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The massed voices of Inspiration present

Believewith The Orchestra of Opera NorthIt’s glamour all the way for this year’s Inspiration Christmas extravaganza,with songs from all your favourite Christmas movies. From ‘The PolarExpress’ to ‘The Muppets’, ‘White Christmas’ to ‘Home Alone’. Getdressed up to the nines as we give these Christmas classics the fullred carpet treatment.

16 December 2012, Leeds Town HallBox office: 0113 224 3801www.leedsconcertseason.com

Sunday 15 July 2012Leeds Town Hall

Music Director: Gary Griffiths

Inspiration and The Orchestra of Opera North present

Here’s To The Heroes

Unique permissionIt’s been a busy term for us. As we have been rehearsing for this concert, we

have also been out into the community, taking our passion for singing with us.

Award ceremonies, charity concerts, fundraising for Help for Heroes – wherever

two or three are gathered, there will be singing. It’s why we are here tonight.

If you would like us to sing for you, why not get in touch? Our website

www.inspirationuk.com has all the details.

Tonight’s concert has been a joy to learn; strong and emotional in the most part,

some well known favourites and some brand new ones. We also have a special

exclusive, with unique permission from Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Really

Useful Group to perform the official Jubilee song ‘Sing’ with the wonderful

Orchestra of Opera North. We might even ask you to join in.

We are taking this concert to Edinburgh in August to sing in the Edinburgh

Fringe Festival where, once again, we have been given unique permission (I’m

spotting a theme here), this time to perform at the Royal Scots War Memorial in

Princes Gardens. And then in November we have been invited back to Disneyland

Paris for their Christmas Choral Celebration where we have been given (have

you guessed?) unique permission to sing the 20th Anniversary Song, the only

non-Disney group to be allowed to do so.

As the song says, ‘Who knows what tomorrow brings?’.

Gary

On 4 June over4,000 beacons were lit

across the Commonwealth tocelebrate the Queen’s DiamondJubilee. The first was lit on thegrounds of Apifo’ou College

in Nuku‘alofa, Tonga byTongan girl scouts and

boy scouts.

Gary GriffithsInspiration Music DirectorI have been singing for as long as I can remember.Probably my first public performance was singingthe ‘Twelve Days Of Christmas’ at Tettenhall WoodInfant School in Wolverhampton, where I grew upin the 70s. The Grammar School was my majormusical influence – music was everywhere. SchoolChoir, Choral Society, Musical Theatre Group, JazzBand – alongside the Youth Orchestra (where Iwas principal oboist) and the Concert Band(principal percussion).

Maths (my other passion) ran alongside for while, but when it came to Universityit didn’t stand a chance really. It had to be music, and so to York. Threewonderful years of almost constant music making (being a singer, oboist andpercussionist meant I could be in every group going) also included being ChorusMaster for York Light Opera, and Musical Director for Pickering Musical Society –which in turn led to my own business arranging music for choirs and orchestras.

I was by now (mid–90s) a tenor (yes really) in the Choir of York Minster with allthat entails; daily services in the Cathedral as well as many world tours, concertsand recordings. After 18 years of what was in the beginning a dream job, I leftand became part of the creative team behind the formation of SingLive; againwhat in the beginning was a dream job.

Now, with Inspiration as my sole focus, I really do have my dream job. Weeklyrehearsals are a joy. Our trips around the country and abroad are like taking afamily on holiday – even if it is a rather extended familyof 400. And I do think of the singers as just that.My musical family.

Andy BoothAccompanistAndy Booth is a professional musician hailingfrom Chesterfield who is the founder and principalconductor for Fono Productions, a professionalentertainments management company within-house full symphonic orchestra and bands.When not in this role Andy can be found as aprofessional freelance MD/Conductor.

Credits include: ‘The Anetta Lectures’ (Rome 2012),‘The Sound Of Music’ (Lyceum Sheffield 2012),‘Sleeping Beauty’ (Sheffield Lyceum 2011), ‘The FallOf Heavy Rain’ (Crucible Sheffield 2011), ‘Happy Days’ (Crucible Sheffield), ‘SoundOf The Glenn Miller Era’ (Tour and Her Majesty’s Theatre, 2012/11/10), ‘Peter Pan’(Sheffield Lyceum 2010), ‘Sweeney Todd’ (Sheffield Lyceum 2010) and ‘TheRightful Owners Of The Song’ (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 2010).

