cole Porter arr Pete Schmutte
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Kumeu Blend
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Morning Tide
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Stephen Leek
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Gloria
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Antonio Vivaldi
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Swiss Kiwi Yodel Group Auckland
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Conductor - Ursula Arnold
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Yodelreigen
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Alphorn Group
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E Yodler
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Bruno Haener
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Beichle-Jutz
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Franz Stadelmann
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Vom Rheinsberg
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Alphorn Group
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Waitakere Voices
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I'm Gonna Sit Right Down
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Joe Young/Fred Ahlert
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Winter
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Z. Randall Stroope
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Combined Choirs
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Do You Hear the People Sing (Les Miserables)
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Schonberg; Boubil, Kretzmer, Natel
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Tenor: Laurie Murphy
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May The Road Rise To Meet You
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David Hamilton
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18 September, 2009 August Rush Movie Night
A fantastic movie and dinner evening was held at the "Westwind" theatre in Riversdale Rd, Avondale, for choir members and their invited guests.
The movie was August Rush, a moving mixture of romance and music. It is an incredibly well put together movie, full of emotion, drama and wonderful music. A sign of just how good the movie was is how quiet we all were, even certain members of the choir who find it hard to keep quiet, including this reviewer and the evening's organiser.
For those who did not come and want to find out a little more, click here for a review or here to see clips from the movie.
The roast dinner served prior to the movie was delicious, perfectly tender with crisp roast potatoes and soft pumpkin. We had a great variety of desserts brought by the choir and most of us were too full full to eat the popcorn kindly provided by our committee secretary for the movie. Some of us suffered bruising from flying Freddos, but everyone enjoyed a great movie and a great evening.
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11 July, 2009 - G 2 G Concert at Massey Library
Waitakere Voices choir performed in 2 sessions as part of the annual "G2G" (Generation 2 Generation) event, at Massey Library, Don Buck Rd, Westgate.
Despite bad weather, many locals turned out to take part in the event, and gave the choir a warm reception.
We sang in two sessions, with songs taken from:
Our programme for the event was:
- Get On Board, Little Children
- Simple Gifts
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down
- Moon River
- El Ritmo de la Noche
- Jerusalem
- Rhythm of Life
- Bye, Bye Blackbird
- Let the Heaven Light Shine on Me
- The Night We Called it a Day
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21 June, 2009 - Concert at Mercy Parklands Retirement Home
The choir had another enjoyable afternoon at Mercy Parkland Retirement Village in Ellerslie. 
Our programme for the event was:
- Get On Board, Little Children
- Simple Gifts
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (again sung beautifully by the ladies)
- Moon River
- El Ritmo de la Noche
- Sing Along (with great participation from the audience)
- Jerusalem
- Rhythm of Life
- Bye, Bye Blackbird
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24 May, 2009 - Concert at Crestwood Retirement Village
The choir had a fun afternoon at Crestwood Retirement Village in Golf Bay. One of the highlights was the conducting from one of the residents behind Barbara. 
Our programme for the event was:
- Get On Board, Little Children
- Simple Gifts
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (sung beautifully by the ladies)
- Moon River
- El Ritmo de la Noche
- Sing Along (with great participation from the audience)
- Jerusalem
- Rhythm of Life
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