Please note that some of these are a bit speculative at present so please note the dates and keep them free if possible:

Midsummer Miscellany
St John the Baptist, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, SW19 4NZ See map
Sunday June 15 8pm
Rehearsal: June 15, 5.30pm
This is part of the church's Midsummer Music Festival
See programme

Midsummer Miscellany
St Mary's, Hampton
Wednesday June 25
Rehearsals: May 18, 25, June 1, 8, 22
See programme

CD Recording: either July 5/6 or July 12/13 or bits of both – we need to see what suits most people.
Rehearsals: June 29, tba

October 25/26 weekend away (still provisional but I’ve put out feelers)
Rehearsals: Sep 14, 21, 28, Oct 5, 12, 19

Sat 29th Nov Advent Concert – venue tbd
Rehearsals: Nov 2, 9, 16, 23

December 20th Landmark, Teddington
Rehearsals: Nov 30th, Dec 7th, 14th

Ladies
Long black skirt or trousers (or short with black tights/stockings!)
Black top with long sleeves (in winter) or short sleeves/sleeveless (in summer but no vest tops please)
Dark shoes/boots (preferably black)
Discreet jewellery and no coloured scarves/belts etc
Black cardigan/jacket or long sleeved top as well in case needed

Dress Code for Services
Men
Suit, light shirt and tie (preferably not too bright!) (in summer, depending on weather, may dispense with jackets but please bring them anyway just in case)

Ladies
Summery dress preferably not too strappy
Cardigan/jacket or long sleeved top as well in case needed

Possessions
Ideally we should ‘go on’ with only our music ie no bags/water bottles etc. Whenever possible we will arrange to have a safe place to leave stuff of a ‘minder’ or two to look after bags etc but it would be helpful if you could leave valuables at home/in hotel safes as much as possible and get into the habit of using/bringing a small plain black bag to use if we can’t cater for valuables. If you really must have water please try to put it in position before we process on so that you don’t have to carry it with you and please drink it discreetly – you don’t see professional choristers swigging water between numbers!

Music
Ideally we should all have our music in order in a folder prior to going on so that we don’t have to shuffle through bits of paper during the performance. It would also be preferable to have all music with you throughout the performance to avoid having to retrieve pieces from the floor or from where you were sitting.

Obviously there are some barriers to this ideal. The programme is subject to change (even during the performance as we experienced in Brussels!). Several pieces may be from the same book. Carrying all the music may be heavy. However a bit of forward planning and some photocopying could help a lot and we are working on the folders.

Processing
The way we get on and off (and to and from our singing positions if these are different from where we are sitting) can have a big impact on our ‘professionalism’. Obviously we can not have a standard solution as all venues are different so we will look at each one as we get to it and decide what is best.