Besides all this, Andy still finds time to be the Chair and Musical Director of theBarlow Annual Promenade Concerts, a prestigious village festival in the heart ofDerbyshire culminating in June each year. He also runs his own mini jazz club(Mister B’s), conducts, composes, accompanies and consults for a number ofchoirs and music groups and still continues the family tradition as MusicalDirector of The Carolare Choir (Chesterfield).

For further information about Andy and his company Fono Productions, visitwww.fono-productions.co.uk.

Throughout the2012 Olympic Games

600 basketballs, 200 canoeslalom poles, 432 pairs of

boxing gloves, 270,000 clayshotgun targets and

510 adjustable hurdleswill be used.

‘Dare To Dream’ wasoriginally performed by

John Farnham and OliviaNewton-John at the Opening

Ceremony of the 2000Summer Olympics

in Sydney.

The Orchestra of Opera North, Classic FM’s Orchestra in Yorkshire, is the onlyensemble in the country to have a year-round dual role in the opera houseand concert hall.

It has important relationships with Leeds International Concert Season and theregion’s choral societies, and is the resident Orchestra for the Leeds ConductorsCompetition, the National New Composers Forum and the orchestral concertseasons in Kirklees.

The Orchestra has a strong commitment to education work and many of theplayers are outstanding teachers with several holding professorships at the Royal Northern College of Music and at Universities within the region.

It has received international recognition for its recordings, with releases onChandos, Collins Classics, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Hyperion and Naxos, and has toured abroad both with the whole Company and independently tomany European countries and regularly performs at venues throughout the UK.

First ViolinsDavid Greed* (Leader)Peter Maslin* (Co-Leader)Andrew Long (Associate leader)Stephen Shulman*Michael Ardron*Eileen Spencer* Brian ReillyClaire Osborne

Second Violins Katherine NewIan BoneMaria Vericonte*Anita Chidsey*Catherine Baker*Alison Dixon

Violas David Aspin Elizabeth Wyly*Howard Breakspear*Clare Fox

CellosSally PendleburyJudith BurginAndrew Fairley*Zöe Long

BassesPaul Miller*Claire Sadler

Flutes Kevin GowlandDavid Moseley*

OboeCatherine Lowe

Clarinets Colin HonourJonathan Parkin

BassoonDavid Baker

Horns Robert Ashworth*John PrattAndrew LittlemoreMax Garrard

Trumpets Murray GreigMichael Woodhead*Dave HooperJim Bulger

TrombonesBlair SinclairRobert Burtenshaw*

Bass TromboneChristian Jones

TubaBrian Kingsley*

TimpaniMarney O’Sullivan

PercussionChristopher Bradley*Graham Hall

KitMatthew Dabbs

HarpEleanor Hudson

Bass GuitarHarrison Wood

PianoAndrew Booth

OrganMark Deeks/Andrew Booth

Chorus and Orchestra Director:Douglas ScarfeOrchestra Manager: Helen WilsonLibrary Manager: Andrew Fairley*Librarian: Victoria BellisStage Manager: Christopher LaddsOrchestra Attendant: John BoultonMusic Secretary: Helen Stephens* *

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Up Where We BelongNitzsche, Sainte-Marie and Jennings

From A DistanceGold

Army Of The Dead/The Crown And The RingDeMaio

For The FallenJenkins

Men Of HarlechTraditional

Scotland The BraveTraditional

Danny BoyWeatherly

JerusalemParry and Blake

SingLloyd Webber and Barlow

Here’s To The HeroesBarry

Dare To DreamBegaud, Corish and Tester

I Believe I Can FlyKelly

Hymn To The FallenWilliams

See, The Conquering Hero ComesHandel

Amazing GraceNewton

Battle Hymn Of The RepublicHowe and Steffe

Wherever You AreMealor

You Raise Me UpLovland

Here’s To The HeroesPart one Part two

The official DiamondJubilee song ‘Sing’ was

recorded using many differentmusicians including an African

choir, a Rastafarian drummer, theRoyal Solomon Island Police Force

Band, the Sydney SymphonyOrchestra, Gareth Malone’s

Military Wives Choir and evenPrince Harry playing

a tambourine.

