Page 26 - link magazine

Swindon Wide
26

Scratch choir gives the chance Web writer follows Dickensian form
to complete beginners to sing out A Swindon writer has been commissioned to write a
Swindon Scratch Choir meets at the Pilgrim Centre, Regent Circus, on 12 episode season for bigworldnetwork.com, a website
Monday nights 7.30pm to 9.30pm and the Tuesday Singing Group at that aims to provide quality literary entertainment for
Lower Shaw Farm, West Swindon 3pm to 4.30pm. Both groups are all- readers and listeners in episodic format.
inclusive, all are welcome including complete beginners. Contact Linda Sam Kearns, graduate of Greendown and New Col-
Lee for details on 875184; [email protected] lege and now taking a degree in Writing Contemporary
www.swindonscratchchoir.co.uk Fiction at Southampton Solent University, has written
The Darkness under the Rainbow a sci-fi story set
on a planet far far away.
Conductor wanted to bring on ladies’ choir Big World Network launched last August to pres-
After the great success story of ‘Military Wives’, the choir formed by ent serialised stories online, similar to the way Charles Dickens did in
exuberant musical maestro Gareth Malone, new choral groups are be- newspapers 150 years ago.
ing formed throughout the country and existing groups are welcoming Sam’s story is available free in written form to download and also in audio
newcomers to their ranks. format at www.bigworldnetwork.com/DarknessUnderTheRainbow.html
www.samkearns.com

Scrapstore can come to you
Swindon Children’s Scrap-
store has launched ‘Let’s Play’
creative art and craft mobile
workshops run by dedicated
craft facilitator Mel Thompson
who visits schools, community
groups and pre-schools.
She offers sessions that can
be focused on current topics
What all choirs need is a Gareth musical talents with the energy and or one-off events for a small
Malone, but as there is only one enthusiasm required to harness the or large group. Whatever the
of him sometimes you just have to vocal abilities of a group of lively theme, the environmental as-
make do with the next best thing. ladies as they entertain to raise pect of reusing materials that
Could it be you? funds for local charities. would otherwise go to landfill is
Thamesdown Ladies Choir, now If you think you have the skills to a key part of her project.
in its thirty-eighth year, are looking showcase the vocal talents of one of ‘Turn Waste Things into Play Mel with Isis and her mum Omi Pears-
to appoint a new musical director Swindon’s premier choirs, call Diane Things’ by contacting Mel on Whitehouse at the Swindon home educa-
- someone who can combine their Lee on 873128 for further details. 513982. tion group Chinese New Year workshop

21-48 March 12.indd 26 15/02/2012 18:16