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WElcomeThe only time I’ve ever ‘deserted’ WLOS in my 23 years of membership was to perform ‘Broadway Baby’ in Wallington Operatic’s production of Follies. Being an ‘old broad’ myself, I’ve been nagging WLOS ever since to put on this wonderful show that illustrates without a doubt what an impressive breadth of talent we now have – not only lots of talented ladies (of all ages) but, at last, we have a good number of men who can actually sing, dance and act! How other societies must envy us!

Almost everyone in the company has a named part in this show and for me, one of the loveliest and most poignant numbers is ‘One More Kiss’, a duet sung by our oldest member, Margaret Etches playing Heidi Schiller, and her young self played by brilliant newcomer, Emma Newman-Young. Keep those hankies handy!

It has also been a great opportunity for our multi-talented dancers under the expert and cheerful direction of choreographer Keren Pullinger. Being able to give aspiring professionals such as Keren an opportunity to add to their experience is, I believe, an important part of what makes WLOS such a success story.

One other noteworthy first for WLOS is the fact that the sets for Follies are being designed and built (with a little help) by Becky Channon, who also sings and dances in the show. Alison King – another singer/dancer – once again has created stunning artwork for our posters and flyers as well as another wonderful programme. As if that wasn’t enough, Alison has been designing and building an amazing new website for WLOS. It should be operational any day now so do pay us a virtual visit at www.wlos.org.uk

I’m running out of superlatives here but that’s hardly surprising. It’s so gratifying that we are using the talents of so many of our members and, at the same time giving young, creative people opportunities to gain experience that will enhance their future careers.

We’re looking forward to getting our teeth into some classical music when we start (in only two weeks’ time) rehearsing Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, to be performed at the Secombe Theatre from 19 – 22 November. After that, it’s on to a classical theme with the magical music of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate (May 2009).

Thank you for supporting WLOS. We may be oozing talent and enthusiasm but we’re nothing without our audience!

Best wishes and see you in November.

Dianne Norton Chairman WLOS

FolliesBook by JAMES GOLDMAN

Music & lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Produced originally on Broadway by Harold Prince

By special arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with JOSEPH WEINBERGER LIMITED on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of NEW YORK

Wednesday 14th - Saturday 17th May 2008

Secombe Theatre, Cheam Road, Sutton

Wimbledon Light Opera SocietyPresident: Miss Barbara Fleming

Vice Presidents: The Worshipful Mayor of Merton, Martin Whelton Robert Holmes

Committee: Chairman: Dianne Norton Secretary: Spencer Mitchell Treasurer: Paul Sadler Business Manager: Susan Mills Publicity Officer: Bel Gibbs Social Secretary: Greg Shaw General members: Linda Pullinger (Deputy Chairman) Hazel Channon Al Clogston Margaret Etches Seumas Grey Adam Phillips

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Dictionaries offer many definitions of the word ‘folly ‘:- from foolishness, absurdity and fatuity to imprudence, indiscretion and daftness; it is also an ornamental building with no purpose.

Follies the musical, is indeed rife with imprudent, foolish and indiscreet behaviour from its protagonists. A clever and fitting coincidence perhaps, but follies – in the plural – is the correct stage name for a theatrical revue with glamorous female performers. In the Weissman Follies, it is Dimitri Weissman’s eleven ‘Beautiful Girls’ – ‘flawless charmers every one’ who capture the audience’s imagination.

Originally titled The Girls Upstairs, Follies the musical revue was based on the famous Ziegfeld Follies which played in the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway between the first and second World Wars. They were a series of ‘elaborate theatrical productions’, a cross between the later shows that were to characterise the Broadway show and a more sophisticated high class Vaudeville variety show. The Ziegfeld chorus girls were admired for their beauty and glamour and would be dressed in sumptuous costumes fashioned by the most famous designers of the day, which would become the talk of Broadway overnight. Plus ça change…

It is not widely known that the Ziegfeld Follies were in fact inspired by the fabulous Folies Bergère – the world famous Parisian music hall. It was at the height of its fame and popularity from the late 1890s through to the 1920s and, as of last year, this inspirational institution is still in business.

Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the French architect, Monsieur Plumeret.

It opened on 2 May 1869 as the ‘Folies Trévise’ taking its name from the rue Revise on the corner of which it was constructed. It is said that a prominent, local nobleman – the Duc de Trévise – did not want his good name associated with a bawdy dance hall and used his position to ensure the hall was swiftly renamed. It was thus renamed after another local street – the rue Bergère – to become the Folies Bergère.

The Folies Bergère catered to the popular tastes of the day and shows featured elaborate and revealing costumes. Nudity and a fascination with other cultures became trademarks of the Follies and, in the 1920s, Parisians developed a particular fascination for ‘la negritude’. Josephine Baker, a beautiful African-American expatriate singer, dancer and entertainer stole the headlines to become an overnight sensation in 1926, with her suggestive ‘banana dance’ in which she wore a skirt made of bananas and little else.

Bel Gibbs

follies: a historyFrom madness to magic via Paris and New York...

Elizabeth Burton (Young Phyllis) and Marion Hayter (Young Sally)

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Act ITheatre impresario Dimitri Weissman reunites performers from yesteryear for one final show before his theatre is pulled down. He serenades his fabled BEAUTIFUL GIRLS as they take to the stage for one last time. What they lack in youth, they make up for in confidence and sheer star quality.

Leading ladies Sally and Phyllis - now married to their stage-door-johnny husbands Buddy and Ben – chatter excitedly as ghostly apparitions of their younger selves inhabit the stage. Sally nervously sings DON’T LOOK AT ME as she sees Ben for the first time in years. But both are glad they came...

Ben and Buddy fondly remember WAITING FOR THE GIRLS UPSTAIRS to appear from their dressing rooms after a show. The party gets going as the regulars showcase their former acts: Theodore and Emily Whitman sweetly reprise their duet, RAIN ON THE ROOF; sophisticated Solange ‘growls’ her way through AH, PARIS! and Hattie defiantly stakes her claim as a BROADWAY BABY.

Ben confesses to Sally that his memories are tinged with regret in THE ROAD YOU DIDN’T TAKE. Phyllis, angered by the thought of Sally and Ben together, finds her emotions reflected in the tempestuous BOLERO D’AMORE danced by Vincent and Vanessa. Sally tells Ben about her life with Buddy.IN BUDDY’S EYES, she knows she’ll always be the young beauty he fell in love with - but her thoughts are on the time she and Ben pledged their love for one another.

Stella leads the Follies girls through WHO’S THAT WOMAN?, where ‘memories’ mirror the dancers’ movements, reminding Sally, Buddy, Phyllis and Ben of the inadequacies of their lives. Only Carlotta seems content - ‘good times, bum times’ – she’s grateful just to have survived it all – a sentiment echoed in I’M STILL HERE.

Act I draws to a close with Ben and Sally locked in an embrace, as Ben realises he’s spent TOO MANY MORNINGS dreaming of her.

Act IIMemories of young Phyllis, Ben, Sally and Buddy taunt their disillusioned older selves and Ben finally admits to Sally that he no longer loves her. For Buddy, it’s all about finding THE RIGHT GIRL. The scene ends in a bitter-sweet observation from old and young Heidi Schiller, with an operetta-style duet concluding that you can’t turn back the clock. ONE MORE KISS is all we can hope for before the dreams fade.

The tension rises as Phyllis, emboldened by her seduction of one of the waiters, is seriously considering a life without Ben in COULD I LEAVE YOU? Enraged by his wife’s increasing bitterness, Ben argues with Phyllis and they are joined by Sally and Buddy and their younger alter egos. A cacophony of hysterical voices ensues until the orchestra swells to break the tension and we move into the unreal world of the Follies, starting with the Folly of Love in LOVELAND – a heavenly scene where everyone ‘lives to love’, skies are eternally blue and ‘every road is lover’s lane’.

