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the committee will dump their thoughts on a hopefully regular basis. You can also send your own content directly here and it will appear automatically in the blog. Any particularly good blog entries, if they have a photo, may appear in the News Section. Note: send all photos in a separate email. Please read our commenting policy here .
| Liz Balmford?s ?Sing Speak Be? |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Monday, 28 March 2011 16:45 |
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Excerpt from the Henley Standard - http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=880332 AT a concert last Sunday, Liz Balmford’s “Sing Speak Be” students performed for family and friends at the HAODS Studio in New Street, Henley. Taking place the night before Valentine’s Day, the theme for the evening was “love, romance and heartbreak”, so the students sang their way through musical theatre favourites like I Could Have Danced All Night, Someone To Watch Over Me and Take That Look Off Your Face. They also regaled the audience with chart ballads such as Make You Feel My Love, The Weakness In Me and Dream Catch Me, which had the audience sighing with appreciation. In her performance coaching practice, Sing Speak Be based in Sonning Common, Liz teaches singing to adults and coaches youngsters for drama school auditions and musical scholarships. By staging regular concerts in tandem with her singing lessons, Liz hopes to boost the confidence of her students. Liz says: “As a performer, you make rapid progress if you get the chance to perform in public, so I like to stage concerts to give my students this opportunity. The simple act of standing in front of people changes your performance — and the courage it takes can increase confidence, impacting on all areas of life. “This concert was a chance for my students to share their progress with their peers and to experiment with new material in front of a friendly audience.” |
| St Peter's Players (Wolvercote) present: Beauty and the Beast: A Fable in Two Acts |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 25 March 2011 19:52 |
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This delightful little drama society are taking on a beast of a show and hope to show us big boys how to do it by giving the perfomances of their lives. It will be a difficult time for us as it is the get-in week for Follies. However, non-cast members, if you can make it and support another member of the Oxfordshire Drama Network. St Peter's Players (Wolvercote) present: Beauty and the Beast: A Fable in Two Acts by Barbara Neville Village Hall, Wolvercote Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 April at 7.30 p.m. plus Saturday matinee at 2.30 p.m. Tickets £7 and £5; please phone 01865 725186 or call in at The Post Box, Lower Wolvercote Out in the forest, a hunter’s arrow fells a strange beast. There is a terrible price to pay. In a village far away, an impoverished merchant’s young daughter longs for a rose to remind her of her lost mother. This is the tale of their fates – of what they feared, and what they learned; of what they lost and what they found. It is a tale from a time when people believed in magic; and, because they believed in it, it worked, though not always as they wished, and not always for the good. It is a tale about love and loss, about justice and wisdom, about greed and happiness. It’s also about sibling rivalry, language skills in dogs and a rather surprising giant . . . Forget Disney and rediscover the power of fable. |
| changes to the Follies page |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Monday, 21 March 2011 23:27 |
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We've just added a few headshots of the Follies cast to the Follies page: http://www.henleyoperatic.co.uk/shows/follies.html |
| Recent changes to the site |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Saturday, 19 March 2011 16:45 |
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Recent changes to the site include: Added new show page for Dangerous Corner http://www.henleyoperatic.co.uk/shows/dangerous-corner-2011.html Added Dangerous Corner Facebook area link to the links page http://www.henleyoperatic.co.uk/links/list/allalpha/haods+link+area/0.html Added Dangerous Corner article to the news page http://www.henleyoperatic.co.uk/latest/haods-studio-first-production-j.-b.-priestley-s-dangerous-corner.html Added cast biographies to the Follies page http://www.henleyoperatic.co.uk/shows/follies.htm |
| Pirates of Penzance at Camberley Savoy Singers |
| Written by M.Walker |
| Saturday, 05 March 2011 11:13 |
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Sometimes we may forget to support other groups involved in Amateur Dramatics, here is your chance to put that right. HAODS members may be interested in some 'amdram' that is happening right now in Camberley. The Savoy Singers of Camberley - The Pirates of Penzance at The Camberley Theatre Wednesday 9th March - Saturday 12th March at 7.30pm (Saturday matinee at 2.30pm now sold out). Tickets from Camberley's theatre box office 01276 707600. |
| The Social Committee |
| Written by Clancey Smith |
| Wednesday, 02 March 2011 16:43 |
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Congratulations to Ann Jenkin and her team for their very successful evening on 26 February when they organised a brilliant evening with Raymond Burton. Well done to all of you for your time and effort which was well reflected in the funds you raised of £500 clear profit. Clancey Smith on behalf of HAODS Committee |
