Special Events

Special Events

Ottawa Shape Note Chorus

On this page you will find OSNC special events, information on Central Ontario singing, and information on UK singing. Just scroll down for more information.

Several times each year, we have a special event. We gather for an informal group singing, and publicize it so that shape note singers from nearby areas can join us if they wish. Our events are not to be confused with formal shape note conventions - we do not take minutes or conduct services. We just have a great time singing!

Come Sing In the Spring!

Spring Equinox Sing

30 March 2008 2:00-5:00 p.m.

Jockvale Heritage School

3131 Jockvale Road (see below for directions)

Potluck Supper after the Sing at the home of Susan Oke

6 Langholm Crescent (directions provided at the Sing)

For more information, call Susan at 613-825-4311

Everyone Welcome!

Directions to the school From the north: go south on Greenbank to Strandherd Dr., turn right (just south of the Canadian Tire). The second traffic light is Jockvale and the school is on the corner to your right; turn right and right again into the school parking lot. From the south: go north on Jockvale to Greenbank. Turn right on Greenbank and go north to Strandherd Dr. Turn left onto Strandherd. The second traffic light is Jockvale and the school is on the corner to your right; turn right and right again into the school parking lot.

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Typical dates for special events in & around Ottawa are on or near a solstice or equinox:

Last weekend in December
Late March or early April
Third weekend in June
Late September or early October

Watch this space for announcements & check out the photo album for group pictures from previous events.

NEWS FROM CENTRAL ONTARIO:

For the forseeable future, the Toronto Shapenote Group's third-Wednesday singings will be in the Music Room of Bloor Street United Church at 300 Bloor St. W. (near Huron). That's a very short walk from the Spadina station on the Bloor line. There's paid parking behind the building; there may also be on-street parking in the surrrounding neighbourhood, but I couldn't possibly comment on that. We are to enter by the westernmost (courtyard) door off Bloor: the one with the "300" above it The Music Room, where the church's own choir holds its practices, is a long, narrow--but not too narrow--space with tall windows and a 14-foot ceiling. It has plenty of chairs but, since they are wooden and unpadded, you may want to bring your own cushioning.

"Local" or "practice" singings in Ontario (remove spaces to use Email addresses):

*Sun., Mar. 2, Toronto, 2-4 p.m., songs from SH & other books (bring 12 copies), Crawfords' apt., 404-190 St. George. Contact Pleasance Crawford pleasancecrawford @ rogers.com 416-922-7997.

*Sun., Mar. 9, Grafton, 7-9 p.m., Lawless Gallery, 10831 Hwy. 2. [Note change for 2008 to second Sunday!] Contact Elizabeth Barlow resolutely.outmoded @ gmail.com

*Weds., Mar. 19, Toronto, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Bloor St. United Church, 300 Bloor W. [Note change for 2008 to Bloor Street United!] Contact Pleasance Crawford pleasancecrawford @ rogers.com 416-922-7997.

*Sun., Mar. 30, London, 2:30 p.m., St. James Westminster, 115 Askin St. (between Wharncliff and Wortley). Contact Tom Siess, tfsiess @ sympatico.ca 519-690-0083.

For regular singings in Durham, contact Gillian Inksetter gillian @ inksetter.com 519-369-1741.

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UK SINGING

Sue Hill has brought us news from the UK:

Mailing list for UK singings can be joined by contacting

Judy Whiting
Quarry House, Church Lane, Elland
West Yorkshire HX5 9QB
judyshapes @ tesco.net (remove spaces to use Email)
Tel: 01422 311736 / 07903 304303

To download a list of 2008 sings, right-click & save on the following link:

http://ottawashapenote.org/uk 2008 shapenote sings.jpg


	last updated 2008-03-10