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The Sackville Singers present:
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Brahms' Requiem
Date: Saturday, 8th March 2008 @ 8pm
The Methodist Church, The Drive, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3AB
Admission: £12
Tel: 01622 205710
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The Sackville Singers are giving a very special concert on Saturday, 8th March. A performance of Brahms' Requiem given on behalf of SAVE CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL and in memory of Mary & Harry Cambell. The performance will be with a piano duet accompaniment provided by Christopher Harris and Tau Wey, an arrangement of the orchestral score made in 1871 by Brahms himself.
Mary & Harry were parent-in-law to the choir's MD Anthony Dawson. . Mary had joined the Singers in their early days back in 1987. She was a very active committee member and took upon herself the task of dealing with the choir's publicity. She continued to manage this, forging vital links with the Arts Editor of The Chronicle and other local newspapers, until ill health forced her to hand over to someone else.
In all this work she was very ably supported by her husband Harry who designed and drew the choir's concert posters and delivered them to local libraries, churches and shops.
They are both sadly missed by the Sackville Singers and as they loved Canterbury Cathedral, it is appropriate that the funds raised from the concert will be donated to the Cathedral appeal fund.
Anthony, who was a chorister at Canterbury, remembers that "our house was always full of music, and we all worked together, with Mary and Harry helping our children with their practice and striving hard on behalf of the Sackville Singers. When I started the Sackville Children's Choir, they were also fully involved with that as well, and Mary acted as the choir's administrator for many years. When we did shows at The Stag Theatre, they would both be there to help with supervision of the large casts, and Harry made many of our stage props himself. It was a little cottage industry, which we look back on with pride and affection. It is much to Mary and Harry's credit that not only are their son (the clarinettist, David Campbell) and daughter (Jane) respected professional musicians, but their grandchildren are all now pursuing musical careers.
Canterbury Cathedral is a priceless treasure and we have to make sure this treasure is preserved for future generations. It is unthinkable that Canterbury Cathedral could be allowed to deteriorate now, when it has stood up to the ravages of time, fires and wars, for so many centuries."
Email:
sackvillesingers@heverlodge.com
Website: http://beehive.courier.co.uk/sackvillesingers
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