| Facebook 'like this' button on all news articles on the HAODS site. |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Wednesday, 02 March 2011 14:09 |
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You may have noticed a new facebook 'like this' button on all news articles on the HAODS site. This button is not a new thing on sites in general but it is a new feature for the HAODS site. If you have a facebook account then you can click 'like this' and it will go onto your Facebook page when you share it. I wrote this specifically for HAODS. It generally works, but there were a couple of teething problems. On a couple of articles when I was testing, Facebook has stored incorrect text in its cache and it won't disappear. However, where you click on 'like this' on a nice new article that no-one has liked before it seems to do the job of inserting the article link, the subject and some of the article text. It seems to do it well. Any problems let me know. Can you please use it every time you like an article in order to publicise it amongst your facebook friends. Also can you please encourage the others in the society to do the same. Facebook publicity is a good thing.  |
| Follies - Front and Backstage help needed |
| Written by Ann Jenkin |
| Monday, 28 February 2011 20:53 |
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The next HAODS show is approaching "Follies" and help is needed both front and backstage. Show dates Friday, 8th, Saturday 9th, Sunday 10th (matinee), Thursday 14th, Friday 15th, Saturday 16th April. If you can help, as Usher, Coffee Bar, backstage crew, please let Ann know when you are available on jenkinann@yahoo.co.uk. |
| Raffles DVD |
| Written by Ian Senior (Raffles) |
| Monday, 28 February 2011 14:28 |
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In my previous post about the Raffles DVD, this will be available at the showing at 12.30 on Saturday, 5 March at Tim Sloane's place. I omitted Richard Cleghorn-Brown's contact details. He is _richard@deducit.com_ (mailto:richard@deducit.com) if you wish to place orders. There are 2 disks, Act 1 and Act 2. The price is £10. To date 13 people have placed orders and at the post-show party on 20 November they gave Julie Huntington a cheque made out to Richard Cleghorn-Brown. These cheques have been presented. Some other company members may have said they wanted copies of the DVD but Richard hasn't received the money. If you fall into this category please send a cheque made out to Richard Cleghorn-Brown at 4 Old Orchard Court Coneygar Road Quenington Cirencester GL7 5BY Ian Senior |
| site has been hit by spam |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Monday, 28 February 2011 12:18 |
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The HAODS site has been hit by spam which has knocked it off line for an hour or two today. Spam is a terrible problem for all sites these days and we are dealing with it by removing all public email addresses from the site. This means that the old info@henleyoperatic.co.uk email address that would automatically publish here will no longer work. I have changed the email address to make it harder for spambots to find. I have also removed it in plain text from the whole site. So to continue if you want to submit any article, call Julie and she will tell you the new email address, we just can't publish it here! Lastly we recommend that you never publish your email address in any article unless you like receiving spam... Thanks for your patience |
| Wow What A Evening |
| Written by Ann Jenkin |
| Sunday, 27 February 2011 10:09 |
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"Who Does He Think He Is" - Raymond Burton in Cabaret with David Harrison on keyboard, Paul Netherton on drums at The Studio playing to a packed house. The evening started with songs from the shows, old and new, powerful ballards followed by a pizza supper. Then the roof took off with rock and roll numbers, popular songs, the studio was rocking with audience dancing and singing, what a evening. The good news is that he has promised to come back, if you missed it you missed one of the best evenings that we have put on at the Studio, £10 for a show of that quality and a pizza, you would be mad to missed the next one. Ann Jenkin, Social Secretary |
| HAODS site was unavailable for a hour |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Saturday, 26 February 2011 23:08 |
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The HAODS site had some downtime for an hour on Saturday at about 12:30-ish. This was due to some minor changes that had to be put in place. Sorry if that caused any problems for you. I always try to minimise any downtime and warn you in advance but sometimes it is unavoidable. Sorry! |
| Raffles of Singapore. The DVD |
| Written by Ian Senior (Raffles) |
| Saturday, 26 February 2011 13:15 |
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The DVD of Raffles will be shown at the home of Tim Sloane on Saturday 5th March at 12.30. If you plan to come please inform Tim (timothy.sloane@tiscali.co.uk) who is generously providing eats. Bring a bottle. The sales promotion version of the show (20 minutes) is now at (http://www.rafflesofsingapore.com) and this will give you a taster of the full DVD. Richard Cleghorn-Brown will bring copies of the full DVD for those who have pre-paid (£10 for two disks). If you haven't ordered it in advance and want to buy it, please inform Richard straight away. Ian Senior iansenior@aol.com |
