Amanda Barrett (vocals)
Barbara Braithwaite (vocals)
John Bryant (vocals, guitar)
Kristy Dickson (vocals)
Noni Dickson (harp, vocals, perc.)
Helena Douglas (vocals)
Susan Greenfield (vocals)
Bee Higgins (clarinets, vocals)
Gial Leslie (vocals, glockenspiel)
John Macrae (recorders, clarinets, sax, vocals)
Stephen Malloch (fiddle, vocals)
Gaye McLindin (vocals)
Rima Muir (vocals)
Fiona Munro (fiddle, viola, vocals)
Glenys Murray (vocals)
Kevin Murray (drums)
Max Prince (vocals)
Wayne Richmond (k/bd, concertina, vocals)
Jill Stubington (conductor, piano)
Greg Thompson (vocals, guitar)
Meredith Williams (vocals, flute)
David Wilson (vocals)
Marjorie Wilson (vocals)
Loosely Woven is a community based group of people who put together and perform three brand new shows each year. 'Summertime' is the final of these for 2011.
The concert includes a selection of Christmas-related items but not your usual set of Christmas carols. It will begin with a North American carol called 'The Huron Carol'. There is also a very clever arrangement of 'I saw three ships', an adaptation of 'Susanni' as performed by The Renaissance Players, a fun song called 'Grandpa's gonna sue the pants offa Santa' and a spectacular arrangement of 'O Holy Night'.
The rest of the concert will be the usual eclectic Loosely Woven mix ranging from a heart-wrenching Hottentot song called 'The Bethlehem Bell ringer' and Chloe and Jason Roweth's heart-warming 'Let's Drink', to the concert's title song, to excerpts from The Rocky Horror Show and Moulin Rouge.
There will be three performances in Humph Hall (see below) as well as numerous others elsewhere in Sydney (see the 'Summertime' web site for details.)