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Welcome to STOURBRIDGE CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY SCOS would like to welcome you as a new member, and hope that you will read this as an introduction to how the Society works. REHEARSALS. Rehearsals are at 7.30pm at the Unicorn Centre, Brettle Lane/King William St Amblecote, Stourbridge DY8 4ES. The Orchestra is on Monday and the choir on Tuesdays. The choral director takes the choir rehearsal, starting off with voice exercises, and then learning the music for the next concert. The music director rehearses the orchestra in the pieces to be played at the next concert. The directors would like you to attend as many rehearsals as possible to be able to give a good performance at the concert. After the concerts rehearsals may continue at the request of the choir/orchestra members to play extra music. MUSIC Copies of music to be performed are hired and there is a fee of £3 per term for hiring. People are responsible for handing their music back after a concert. Any music that is lost will be paid for by the player/singer. CONCERTS. Concerts are held 3 times a year on a Saturday in local venues. At present one concert is combined with local junior school choirs. On a concert day a rehearsal is held in the venue usually in the afternoon at 2 pm. Dress for the occasion is black and white. Dinner suit for the men, black long skirts and white blouses for the choir ladies and black trousers/skirts and black blouses for the orchestra ladies. COMMITTEE. The Society is run by a committee consisting of a secretary, treasurer, chairman and other representatives of the choir and orchestra who meet before and after concerts in members’ houses to plan the programme and the venues. The directors plan the musical programme including soloists and are always open to suggestions. The committee members arrange venues, publicity, tickets, refreshments and all the other necessities. New committee members are always welcome. CHARITY. The Society is a charity and various fund raising events are held, in which you are encouraged to take part. Putting on concerts is fun, but expensive. WEB SITE. There is a web site www.stourcos.org.uk and information about the concerts and rehearsal schedules can be found there. Volunteers are always needed to help out with refreshments at concerts and everyone is asked to put up posters and sell as many tickets as possible. An Annual General meeting is held at the Centre in September which is your opportunity to bring ideas to the Society. The season runs from September to June, with one concert in November/December, one in March/April and one in June/July. Dates depend on availability of venues and trying to minimize clashes with other societies’ events. SUBSCRIPTION The first year is £35 and after that it is £50 or £35 for concessions. Students are free.
The choir and orchestra were founded in 1884 and have played in about 3 concerts a year except for during the war, so we performed concert number 400 in 2009. We want to keep this proud tradition alive.
The chairman’s (Mollie Berry) phone number is 01384 373111 and e-mail address is mollie.hunton@btopenworld.com. We hope you enjoy singing or playing with us.
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