Day Out - Great Dorset Steam Fair

Great Dorset Steam Fair

Today Tim and I went to the Great Dorset Steam Fair.  Tim had been before quite a few years ago but I had never been.  We got there at about 8.30 and there were already a lot of people around!  Very quickly I got the idea of the size of the show - way bigger than I had imagined!!  We first had a look around the steam engines...

It didn't take long before we saw some anoraks!!!

We then headed round the rest of the rings, stands and sampled the food!!

Road Laying!!

Axe Men!!

Ploughing!!

Heavy Haulage!!

Steam Organs!!

I really enjoyed the day, now completely shattered and a bit sun burnt - Didn't notice I was burning as it was windy and dusty!!

Pumpkin Measurement

Pumpkin Measurement

Circumference = 140cm

Pumpkin Measurement

Pumpkin Measurement

Circumference = 137cm

Pumpkin Measurement

Pumpkin Measurement

Circumference = 132cm

Ringing - Quarter Peals

Quarter Peals

Compton Abbas

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Melbury Abbas

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Pumpkin Measurement

Pumpkin Measurement

Circumference = 125cm

Pumpkin Measurement

Pumpkin Measurement

Circumference = 116cm

Ringing - Quarter Peals

Quarter Peals

Corfe Castle

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Swanage

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Sherborne Summer School of Music 2013

Summer School of Music

The Lighter Side Choral Course

Susan Hollingworth assisted by Tim Uglow

From the brochure...
Yet another wild selection of fun pieces - lots of foot stomping stuff with plenty of pure sentimental nostalgia to keep emotions balanced. Several pieces could challenge the hardiest regular but enough of the repertoire is very approachable to ensure our concert will be the success we have come to expect and enjoy.

Be prepared for hard work! This course is not for the timid conservative nor the enthusiastic “sing-along”; a good ear and a secure sense of rhythm are essential and a loud costume for the concert will help!

Our programme consisted of...

from ‘The King’s Singers Irish Songbook’
Phil the Fluter’s Ball arr. Langford
‘Tis the Last Rose of Summer arr. Lawson
Eriskay Love Lilt arr. Carrington
Wexford Carol arr. Chilcott

from ‘In the Mood’
The Continental Conrad/Magidon arr. Blackwell
Autumn Leaves Mercer/Parsons arr. Gritton
I Got Rhythm Gershwin arr. Clapham

The Sheik of Araby arr. Andrew Goff

Three Folk Songs arr. Jonathan Rathbone
O the Oak and the Ash
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Nine Hundred Miles

The Call of Wisdom Will Todd

from Encores for Choirs, Book 2
Buffalo Gals Traditional arr. Chilcott
Wiegenlied Brahms arr. Gritton

Finish Oik

There were a lot of great concerts throughout the week.

Clapper Chaos - Concert

Clapper Chaos Concert

We performed to a small but appreciative audience.  We raised just over £200 for the church and have since had some bookings as a result.

Clapper Chaos
1. Londonderry Air
2. American Medley
3. When Children Rule the World
4. Puff The Magic Dragon

Gordon Amery - Organ
5. Rondeau from Abdelazar - Henry Purcell
6. Komm heiliger geist, Herr Gott (BuxWV 200) - Dietrich Buxtehude
7. Brideshead Revisited - Geoffrey Burgon
o Brideshead Theme
o Julia’s Theme
o Finale (Brideshead Revisited)

Clapper Chaos
8. Electric Dreams
9. Forever Autumn
10. Wizards in Winter

Interval of 20 mins

Clapper Chaos
11. Eye of the Tiger
12. Kingsfold
13. Apologize
14. Beatles on Bells with Beaters

Gordon Amery - Organ
15. Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
16. Rhosymedre (from 3 preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes) - Ralph Vaughan Williams
17. Menagerie Musicale - Robert Jones
18. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (BWV 731) - JS Bach
19. Choral Song - Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Clapper Chaos
20. Hornpipe
21. Pie Jesu
22. My Favourite Things

Encore
Medley of Dam Busters and It’s a Long Way to Tipperary