Next, we witness the Folly of Youth: young Ben and young Phyllis promise one another that YOU’RE GONNA LOVE TOMORROW while young Sally and Buddy declare that LOVE WILL SEE US THROUGH. Buddy’s Folly shows his agitated state of mind in THE GOD-WHY-DON’T-YOU-LOVE-ME-BLUES. Meanwhile fragile Sally shares her despair in LOSING MY MIND. The tempo picks up with THE STORY OF LUCY AND JESSIE (Sally and Phyllis respectively) which jauntily suggests that if only the girls could combine their best qualities, then at least one of them would be happy.

Lastly there is Ben’s Folly. LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE witnesses Ben’s ultimate breakdown; his smooth, confident veneer cracks, he forgets his lines, loses his way and eventually his mind. This panic-stricken finale brings us sharply back to reality. Having faced their demons, the two couples leave the reunion to begin new lives. Their futures may be uncertain, but in Carlotta’s words – at least they’re ‘still here’...

synopsisScene: The Weissman Theatre, New York, 1970s

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CASTBuddy Plummer

Sally Durant Plummer

Ben Stone

Phyllis Rogers Stone

Young Buddy

Young Sally

Young Ben

Young Phyllis

Michael D’Ambrosio

Marion Hayter

Adam Phillips

Elizabeth Burton

Seumas Grey

Linda Pullinger

David Ballard

Susan Sworn

Dimitri Weissman

Solange La Fitte

Hattie Walker

Carlotta Campion

Emily Whitman

Theodore Whitman

Al Clogston

Bel Gibbs

Jocelyne Wilson

Dianne Norton

Hazel Channon

Peter O’Donovan

Vanessa

Vincent

Kevin

Meredith Lane

Dee Dee West

Willy Wheeler

Max Deems

Photographer

Major Domo

Francesca

Marilyn McPherson

Spencer Mitchell

Callum McFadyen

Sarah Catling

Vicki Garton

Hamish Norbrook

Greg Shaw

Geoff Greensmith

Paul Sadler

Charlene Taljaard

Young Vanessa

Young Vincent

‘Margie’ showgirl

‘Sally’ showgirl

‘Margie’ ballet girl

Showgirl dancers

Mithu Mukherjee

Gavin Murphy

Alison King

Rebecca Channon

Kim Findlay

Rebecca Channon

Georgina Christmas

Kim Findlay

Laura Hutchinson

Alison King

Mithu Mukherjee

Company

Emma Newman-Young

Laura Hutchinson

Young Heidi

Young Stella

Heidi Schiller

Stella Deems

Margaret Etches

Dezzi Lloyd

Francesca Charlene TaljaardCharlene Taljaard

CompanyCompany

Marilyn McPherson (Vanessa) and

Spencer Mitchell (Vincent) dance the

Bolero d’Amore

Bryony Farrant

Gaby Lambert

Vicki Lincoln

Dominique Norbrook

Gill Rossiter

Claire Russell

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production teamDirector

Music Director

Choreographer

Rehearsal Pianist

Set Designer

Stage Manager

Deputy Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Crew

Flyman

Lighting

Sound

Matthew McDowall

Holly Stout

Keren Pullinger

David Harvey

Rebecca Channon

Jo Epps

Clare Hawkins

Laura Staplehurst

George Martin James McCann

Jim Nicholls

Dave Godwin

Joey D’Aguiar

Wardrobe Mistresses

Props

Flyer, poster and programme design

Sally’s wig styled by

Sally’s wig provided by

Front of House

Box office

Prompt

Janet Huckle Sue Clarke Frances Thomas

Susan Mills

Alison King www.dreamfly.co.uk

Adam Phllips

Ray Marston Wig Studio

Peter De Winton, Jenny Kent, Vanessa Mills, Des Muller, Jane Muller, Doreen Offredi, Marion Stewart, Penny Stone, Linda Sutch

Penny Stone

Marion Stewart

dance the night away

Keren Pullinger, our choreographer, explains how Follies has been keeping her on her toes…

The dance element in any show is crucial to the overall dynamics of the

production. It is always memorable, whether for good reasons or bad -

and it plays a huge role in delivering visual impact and entertainment value.

