Margaret Jenkins

What a great finish to our year! Three successful concerts. The first was at Meet and Mingle on 16th November, then at Cooinda on 1st December and the last one at Royal Freemasons on 8th December. All three concerts were good, and we got invited back to both Cooinda and Royal Freemasons in 2023.

My thanks to Kieran Smith, Brian Greed and Margaret Merriman for Leading the group in their set of songs. Each of you have done a wonderful job putting together a varied program which has been really appreciated by each audience.

A special thank you to Gwen Barnes for accompanying us at all three concerts. Gwen had a good idea of the piano at the Benalla Senior’s Centre, but had little time to familiarise herself with the pianos at Cooinda and Freemasons. But Gwen did a superb job at all three venues.

Our Christmas lunch at the Golf Club followed the concert at Royal Freemasons and was enjoyed by all. Good food, great company and plenty of chatter.

Happy Christmas, One and All!

​Margaret Jenkins

​What a great celebration we had at the Golf Club to mark the end of 2020! Of course not everyone could come, but those who did had a very enjoyable time. It was so good to see you all there, and to actually chat and exchange news while enjoying an excellent lunch.

​Thank you to Bev Lee for dropping in and taking photos which showed how happy we all were on the day!

This is the time of year to say thank you to those who have put in extra effort with our group throughout the year. We did not have many actual meetings but thank you to Gwen Barnes for her excellent work on the piano accompanying us. Whilst the Singing for Fun group may not have met many times this year, Gwen has still been practising to keep her repertoire up to date.

Also thank you to our three conductors Faith Hicks, Brian Greed and Margaret Merriman. Their choice of songs encourages us to keep expanding the songs we are familiar with, and we do appreciate the preparation they put into each of their sessions.

Thank you also to Margaret Howard for her help putting out singing books, Trish and helpers for organising morning tea and Ian for regularly opening up and organising the furniture.

There will be an Email regarding our first meeting in 2021.
 
With best wishes to you all for the New Year.
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Margaret Jenkins