When the Olympic torcharrives in London on 27 July,8,000 inspirational peoplewill have carried the flame

on a 70 day journey throughmore than 1,000 UK cities,

towns and villages.

Since its foundation in2007, Help for Heroes hasraised nearly £138 million

to help wounded servicemenand women returning from

conflicts overseas.

Our singersBrenda AdamsJudith AdamsMaralyn AdeyPat AinleyJanet AldhamJane AldrickDe’Anne AmblerAmanda ApperlyRichard ApperlyMary ArmitageAnne AustwickClaire BakerRosemary BallJennifer BalmforthCatherine BarracloughPat BassanoRosemary BayfordBarbara BedfordBetty BedfordEileen BellSue BennettRachel BentleyLisa BergmanisJean BishopAlan BlackSally BlackVicki BluckAllan BlueJanet BlueRosalind BodsworthJulie BoldyCarolyn BoothChristine BottomSheila BouldHelen BretonMollie BrumfittHetley BurnhamBettie BushMarilyn BushPat ByrneMaria CameronNick CameronJudith CarterGaynor ChaplinSaheli ChaudhuryPauline ChidseyBarbara ClarkNeil ClarkeSheila ClarkeKirsty CobbJulia CockroftRob CopeSue Cornell

Helen CourtmanMargaret CouzensDebbie CowlingSylvia CrampYvonne CrannGraham CrollJayne CunliffeJim CunliffeCatherine DakinAnn DanielsDoromie DaviesNicky DaviesJenny DavisMarian DavisJohn DawSusan DayGeoff DickinsonVal DickinsonShelagh DixonRowena DobsonKaren DodgsonMilly DonaldsonKaren DouglasLinda DredgePeter DredgeMark DrummondPeter DukeJanet DunnCelia EasthamJanice EastwoodPauline FarnworthBrenda FinchettSheila FitzgeraldJo FlanneryMervyn FlecknoeBrian FletcherChris FolkardLynne FolkardHazel FordhamWendy ForrestSarah-Jane FoxtonSue FoxtonMichael FreemanChris Gale Dot GallagherSheila GibbsCaroline GibsonNancy GlaisterAlison GlewMary GorneyHelen GraceMichaela GreasleyAdrian Greenwood

Lynne GreepRita GriceKatie GrovesPatricia GwynneMarie HallSue HallColin HallewellCarol HallsworthStephanie HansellJanet HardwickRaymond HardwickElaine HardyPeter HardyJacqueline HareSally HarrisonSue HarrisonWilliam HarrisonPat HartleySheena HastingsElizabeth HawkheadLynne HegartyJo HemsworthDiane HensonRobert HensonAudrey HerrouAnne HeyhoeDavid HeyhoeElaine HillSheila HillLeonie HilliardKath HinchcliffeMaureen HirstChristine HodgsonJackie HoldichTom HollowayBarbara HolmesCarol HorwoodMarilyn HoughMargaret HowardDerek HudsonJoan HudsonLisa HudsonRose HudsonJan HunterJohn HurstTricia HutchinsonFreda IllingworthIsabella InmanJean IrvinDavid IsaacBernie JacksonPam JaggerLiz Jarratt

Mavis JohnsonSandy JohnstonFelicity KennedyDiane KershawPauline KettlewellShirley KingWendy KnowlesSue LamAnne LangleyJane LarderKaren LanfearMargaret LattimerPaul LattimerKathryn LawnHelen LaycockJayne LaycockJim LeathleyCaroline LedgardHazel LeePaul LeiEion LindsayRita LindsayPaula ListerVictoria LittlewoodDeborah LongElizabeth LongbottomJack LyttleAllison McCrackenAmanda McNicholasJulia ManderPenny MansonVera MarkovicCarol MarshallFay MarshallBarbara MartinAndrea MasseyJosie MedvedTamsin MellorCarly MitchellTess MooneySarah MoranCatherine MorleyJoan MoseyBrian MunnochMaureen MyersMichael Navin-JonesJulie NewellHelen NewmanJanet NewsomeNoreen O’HaraKath O’ShaughnessyLouise O’SullivanJan Oddy

The London 2012Olympic gold medal is

made up of 92.5% silver,1.34% gold and theremainder copper.

