Ian Belsey & Louise Crane

What a joyful afternoon we had on Sunday 27th November when Louise Crane and Ian Belsey, accompanied by Paul Showell, treated an audience of over 60 to a most entertaining mixture of songs with accompanying dialogue and acting as well as lots of amusing anecdotes. There were pieces from Iolanthe, HMS Pinafore, Patience and The Mikado but also some lovely non G and S items such as Noel Coward’s “Mrs Worthington” and “Charming Weather” from Monkton’s The Arcadians. The medley of Christmas songs played by Paul got us into a festive spirit and there was a splendid encore with “I remember it well” from Lerner and Lowe’s Gigi.

It was pleasing to see so many existing members at this event and also to have attracted new membership amongst those attending this concert as their first with the Society.

Items Included:

G&S:

Iolanthe - Oh foolish fay

Patience - Sad is that woman’s lot

Patience - So go to him and say to him

HMS Pinafore - I'm called little Buttercup

HMS Pinafore - Things are seldom what they seem

The Mikado - Alone, and yet alive

The Mikado - Tit Willow

The Mikado - There is beauty in the bellow of the blast

Rogers & Hammerstein:  State Fair - It’s a Grand Night for Singing

Sullivan - My Dearest Heart

Noël Coward:  Bitter Sweet - If Love Were All Lyrics

Noël Coward:  Bitter Sweet - I’ll see you again

Noël Coward - Mrs Worthington

Lionel Monckton:  The Arcadians - Charming weather

Lerner & Lowe:  Gigi - I remember it well

T.C Sterndale Bennett & Charles Haynes - The Carol Singers

Worton David & J P Long - The Rest of the Day’s Your Own

Paul Showell treated us to a medley of Christmas songs