3 Concerts - please can you let us know if you can sing

We have our three concerts for the summer term coming up.  Please can you let us know ASAP if you will be singing in each one.  If you are reading this on your email simply reply to the email and that will get to the Chamber Choir Champions directly.  Or email tsgcchoir@gmail.com. Thank you.

To remind everyone, here are the concert details that we need to know about:

• Saturday June 22nd 7pm

Create Choral at The Great Hall, The Discovery Museum (tickets from The Sage Box Office in advance)
http://thesagegateshead.org/event/create-choral-22-06-13/
Please assume you will be needed for a couple of hours or so before the start of the concert for rehearsals.

• Friday June 28th 7pm

Chatton Flower Festival at Chatton Church, Northumberland
We won't need much more than a warm up beforehand so assume you need to be there as soon after 6.30pm as possible.

• Saturday July 6th 7pm

St Thomas's Church, Haymarket. Shared concert with Project:Sing

Please assume you will be needed for a couple of hours or so before the start of the concert for rehearsals.

Train travel to Cambridge

A note re travel to Cambridge from Simon (written earlier this week) 

Dear All

Just checking today (tuesday) on East Coast website. Tickets not yet available for our weekend. Looks like at least another week until the Friday  tickets are released and then the Sunday component a week later.

However, I did check the comparative cost of a direct return to Cambridge from Durham compared with splitting the ticket Durham-Peterborough/Peterborough-Cambridge and paying separately for each leg. Maybe teaching Granny etc but for me with a Railcard there was £35 difference to the good for the split journey so £50 for those without. Also if you could get together for the journey for those without cards you can get the Group discount rate for 3 or more people at the same level.

Worth thinking about for those planning to go by train

Simon

Accommodation in Cambridge

Christ College

As mentioned in a previous email/blog Nick has been working hard to arrange for Christ College to reserve some accommodation for us to book.  It is going to be released to us for booking at 10am on Monday 6^th May and will be exclusively available to us until the 26^th May. After that those rooms not taken will go on to the Cambridge Rooms website for general release. 

Here is the link to use to make a booking as well as the promotion code you will need to submit:

http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/conferences/accommodation/room-booking/

 Promotion Code     -        NLAug13 

The rooms are being made available to us for the nights of Friday 16^th and Saturday 17^th August. All accommodation is with breakfast. Per room B&B prices are as follows:

3   x superior double rooms – en suite shower rooms £90.00 per night

3   x double rooms with designated bathrooms £80.00 per night – designated bathrooms are exclusive to each room but across a communal landing

4   x staircase twin rooms with en suite with bath – some also have overhead shower £70.00 per night

18 x New Court Single rooms with en suite shower/handbasin and WC pod £55.00 per night.

Sidney Sussex College

Also, Roland has used his alumi status to get us reduced rates for accommodation at Sidney Sussex if Roland makes the booking. They only have single rooms available and their prices per room B&B are:

Standard single with shared bathroom £41.00

En suite single £63.00

If you would like Roland to make a booking on your behalf please contact Roland directly on rht@villagecourt.freeserve.co.uk

Concert at Chatton

Hi all
The concert at the church in Chatton on Friday 28th June will start at 7.00pm.
We won't need much more than a warm up beforehand so assume we need you there as soon after 6.30 as possible.
If this timing causes any difficulties please do let Nicky, Enid or Ed know. Thanks.
Nicky