Fordante present ‘Romance to the Movies’ at Beeston Methodist Church, Chilwell Road on Saturday, June 15th at 7.30 p.m.
Fordante return with a spellbinding concert, blending Waltzes, Romantic Classics and Movie Love Themes with a beautiful mix of Fordante’s songs. The programmes includes:
Film music: Out Of Africa, Gadfly, Moon River, Gone With The Wind, Tico Tico / Brazil and A Summer Place
Classical: Dance of the Swans, Liberty Bell, Gold and Silver Waltz, La Traviata Prelude, Swan Lake Waltz and Land Of Hope And Glory
Tickets are £8 (£7 in advance), Student/Child £3 and are available from the church office – 0115 9431164
The Churchfitters – Folk Unlimited
The Churchfitters is a folk band like no other. A bass guitar made out of a frying pan. Heart-wrenching vocals accompanied by a musical saw. Foot-stompingly fast fiddle mixed with infectious funk-rock bouzouki. And traditional tunes reinvigorated with mesmerising jazz sax.
The three virtuoso musicians from England and France strut their stuff on a stage that bristles with instruments – adding flute, banjo, dulcimer, tin whistle, guitar, ukulele, stand up dustbin bass and a sackful of percussion to their ensemble. And let’s not forget the unique ‘bing-bong’ machine made out of hack-saw blades.
Throw in some exquisite harmonies, a slew of startlingly original songs and a few jokes that create instant rapport and you’ve got a high energy show that always leaves audiences cheering. How do you adequately describe such a musically diverse, uplifting band? You leave it to Mike Harding, a self-confessed ‘huge, huge fan’. He calls them ‘totally brilliant and beautiful’.
Rosie Short (London)
Rosie’s achingly beautiful voice is equally at home singing husky blues, plaintive femme folk or ethereal originals. A talented songwriter, she’s also a ‘one woman orchestra’, deftly swapping between flute, saxophone, banjo, tin whistle, dulcimer, ukulele and any number of things you can shake, rattle, or whack with a stick.
Chris Short (London)
Chris is a feverishly fast fiddler who has the annoying habit of getting people, who were sitting quite comfortably, out of their seats and dancing. When required, he also plays slowly and most of the other speeds. A mean mandolin player, he sings great vocal harmonies too. Finally, he’s a raconteur with a great sense of humour – but then you need that if you play the musical saw.
Boris Lebret (Lannion, France)
Part bass player, part mad inventor, Boris hates to play a regular instrument when he can cobble together a better one out of scrap metal. Like when he discovered four strings weren’t enough for his driving bass rhythms, so he simply reached for the Black & Decker and bolted on another six.
Please look out for us and join in if you wish
We will be starting our singing tonight at The corner of Sidney Rd and Wollaton Rd at 7:30pm
Route:
Sidney road to Holden road, down to and turning up Bramcote Road, along Cyril Ave, turning up Hope Street to the top of Bramcote Road, then doubling back down Bramcote Rd and up Louis Ave, following Bramcote drive we then turn down Holden Road, and along Fellows Rd to Wollaton Rd, where we move back up to Bramcote Drive and sing along to a little past Winchester Ave.
Map of Route:
Please look out for us and join in if you wish
We will be starting our singing tonight at The corner of Devonshire and Newcastle Ave at 7:30pm
Route:
Starting at the corner of Devonshire and Newcastle Ave we sing along and up Elm Ave to and along Vicarage St back to Devonshire Ave where we turn up and follow Devonshire Ave to Glebe St. We sing at the bottom of Bramcote Rd before heading along Glebe St to Elm Ave where we sing down Elm Ave, towards Vicarage St before doubling back and finishing Glebe St to Cromwell Rd, turning down Cromwell road to And along Ireton St, up Imperial Rd to North Street, across to and down Hampden Grove back to Ireton St and down Imperial Rd, turning onto Silverwood Rd and continuing on to Collington St along Newton St, finishing up at the top of Harcourt St.