Follies has been a fabulous show to work on due to the range of eras it

covers - from the 1920s right through to the 1970s. It has given me the

opportunity to reference some of the fantastic stylistic qualities that

have defined dance throughout the years. Many shows have less range

but with Follies we have been able to squeeze in jazz, tap, ballroom and

ballet making it interesting for me and the cast to work on and most

importantly, inspiring for the audience to watch.

Not all the cast of WLOS have experience in dance; some may have learnt

to tap dance or attended ballet lessons when they were young, but one

of my challenges as a choreographer is to produce a dance sequence that

all the cast are comfortable to work with. The Bolero d’Amore number

was tricky to teach due to the precise nature of its technique, as well as

involving lift-work and partnering. However, the pace and energy of Lucy

and Jessie meant ensuring the precision of the dancers’ synchronicity and

alignments were spot on, otherwise the choreography would have lost

its ‘wow’ factor.

This is an exciting moment for us all, as months of hard work draw to a

close. But I believe that the commitment of the dancers, and indeed the

whole cast, will be rewarded during show week with a packed house,

audiences wanting more, and even better, some of them wanting to go

home and dig out their own dancing shoes... Enjoy.

Keren x

National Operatic and Dramatic AssociationWLOS is affiliated to the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA), which was founded in 1899 and has a membership of 2,500 amateur theatre groups and 3,000 individual enthusiasts throughout the UK, staging musicals, operas, plays, concerts and pantomimes in a wide variety of performing venues, ranging from the country’s leading professional theatres to village halls.

NODA’s aims are:

To give a shared voice to the amateur theatre sector

To help amateur societies and individuals achieve the highest standards of best practice and performance

To provide leadership and advice to enable amateur theatre to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century

Headquarters: NODA House, 58-60 Lincoln Road, Peterborough PE1 2RZ

Telephone: 0870 770 2480 Fax: 0870 770 2490

email: [email protected] website: www.noda.org.uk

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Seumas grew up in the western highlands of Scotland surrounded by traditional Scottish and Gaelic music. Since studying music at Edinburgh, Seumas has played electric and double bass for various performers and bands over the last 15 years.

In January 2007, he decided to have a stab at musical theatre and joined WLOS where he was given a part in the chorus of Anything Goes as a sailor. Seumas played Dan Mendoza in WLOS’s last production, Jack the Ripper.

SEUMAS GREY

Buddy Plummer

This is Mike’s first show with the company and although a recent convert to the joys of musical theatre he has a good amount of experience prancing about on stage in places such as Mexico, Japan and Italy where he toured with his chart-topping rock group.

Since eschewing the hedonistic rock’n’roll lifestyle in favour of the more sedate country life Mike has appeared in West Side Story, Crazy For You, 42nd Street, Kiss Me Kate, A Chorus Line, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Charley’s Aunt and The Lion , The Witch and The Wardrobe.

MICHAEL D’AMBROSIO

Young Buddy

Linda caught the theatrical ‘bug’ at the age of five after appearing in pantomime in Norwich with the then great Cyril Fletcher. She later took up both choral singing and amateur theatre during her school years and hasn’t looked back!

Since joining the chorus of WLOS in 1999, she has performed several principal roles for them including Mrs Molloy (Hello, Dolly!) and, most recently, Lizzie Stride/Queen Victoria (Jack the Ripper). Roles with other companies include Adelaide (Guys & Dolls) and Reno Sweeney (Anything Goes).

Linda has thoroughly enjoyed rehearsing the role of Sally and would like to thank the production team for their continued encouragement.

