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BIRMINGHAM
TOWN HALL – SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2010
We
are pleased to announce that The
Gilbert & Sullithon will take place on Saturday
13 February 2010 at Birmingham’s recently refurbished Town
Hall.
The
concept of the “Sullithon”
is to raise money through the sponsorship of participants in the
“Scratch Concert” style event, singing through all thirteen
Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, one after another, with only a 10
minute break between each operetta!
Starting at 10.00am on the Saturday this marathon event takes
approximately 22 hours to complete, finishing at approximately
8.00am on the Sunday morning. A
good time to get breakfast and go home and sleep!
In
1990 the original marathon Gilbert & Sullithon
raised £12,000 for Children in Need!
About 250 people took part from all over Birmingham and the
West Midlands (and beyond). Almost
twenty years’ later we have been asked to organise another such
event for Birmingham Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Cllr Michael
Wilkes and Mrs Vivienne Wilkes, for their chosen charities.
(See separate attachment relating to the charities for
2009-2010.) To stage
the event we have been offered the prestigious, recently
refurbished, Birmingham Town Hall as a venue.
With the capacity to hold a few hundred people, not only
participant singers and musicians but, seating for a more than
adequate sized audience and, therefore, the prospect of raising a
lot more money in the process.
Imagine,
if you would, the sound of 200 or more ladies (we hope) “Tripping
Hither and Tripping Thither” and maybe a chorus of 100+ men for
the Chorus of Peers (Iolanthe)!!
There is a registration fee for participants of £20 which
will include a souvenir programme and a performance polo shirt.
If you are interested in taking part, in what promises to be
a wonderful feat of singing, please complete the registration form and return it to us at the address below.
Please contact us in any of the following ways should you
have any queries or require any further details.
Write to us at: Phil
& Kathy Lovell, 44 Glen Rise, Billesley, Birmingham
B13 0EJ
email us
at:
Philandkathy@blueyonder.co.uk
Telephone:
0121 243 9896
Even
if you cannot get involved yourself, please tell your friends, put
it on your FaceBook page, Twitter it if you like and generally make
it known throughout Birmingham and the West Midlands.
We
look forward to hearing from you.
Philip
and Kathlyn LOVELL
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Sullithon Organisers
If
you wish to watch, help or donate please contact Phil or Kathy.
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