Easter 2023 - A Voyage Through Sea Songs And Shanties
Dress code is black below the waist (trousers or skirts) and white above the waist (shirts or blouses). Red scarfs for the women and red bow ties for the men will be provided. As will black folders to hold our music, if you don't already have one.
THIS IS NOW THE CONFIRMED PROGRAMME
I've included details on the arrangements but these may change. Apologise if I have spelt anyones name wrong, or inadvertently volunteered them for a solo. If this has happened please let me know and I'll change it.
Rehearsal tracks are mp3's for individual parts. Simplified sheet music are pdf's of individual parts written out in full to avoid the words and music being in totally different places. If you are happy and confident with your part, I would encourage you to ignore the simplified sheet music, but it exists if you want it.
All the sheet music is available HERE
All the rehearsal tracks are available HERE
Please note, I have not completed all sheet music and rehearsal tracks yet, so some folders will be empty.
Programme
- Sacramento
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: Sing chorus twice at the end
- The Golden Vanity
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: NOT Verse 7, Karen singing the captains lines, Hazel singing the boys
- The Rio Grande
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: Singing Verse's 1, 2 and then Verse 1 again
- The Fisherman's Night Song
- Fire Down Below
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: V1) Peter, V2) Men, V3) Alto, V4) Sops, V5) Everybody (V5 is V1 sung again). Everybody always sings the chorus (from "It's fetch a bucket ...")
- Come Away, Fellow Sailors
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: Ignore the harmony section. Everyone singing in unison the Soprano part, from the beginning through to bar 30 (just as the harmony should come in), then go back to the start and sing the same section again. Finish. No singing of the harmony part at all.
- Never Weather-Beaten Sail
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: Sing the "O come quickly" section twice, each time you come across it
- We Be Three Poor Mariners
- Haul Away, Joe
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: V1) Men; 2) All; V3&4) Jean, Elaine, Karen and Sally; V5&6) Judy, Jan, Kim and Muriel; V7&8) Hazel, Vicki, Jane, and Altos; V9) All.
- Wellerman
- Santy Anna
- The Bay Of Biscay
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: Sing in unison (everyone on the Soprano part)
- What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor
- Sheet Music
- Performance Note: V1) All, V2) Vicky et al, V3) Men, V4) Judy et al, V5) All
- Eternal Father Strong To Save
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: Singing Verses 1, 2, & 4 only
- The Titanic
- Nearer My God To Thee
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Note: Verses 1, 2 & 5 only - When I Was A Lad
- Sheet Music
- Rehearsal Tracks
- Performance Notes: Men singing the verses, Women singing the choruses. V1) All Men, V2) David, V3) Peter, V4) Peter, V5) All Men, V6) All Men
- Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat