	{"id":93931,"date":"2023-12-22T04:55:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=93931"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T01:31:17","slug":"surprise-songs-for-bakery-diners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/surprise-songs-for-bakery-diners\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise songs for bakery diners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PATRONS at Gaffney\u2019s Bakery were treated to a surprise performance by the Wandering Minstrels last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly known as the Heathcote Songbirds, the name was changed this year when the group began to incorporate acting as well as singing into their performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe choir originally started at U3A about four years ago,\u201d said leader Sally Heley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been performing a few times a year at the Anzac and Remembrance day services, U3A events, and singing carols at Gaffney\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterest has grown and the group includes several men now, which is nice. This year we decided to do something different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of standing all together as in past years, they meandered among the tables, singing, and acting out songs such as <em>Good King Wenceslas<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new name is reminiscent of Chaucer\u2019s times and we enjoyed wandering through the audience,\u201d said Heley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSinging with our group, whose ages range from 60 to 80s, were young sisters Lily and Ella.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to have their fresh voices join us, and they are both very talented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A retired primary school teacher, Heley formerly taught singing and drama, and reached grade six in her own musical studies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe practice every week and work towards this performance all year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage all the things I learned but the main thing is to enjoy it. I would hate for anyone to think it was a chore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve sung all my life and we all look forward to using what voices we have left to sing forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PATRONS at Gaffney\u2019s Bakery were treated to a surprise performance by the Wandering Minstrels last Sunday. 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