ISLAND LIFE
Rotary Club's new premises
Gospel choir holds
singing workshop
Shanklin Rotary
Club have acquired a
warehouse at Spithead
Park, Sandown to store
items for their annual
sale, which this year
raised £46,337 for
Island and international
charities, with the
majority of the proceeds
remaining on the Island.
The new premises
will allow better storage
throughout the year, and
if sufficient good quality
items are donated, there
may be a half-yearly sale
on the site.
Anyone wishing to
donate should contact
Shanklin Rotary Club
through 01983-864276;
mobile 07592 533363
or shanklinrotaryclub@
hotmail.co.uk.
Shanklin Rotary Club
request anyone with
items for forthcoming
sales should contact
them, and arrangements
will be made for
collection.
A one-day singing workshop and
evening concert, featuring the Isle of
Wight Gospel Choir will take place
at the Newport Minster on Saturday,
April 14.
Grenville Jones and Mark De-Lisser
will lead the choral workshop in
the afternoon. Grenville featured on
national TV on ‘Children in Need’ Day
in November as he was one of only
eight choir conductors asked by the
BBC to train a national youth choir
with Gareth Malone.
The Minster workshop brings
together Grenville with Mark from the
ACM Gospel Choir. They met when
ACM and Grenville's hugely popular
Bath Male Choir reached the finals of
the BBC Last Choir Standing series.
Since that time both men have been
in huge demand with their choirs
and for other music projects as Last
There will be a very special celebration in
which promises to provide a unique and
Choir Standing has been shown all
the waters off the Island this summer to
memorable spectacle, especially from the
across the globe. Mark has toured
mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty
water!
with Russell Watson and is director of
the Queen.
the Singology Choir Project. Grenville
On Tuesday, June 5, all three Cunard
Red Funnel will also be offering special
excursions for the P&O 175th celebrations,
Jones has worked with Katherine
Cruise ships - Queen Mary 2, Queen
Jenkins, Aled Jones, Hayley Westenra,
Elizabeth and Queen Victoria - will be in
Lee Mead and Rhydian Roberts in
perfect harmony as they arrive and depart
spectacular event can find out more and
recent months.
together through the Port of Southampton.
secure their place on the ferry by checking
Cross-Solent ferry company Red Funnel
out all the details on www.redfunnel.co.uk/
Full details of the Workshop and
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See the three Queens with Red Funnel
how to book can be found on www.
will be offering two special excursions
grenvillejones.biz .
onboard their vehicle ferries for the event
www.visitislandlife.com
which takes place on July 3, this year.
Anyone interested in being part of the
excursions.