During August the new Kawai piano has been moved to the opposite end of the U3A room where we hold Singing for Fun. The advantage of this position is that the piano is not near the doorway into the room. With the change in position of the piano, the singers are now facing the parkland, and therefore have the advantage of being able to admire the view of the parkland between songs.

Our leader, Joyce Borschmann has provided members of the Singing Group with a number of dates to put in their calendars. The first date to note is Sunday 11 November 2018 at 2pm in the Benalla Town Hall. This day is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1, and the Singing Group has been asked to sing two songs at the commemorative service.

The dates for our end of year performances will be at Meet and Mingle on Wednesday 21 November 2018 at 10am at the Senior Citizens complex, and at Cooinda on Thursday 6 December 2018 at 10.30am.

Our leaders, Faith Hicks, Brian Greed and Margaret Merriman, supported by our pianist Gwen Barnes, continue to present us with a variety of songs which we enjoy.
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Margaret Jenkins

What a wonderful surprise to hear the new Kawai CN37 digital piano in operation at our last meeting in July. Our thanks go to Brian Greed, Joyce Borschmann and Gwen Barnes for their submission to the U3A Benalla Committee, and to Brian Greed for overseeing the installation of the piano following their successful submission. The tone the piano produces is very good, and it also has the ability to transpose songs and retain songs which have been previously played which may assist the group in the future.

This month our numbers may have been down slightly but those who have been present have enjoyed the songs presented by our four conductors Faith Hicks, Rick Hann, Brian Greed and Margaret Merriman.

Sometimes it is an old song which gets sung with great gusto which adds to the spirit of the morning. Such was the choice of “She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain when she Comes”.

Our thanks go to Joyce and Gwen for providing the cakes to celebrate the new piano and Anne and Milvi’s birthdays.  
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Margaret Jenkins