Here we go!
/edit the morning after/
Total success. Money raised, good food eaten, friends talked to and laughs were had. More detail soon. Look at our Twitter feed over on the right for some increasingly tipsy notes on the night.
The auction lots have risen past seventy. They are interesting, diverse, useful and support the restoration of the organ at St Luke’s and the work of Vox Holloway in the community. You can arrange next year’s holiday, plan and undertake work around your home, garden, office, eat out at great local establishments and use great local professional services, try/improve a hobby and select from an array of personal and meaningful Christmas presents. Read the full list here. It’s amazing.
The auction is on Friday 9th November at 7pm at St Luke’s. Tickets are available via (remove the space from the following address to use it) luke voxholloway@gmail.com
They are £15 (£10 concs) and includes dinner, glass of wine or beer, Musical Interludes, licensed bar. If you can’t make it on the night you can always place a reserve bid at the email address above.
Vox Holloway are helping to raise funds for St Luke’s Organ Restoration, the Vox Holloway Community Choir & St Anne & All Saints, South Lambeth by contributing to the running of an auction on Friday 9th November at 7pm at St Luke’s.
Some of the fantastic things you could bid for include
Tickets are £15, concs. £10 – and this includes dinner & a glass of wine/beer and live musical interludes for your entertainment. Please use the contact form to the right to buy your ticket.
There is a terrific social/musical/charitable whirl in hand this season and here is a big round-up of information in date order about these events and projects:
Ezra Williams and Friends, Saturday 22nd September 7.30pm. An evening of singing with Ezra Williams and opera friends, New Unity Unitarian church, 39A Newington Green, London N16 9PR. Vox Holloway performed with these singers in May this year and people thought they were terrific (oh, and VH were good too!). Here is their flyer.
Amnesty International 1920’s Party, Friday 28th September. Inga from the sopranos has organised this fundraising event in aid of Amnesty. The party is happening on in the Orford House Social Club in Walthamstow starting at 7pm and finishes ~11:30pm. This year they have a mixed programme combining live Jazz by the fabulous local Jazz band “While the cat`s away” with recorded 1920`s Jazz songs played from original Shellac records. They also have the pleasure to have Floria & Warren – professional dance instructors who have trained the dancers for the Olympic Opening Ceremony as guests this year to teach the Charleston. And if you are lacking a stylish outfit why not buy your jewellery on the night from the Walthamstow Jewellery Group to add a 1920`s touch to your outfit? Tickets are only £7 (Full price ticket); £5 (Student Concessions). All proceeds from ticket sales will go to Amnesty International to support future projects to protect humans around the world. You can buy your tickets on the night or from WeGotTickets online. Amnesty Flyer.
Tobias and the Angel collaboration, performances October 3&4
Members of Vox Holloway are being invited to join singers from two local choirs to sing in a production by Highbury Opera Theatre “Tobias and the Angel” at the Union Chapel. The performance will include 8 pro singers/actors, a 9-piece orchestra, Highbury Young Singers and other children, a dance group, an on-stage group of amateur singer/actors,and a SATB chorus. It could be you! There are rehearsals planned between now and then, for details of which please use the contact form on the right of this page.
St Luke’s Speakeasy, Friday 12th October 8pm
A social evening for friends, family & neighbours, with a cabaret & live band, singalong, Speak-easy listening. Music & drinks available. Pictures from last October’s Speakeasy are here. Speakeasy is looking for a jazz sax player to play standards and improvise on the night. Please contact Crispin from the tenors using the contact form on the right of this page if you know of anyone.
St Luke’s and Vox Holloway Fundraising Auction, Friday 9th November 7pm
In support of the restoration of St Luke’s Organ and the choir’s community work. Dinner, wine (or beer if you prefer), entertainment and the opportunity to get your Christmas shopping done while raising money for really worthwhile local causes. Auction lots already offered include: a tour of the new BBC building in W1; a brand new Yamaha electric guitar; a private consultation with an internationally renowned biblical scholar ; Makeover with fashion journalist who worked with Trinny and Susannah; Organic Worm Liquor – a tonic for your garden; babysitting; A poem written especially for you, by a well known and popular author; catsitting…..We need you to offer lots for auction, to buy tickets for the evening, to come along with your friends and bid, and to volunteer to make it happen on the night. Any offers of help to Ruth, the Chair of the VH committe using the contact form on the right of this page, or her phone number is in the flyer below.
We’re delighted to announce the 2012/13 season:
Rehearsals for the December concert begin on Tuesday, 18 September, at 7:15 pm in St. Luke’s Church. Please be prepared to pay your subscription for the term (₤30 or what you can afford) and to buy your music (more information on the exact amount will be emailed later). As a reminder, there are no auditions, you don’t need singing experience or even know how to read music to join in, and you don’t need to belong to any church or faith. Vox Holloway is open to all singers.
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