Edinburgh Telephone Choir Annual Concert 2018

Edinburgh Telephone Choir Concert

I hope you won’t mind me asking for your support?  Wednesday 9th, Thursday 10th, and Friday 11th of May are the dates for which we in The Edinburgh Telephone Choir have been rehearsing NIGHT AND DAY – for about eight months! (The attached ‘flier’ shows our Concert details.) The Church Hill Theatre is our venue, … Continue reading

The SMYCMS Reunion 2018

Billy, Reno and Moonface perform Friendship

The Smycms Reunion took place at Bainfield Bowling club on Saturday 17th February and was a great success. Everyone that attended enjoyed the buffet and the entertainment but mostly the chance to share stories and memories with members from the last 50 years. I had the good fortune to meet one of the founders of … Continue reading

The Smycms Reunion is Happening

I can't believe I'm going to the Smycms Reunion.

The Frank Spencer Trio have recently announced that their SMYCMS REUNION PARTY will take place on 17th February 2018 and will consist of entertainment, including not only tributes to Betty Fyffe and Paul Findlay but also a performance by the legendary Frank Spencer Trio with some old and new material. There will also be some … Continue reading

Smycms Reunion

It has been rumoured that The Frank Spencer Trio are about to re-form and perform at a Smycms Reunion next year. Watch this space.

Looking For Something To Do?

Recruitment to The Edinburgh Telephone Choir.

Are you at a loose end, want something different in your life, then why not join the Edinburgh Telephone Choir. If you like singing then why not join and take part in their annual concert at the Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh. Last year, 2016, they celebrated their 70th birthday. The Choir sing songs covering many … Continue reading

New show, GOLDRUSH.

Have received a message from our ex-M.D. Jerry Gregson looking for people to join a new Musical to be staged in September 2015, called Goldrush. ” As a retired SMYCMS M.D. I have once again come out of retirement to M.D. a new show entitled Goldrush. (No, I didn’t write this one.) This is set to … Continue reading

Elizabeth Fyfe, We salute you.

Elizabeth Fyfe. 04/07/1915 – 03/09/2013 In this, The Smycms Fiftieth year, it is with much sadness that we report  on the death of Elizabeth Fyfe, one of the founding members of our Musical company. Betty, as she was affectionately known by all, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday 3rd September 2013 at the … Continue reading

Get wise and Advertise.

tit willow, tit willow, tit willow.

Just received the winter/spring 2013 edition of Sardines, a magazine dedicated to promoting amateur theatre in the UK, and it is full of interesting articles and reviews. It also has a show guide where amateur societies can place an unlimited number  of free entries advertising up coming shows, sadly it seems that it hasn’t quite … Continue reading

2012 Review.

smycms.com-2014 review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 7 years to get … Continue reading

Edinburgh Am Dram, Healthy?

Warrick Hunter as Sweeney Todd

Putting Smycms problems to one side for the moment, its good to see that Edinburgh’s  Am Dram scene seems to be  in good health, recent productions of Sweeney Todd by Edinburgh Music Theatre and Carousel by The Bohemians Lyric Opera Company both received favourable reviews in the Evening News recently and by all accounts were well … Continue reading

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