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Ringwood Musical & Dramatic
Society Choir,
Trinity Church,
Ringwood
HAVING always thought that a Dickensian-style
Christmas sounded just my cup of tea, I couldn’t have been more pleased to
begin my round of seasonal reviewing with this splendid concert, in which Mr
Dickens’ characters featured strongly.
As well as the jolly That’s What I’d Like For Christmas from the musical
Pickwick, we were treated to a reading from A Christmas Carol plus the extremely
funny and beautifully performed In Which The Pickwickians Disport Themselves
Upon The Ice. Not that there was any ice in the church, you understand, although
it was easy to believe that there might have been.
In between times there were some very unusual compilations, such as A Medieval
Christmas Festival and An African Celebration, plus delightful songs like Sleigh
Bells and Down in Yon Forest, and Colin Petheram and Sonya Foulds’ musical
interludes, Minuet a l’Antique and That’s What Friends Are For. And of
course the evening would not have been complete without The Hallelujah Chorus
and the many traditional carols.
We were all encouraged to join in the latter, and with inspirational musical
director Ivy Guy at the helm the audience couldn’t help but sing as lustily as
the excellent, highly animated choir.
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