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Newport Congregational Church

posted 19 May 2014, 12:46 by Peter Joyce
CHAPEL BUILDING FUNDRAISING EVENT

The members of Newport Congregational Church in Pyle Street are pursuing a very active and ongoing programme of fundraising, and this is to enable them to complete the final stage of their Pyle Street development - the building of their Chapel.

A very well attended concert by the Fiddlers on 16th May 2014 resulted in a further £125.00 being added to the Building Fund. Donations towards the light refreshments kindly provided during the concert interval were also included in this figure.
A member of the Church and of the audience on 16th May sent in the following email after the Concert;-

Dear Rene,
 
                I thought I'd e-mail you on behalf of my wife and I, to say a very big 'thank-you' to you and your Isle of Wight Scottish Fiddlers, for the lovely concert that you gave at Newport Congregational Church on Friday,16th May, 2014. The free performances that you all give for excellent causes, I
know, are greatly valued and admired all over the island and beyond. 
 
               We both thoroughly enjoyed all the familiar and unfamiliar music that you played. I, myself, greatly enjoyed 'Red House', 'The Duke of Perth's Reel' and 'Bonnie Dundee' (all of which I know extremely well), as well as, 'Father John Macmillan of Barra's Pipe March', 'The Marquis of Huntly's Theme and Variations', 'Drunk at Night and Dry in the Morning' and 'The Bothy Ballads' (all of which I don't know at all). As far as I know, it's a great shame that you cannot get recordings of the more unfamiliar music that you play. I've just over fifty CDs of English and Scottish Country Dance Music, as well as songs, ballads and fiddle music - including two of music by Niel Gow, but I can only find a couple of the better known pieces by William Marshall and Nathaniel Gow on them.
 
               We both also really thoroughly enjoyed the two 'solo' pieces that were performed. Both the lady who played the 13th Century French Dance Tune on the recorder and Ken's piano playing of Scott Joplin's 'Elite Syncopations' were both fantastic to say the least. They are two very talented musicians. Please convey our thanks and congratulations to both of them for their excellent performances.
 
                In the meanwhile, my wife and I both look forward to the next concert that you give at Newport Congregational Church, or anywhere else in the Newport area, that we can get to, as we don't have a car. Thank-you once again for the lovely concert that you gave. It was really appreciated.
 
                                                               With kind regards,
 
                                                                          Chris Broughton,
            
                                                                                       Newport Congregational Church.


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