LINDA PULLINGER

Sally Durant Plummer

Marion debuted in her first musical, playing Calamity Jane in Hereford Youth Operatic’s production of the same name, at the age of ten. She continued taking lead roles in various productions with local groups until she entered university to study music and drama, also competing internationally in choral competitions. Marion played Genie and understudied Papagena (The Magic Flute) for New Devon Opera in 2005.

Marion graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2006, and currently works for an applied research foundation in Islington. Marion’s first leading role with WLOS was as Marie Kelly (Jack the Ripper) last year.

MARION HAYTER

Young Sally

AL CLOGSTONDimitri WeissmanAl joined WLOS in 2002 when he appeared as Joey Biltmore in Guys and Dolls. Since then he has appeared as Pish Tush in The Mikado, Lord Tolloller in Iolanthe, Horace Vandergelder in Hello, Dolly!, Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Eli Whitney in Anything Goes, and the Chairman in Jack the Ripper. Al has written and musically directed two revues for WLOS, Across the Pond, Rock to Rock and Mouse in the House, and organised and played piano for the Torch Song cabaret.

A native New Yorker, Al now lives in Wimbledon, plays ‘cocktail’ piano at the Bayee Village, teaches jazz piano and builds acoustic guitars.

DIANNE NORTONCarlotta CampionDianne has only defected to another society once in her 23 years with WLOS and that was because she couldn’t resist the lure of Follies. She performed Broadway Baby in Wallington’s production of the show in 2001 and has been nagging WLOS to have a go ever since. She thinks the main attractions are the opportunities that Follies affords ‘old broads’ to strut their stuff!

She’s enjoyed getting her teeth into Aunt Eller in Oklahoma!, Mrs Trapes in The Beggar’s Opera, as well as various drunks, punks and missionaries, and particularly likes performing jazz or blues in revues and concerts.

cAST biographies

Callum McFadyen

and Georgina Christmas

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David has taken lead roles in a number of WLOS’s recent productions including Jack the Ripper and Pirates of Penzance. A Sondheim fan, David has played Bobby in Company, Jack in Into the Woods, Mr Lindquist in A Little Night Music and Charles Guiteau and Czolgosz in Assassins . Other roles include Valentine in Babes in Arms and the voice of the plant in Little Shop of Horrors.

David was a founding member of Harlequin Theatre group in Aberdeen before moving southwards. Strange but true, David was once an extra with the Royal Scottish ballet and has performed backing vocals for Barry Manilow at his Wembley Arena concerts.

DAVID BALLARD

Ben StoneAdam was born in Wales and moved to London to train in Musical Theatre at Arts Educational in Chiswick. While studying, Adam appeared in Cabaret, The Secret Garden, Songs for a New World, How to Succeed in Business... and La Cage Aux Folles.

After graduating, Adam pursued a career in Theatrical Hair Design and is currently working as a Wig Stylist and Designer for Ray Marston Wig Studio. He has worked for TV, theatre and film.

Adam played Bluenose in WLOS’s last show, Jack the Ripper, and before that he was Billy Crocker in the society’s production of Anything Goes.

ADAM PHILLIPSYoung Ben

This is Susan’s fourth production with WLOS, her first principal role and the first time she has played anyone older than her actual age. It is, however, the second time she has played David Ballard (Ben)’s wife (he was also her henpecked husband in WLOS’s production of Sweeney Todd, poor chap). Originally a dancer, she has appeared in numerous musical theatre roles, including Henrietta in Honk! and the Housekeeper in Man of La Mancha (both for BROS).

In real life Susan is a full-time financial analyst, part-time trilingual Blue Badge guide, and failed Mastermind semi-finalist.

SUSAN SWORN

Phyllis Rogers Stone

Elizabeth trained in Musical Theatre at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Her stage credits include Amy in Company (Millfield Theatre, Enfield), Alice in Dick Whittington (Jackson Theatre, Highgate), Ella/Passionella in The Apple Tree (Judi Dench Theatre, Crouch End) and the original cast of Esther (Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue).

Having ‘retired’ from the stage, Elizabeth now works for Knight Frank in Sloane Avenue as Office Manager. Elizabeth’s first appearance with WLOS was the leading role of Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes.

ELIZABETH BURTON

Young Phyllis

Previous to joining WLOS Margaret has sung in church choirs and choral societies and was a member of the Variety Artists Association in Yorkshire. She first joined WLOS in 1978 for Die Fledermaus and has sung various solos in revues, Music Halls and Associate Members’ Evenings. Our performance of Die Fledermaus in November 2008 will be her third performance in that show.

MARGARET ETCHES Heidi Schiller

Jocelyne is an ex-showgirl so Follies is the story of her life, although she wishes she had danced for Ziegfeld and been the girlfriend of a gangster. Being a die-hard Stephen Sondheim fan she is thrilled to perform in one of his fabulous musicals. Recent parts include Queen Tulip in Puss in Boots, Madame Dubonnet in Divorce Me Darling, Cathy Eddowes in Jack the Ripper and choreographer for Mad About Musicals and Pirates of Penzance. Jocelyne would like to dedicate this performance to her ex-dancer friends who have come from all over the world to see it, and to her children Imogen and James who are much better singers than she is.

JOCELYNE WILSONHattie Walker

BEL GIBBSSolange La FitteThis is Bel’s third production with WLOS. She has appeared in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, and in Jack the Ripper as Lady Overcoat. A dedicated Francophile, Bel is delighted to be playing Solange La Fitte, the uber sophisticated French showgirl - one of Weissman’s original ‘Follies’.

A love of dressing up and all things French are characteristics that Bel shares with Solange, but the similarities end there. Bel is happiest teaching yoga, walking on Wimbledon common and spending quality time with her two daughters, Georgia and Brittany, and her husband Mike, and doing ‘luvvie’ things with girlfriends.

cast biographies

MARGARET ETCHES MARGARET ETCHES

Emma Newman-

Young

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production biographies

Matthew has been involved in the performing arts since the age of six. He trained as a dancer at Laine Theatre Arts and the centre of performing arts. He currently teaches at the Barbara Speake Theatre School.

Matthew is the first director in living memory to direct two WLOS shows in a row - he was also in the director’s chair for the society’s production of Jack the Ripper in November last year.

Matthew has enjoyed working with the WLOS company and wishes to thank them for the hard work and for being so welcoming.

MATTHEW MCDOWALLDirector

For WLOS, Holly has been MD for many shows including The Pirates of Penzance, Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof, High Society, Hello, Dolly!, Carmen and Anything Goes. Other shows include: A Swell Party (The Spitz), Stone Moon (National Olivier Theatre), The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Flies on the Wall Youth Theatre), The Pirates of Penzance (Cambridge Arts Theatre), HMS Pinafore and The Sorcerer (The Minack Theatre). She was associate music director and composer for the Bristol Old Vic Summer School for two years and worked with the Tetbury Goods Shed Youth Theatre on Mr Karlander’s Circus. Holly studied music at Cambridge University, graduating top of her year with a ‘starred’ First. She now lives on a narrow boat. When not doing musicals, Holly is a barrister.

HOLLY STOUTMusic Director

Keren trained at the Royal Academy of Dance and the BRIT School, graduating in 2005 from LIPA.

This is Keren’s second WLOS production as choreographer after 2007’s Anything Goes.

Performances include Dancing In The Streets (BBC), Jay-Z Rocawear Showcase (Cafe de Paris, London), Studio Artois Film Festival (London), and whilst at LIPA Judy Garland the Musical, The Life and Breaking Boundaries.

Choreography includes Absolute Dance (Unity Theatre, Liverpool), Kiss Chase with Floyd (Paul McCartney Auditorium) and Dru Hill/ Urban Music Showcase (Liverpool Academy).

