“Home Sweet, Sweet Home” Victorian entertainment: beloved and bawdy

An entertainment brought to you by our own, our very own, “Singalong 4 Fun” group. Your MC will be David Hewitt, dressed in Victorian costume while group members will be in the audience to lead the singing. Silly Hats are encouraged.

We examine the role of singing, through the medium of a “singalong”, at a time when people had to make their own entertainment. Everyone will have a songsheet including a selection of Victorian songs, many of the choruses will have familiar content. We move from the middle class family gathered round the parlour piano, through the coarser broadside street-

ballads; song and supper clubs; chorus songs in the music halls and finally, the comic operas of Gilbert & Sullivan and others. In addition to the songs Penny Wragg of the Poetry group will present three Victorian monologues. No great singing ability is expected!! Nobody will be excluded!!. FREE entry.

Who is our mystery performer?

Book here: “Home Sweet, Sweet Home”

Victorian entertainment: beloved and bawdy

We will also showcase our “Concert Party” which meets about 12-16 times a year to entertain residents in Care Homes. We hope to encourage other U3A groups to visit “4th Age” residents of Care Homes with their own programmes.

Thursday 29 August St John’s Church Hall, Ben Rhydding

2.00 – 4.00 pm

“Home Sweet, Sweet Home” Victorian entertainment: beloved and bawdy

As I

walk

along

the

Bois

Boo

Long:

Our mystery performer, octogenarian Heartbeat

guest actor and friend of Louis Tomlinson

(If you don’t know Louis, ask your grandchildren).

Our other group

activity is our Care

Home Concert Party:

Burlington Bertie

leads the “Concert

Party” Singing at

Abbeydale Care

Home.

Burlington Bertie as

imagined by a Care Home

Resident who is a former

arts teacher.

In addition to the Summer programme Concert: The Group will be rehearsing for this concert in its regular meeting place “The Library”, Clevedon House, Ben Rhydding Drive, Ben Rhydding, LS29 8AQ. Fortnighly from 2.00 to 4.00 on Mondays. Next meetings: 29th July and 12th August. If you have registered for the event you are welcome to come to as many, or as few, of these rehearsals as you wish. There is a small charge of £1 per session to cover group costs, including refreshments. Please advise David in advance if you plan to attend.

If you wish to contact the organiser for further information please click here.

Daisy, Daisy,

give me your answer do.

As I polished

up the

handle of

the big front

door

Daisy, Daisy,

give your answer do

When Britain

really ruled the

waves, in good

Queen Bess’s

time.

Two Loverley

Black Eyes

Is either a

little Liberal

or else a

little Conservative