Archive for March, 2010
AGM of the Arts and Literary Society
March 22nd, 2010
Around 300 members attended the annual general meeting of the Arts and Literary Society and listened with great interest to the report of the year’s activities from the President, Mrs Janet Rodwell. We heard that there had been 119 new members last season and there was a waiting list of 178, which is a very healthy position for the Society. Mrs Rodwell paid tribute to the Committee and various other members who worked hard for the Society especially on Monday evenings. During the year Mr Ken Green, a past President of the Society, had written a book about the past 100 Active Years of the Society which has been published and is available to purchase. She presented Mr Green with a bottle of Champagne to commemorate this magnificent achievement.
Mrs Rodwell was re-elected as President unanimously and so were the other officers and committee. We were given an insight into the programme for the next season which will include John McCarthy talking about his 1943 days in captivity, Gerald Dickens with his one man show Nicholas Nickleby and Julian Lloyd Webber. The evening ended with our usual sumptuous buffet.
Audrey Owens
Press Officer
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A Feast of Song
March 8th, 2010
1st March 2010 Join us for a ‘A Feast of Song’
The concluding night of the Arts and Literary Season found a full house at the Princes Theatre when members spent an evening in a Feast of Song with four exquisite singers from the Welsh National Opera together with their exceptional accompanist. The audience were treated to many favourite and familiar arias, duets and quartets. Among these were the Barcarole and the delightful and funny Gendarmes duet with audience participation. Opera was not their only music as the quartet gave us some of the most famous songs from Rogers and Hammerstein, Ivor Novello and George Gershwin.
This was a final season night to remember as the audience cheered and clapped their approval of the fabulous voices from the Welsh National Opera. The next season is keenly anticipated. The evening was sponsored by Boydens, the Frinton Estate Agents.
Audrey Owens Press Officer