Keren has recently tumbled as a cheerleader, danced in a Bollywood film, and on stilts!

KEREN PULLINGERChoreographer

Rebecca trained in Architecture, before completing a postgraduate year on the Motley Theatre Design Course. Designs include: La Musica at the John Calder Bookshop Theatre, Jekyll and Hyde at Wimbledon Studio Theatre, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Medea, Kafka’s The Penal Colony, and In the Shadow of Gandhi for Tara Arts, Sweeney Todd at Shawford Mill Theatre, Jack the Ripper, the Musical at Merton Hall (with WLOS), and Two’s a Crowd at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre. Future shows include The Comedy of Errors for Guildford Shakespeare Company (open air) and Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy for the Edinburgh Festival.

REBECCA CHANNONSet Designer

David has been rehearsal pianist and band member for WLOS since working on their revue, As Time Goes By, in 2002. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music where he currently works for the Benjamin Britten International Opera School. Recent work includes playing for Mercury Musical Developments new musicals at the RAM, Annie (Stevenage Theatre), Thursford Christmas Spectacular in Norfolk, and a tour of Carmen and La Traviata (Pavilion Opera). He is the pianist for Oxshott and Horsley choral societies and also enjoys teaching piano and playing for pop singing classes.

DAVID HARVEYRehearsal pianist

wlos membersLife Members:Barbara Fleming Jill Nuthall Vena Reed Anne Crockford Neil Catton John and Janet Huckle Marilyn MacPherson Marion Stewart Peter and Carole Bagwell Margaret Etches Peter and Carole Evans Penny Stone

Associate Members:Elizabeth AlQadhi Vanessa Aves Mr and Mrs Victor Badgery Sadie Beesley Gill Birchall Christopher Boa Eileen Bowden Jean Branscombe Karen Burman Jane Catton Vera Catton Sue Clark Harry Cowd Amanda Cowking Noel Crockford Olive Davies Peter and Roubina De Winton Michael Denton Janet Donin Mr and Mrs. J Edge Denzil Edwards Don Elson Alun Evans Sue Fairman George and Jean Ferrier Adam Fields Roy Foulsham Mr E A Fuller Tony Geater Martin Gibbs James Grayston Elspeth Greensmith Sarah Greensmith Regina Griesshaber-Denton Eleanor Hall Claire Hargadon P and A Harty Joan Henley Liz Holder Michael and Ruth Howard Nigel and Myra Keen Sadler Keturah Brian and D’reen Legg Oscar and Margaret Lewisohn Anita Lewisohn Ray Little Eve Manghani Dale Mather John and Fiona Mays Malcolm and Leonora Mendoza Sheila Nettleton Roger Newman Ben Norman John Norton Doreen Offredi Mary O’Keeffe Eddie and Nora Page David Putnam Lawrie Reed Diane Reeve Judy Saunders Richard Sheaf Mr and Mrs. Geoffrey Stevenson Linda Sutch Margaret Sweeney Barbara Taylor Frances Thomas John Thompson Gordon and Sue Thorburn Mary Tighe Cathy Vandersteen Jane Walker Patricia Williams Colin and Jacqui Worley

Flute / Clar / Sax

Clar / Sax

Oboe / Clar / Sax

Violin I

Violin II

Viola

Cello

Double Bass

Trumpet I

Trumpet II

Trombone I

Trombone II

Kit / Percussion

Keyboard

orchestra

cheerleader, danced in a Bollywood film, cheerleader, danced in a Bollywood film,

band member for WLOS since working , in 2002.

in Norfolk, and a (Pavilion

enjoys teaching piano and playing for pop

Seumas Grey (Buddy) and

Rebecca Channon

(‘Sally’ showgirl)

Tracey Thurlow

Paul Sanders

Sue Busby

Helena Ruinard

Christine Miller

Toby Hawks

Ros Acton

Jan Kiernan

Giles Straw

Andy Gibson

Dave Horden

Alistair McGregor

Ric Elsworth

David Harvey

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