| NODA newsletter for February |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:28 |
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Ladies and Gents, You can find the latest NODA newsletter for February 2011 here on Noda's news page: Just cut/paste this link into your browser. http://www.noda.org.uk/news/Read+the+latest+NODA+email+newsletter |
| Follies |
| Written by Ann Jenkin |
| Friday, 11 February 2011 21:05 |
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Has anyone got 4 bar stools needed for Follies they would be prepared to lend for the production. If so please let Ann know on jenkinann@yahoo.co.uk |
| Gallery link now showing latest pictures of Raffles |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Wednesday, 12 January 2011 15:51 |
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Some site changes have just been made to your site. We have moved the show gallery link (the old location down the left hand side) to the top of the page on the main menu. We could not do this before as the site was too narrow. Now the site is wider, it fits. The show pics are a good advert for the society so it makes sense to put them there. They are also great for members to view their old triumphs on stage. The old link was a bit buried and not very accessible, the new one is in a much better location. I have also structured the gallery contents to make it more friendly there too. The Raffles pictures are now published so the world can see what a good job HAODS made of staging this world(!) premier performance of this new musical. The New year is now firmly in. May I remind all members that it would be good for your site to have some new articles, gossip, pictures, whatever you want to donate. If you have anything to say just post it here by email or use the little form on the right of this page. . |
| Good bye to a longstanding member. |
| Written by The Chairman! |
| Saturday, 01 January 2011 17:39 |
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Sadly I have to report that one of our most longstanding members, Ronny Ball passed away on Christmas Eve at the Sue Ryder Home. He had been very ill with many problems, but fought a brave battle to the end. There will be a memorial service at St Mary's on Friday, 14 Jan at 3pm, for those wishing to attend to pay their respects. Sorry to be the bearer of sad news on this lovely weekend as he was a very long term member of HAODS we owe him our thoughts and prayers. Julie Huntington |
| Christmas Summit between Societies |
| Written by The Chairman! |
| Sunday, 02 January 2011 22:20 |
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| Raffles and Olivia |
| Written by Ian Senior (Raffles) |
| Monday, 27 December 2010 12:47 |
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Raffles and Olivia - another show, a new project by Ian Senior By common agreement the book, music and dialogue of Raffles of Singapore have proved themselves to be strong thanks to HAODS's magnificent production. We shall follow up West End managements just as soon as Dan Brome provides us with the DVD. (Would the 26 members who ordered copies from Julie at the post-show party on 20 November please be patient. Dan keeps telling us that the DVD is imminent.) Now Richard and I wish to launch a new three-hander, cut-down musical titled Raffles and Olivia using the same material but focusing on the relationship between Raffles and Olivia. We are approaching the East India Club and other London clubs about presenting the show. Julia Rymer will direct and Tim Cumper will be MD subject to availability. Alan Elston wishes to play Raffles but unfortunately Michelle Wesson is not available for Olivia so we need to recast the part and also to cast the Narrator. We plan to workshop Raffles and Olivia from 2.00 to 5.00 in the Studio on Saturday, 22 January, with a run at 5.00 followed by audience discussion at 6.00 finishing at 7.00. If anyone reading this would like to be considered for Olivia or the Narrator, please e-mail _iansenior@aol.com_ (mailto:iansenior@aol.com) and I will send them the libretto. I can be contacted at 01923 400400. Also, anyone else who was in or saw Raffles of Singapore may want to come to the run-through at 5.00 in the Studio on Saturday 22 January. (I have been trying hard to get this date confirmed with Jason Huntley and not having heard from him I must assume it is OK). HAODS is supportive of the Raffles and Olivia project but it will be financed and managed by Ian Senior and Richard Cleghorn-Brown trading as MITE. It is intended to be a commercial project with payment for all taking part. Happy New Year. Ian and Richard |
| We have a new facebook for HAODS - Follies! |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Wednesday, 15 December 2010 10:34 |
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Updates, news, views and discussions here for the Henley Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society players presentation of Sondheim's Broadway hit musical Follies! This is an active group, visit it here, join and start posting! Carlos Miguens is now doing the inviting, please visit, join and feel free to participate in the discussions. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169336496430465 |