The last VictoriaCross of the 20th century

was awarded to a Yorkshiresoldier, Sgt Ian McKay whowas killed in action during

the Falklands War.

Josie OrmistonJudith PaxtonLesley PearceyDebra PearlmanMaryline PineauErnest PollardFreda PollardSiân PoolCarmel PotterKaren PotterElaine PowellPatricia PrattJulie PriestleyJean PurcellJane QuayleSandra RawdingVicki ReynoldsKezia RobertsMalcolm RobertsMatthew RobertsRita RobertsTrudi RobertsStephanie RobinsonJudith Rowan

Christine RowlandsCarole SaulCharlotte SayerLynn ShadfordRuth ShakespeareJulia ShawBarbara SheehanClare ShoesmithJill ShoesmithLiz SibsonDaniela SimonatoBeverlie SmithJohn SmithJoy SmithJulie SmithJulie SmithJacqueline SomersideHelen SpencerGraham StandringPatricia StandringAnne SteadJannine StewartJames StockAnne Storey

Evelyn StoreyCarole SullivanBarbara SumroyAntony SuttillMargaret SuttillDorothy SwallowDani TaylorHelen TaylorVal TetchnerPenny TharrattSue ThistlethwaiteGloria ThompsonJayne ThompsonSteven ThompsonSue ThorpSue TimbrellSue TimmeJill TristramTim TristramKrystyna TrybulaJo UngarSusan WaineLesley WalesChristine Walker

Sally WallaceAlison WarrenJanice WeldonLisa WellsAlison West-LaySue WhelanSandra WhitsonGwen WigginsGill WildeSheila WillisAnn WilsonKim WilsonPenny WilsonSue WilsonYvette WindowsJennifer WolfeElaine WormwellCathy WrigglesworthSheila WrightSusan WrightCarole YeomansAlison YoungRobin Young

Inspiration teamChristine RowlandsSince the conception of Inspiration Christine has beenchoreographer, stage manager and lighting assistant inboth Leeds and Newcastle and has sung in the all of theconcerts in Leeds.

Christine says, “It is always wonderful performing andworking with everyone in Inspiration. I am very proud tobe singing today and supporting the wonderful Help forHeroes charity.”

Barbara SumroyAfter discovering the man called ‘Gary Griffiths’ 13 yearsago when I was 18!!, I was ecstatic when he started upInspiration and honoured when asked to be RehearsalManager. I enjoy my Monday evening ‘Sing-a-long-a-Gary-and-Andy-and-299-other-singers’ so much,I never want it to end.

This concert is in aid of ‘Help for Heroes’ so if you seethe collecting tins coming round please give generously.

Inspiration (Leeds) is also very honoured to be able tosing alongside The Orchestra of Opera North. We are alittle saddened because this will be the last concert thatwill be under the watchful eye of Dougie Scarfe but wewish him all the best in his new venture!

Jane LarderJane has always enjoyed singing, but it wasn’t until shemet Gary that she had the chance to do more than singin the church choir. She looks forward to greeting herInspiration family each week and sharing their laughterand tears.

The extra space for rehearsals at the Civic Hall meansthat, as long as Christine can fit us on stage, we haveroom to expand and I look forward to meeting evenmore old and new Inspirationers in September.

Liz GreenNarratorLiz Green is delighted to narrate today’s concert

with Inspiration and The Orchestra of Opera North.

She is a great supporter of our Armed Forces

and launches the annual Poppy Appeal for West

Yorkshire with enormous pride.

Multi award-winning journalist, radio and television

broadcaster Liz Green is based in Leeds and has

broadcast for the BBC for 15 years.

Liz was named the Yorkshire Media Personality of the Year, 2011. She hosts Liz

Green Live, the lunchtime radio news and current affairs interactive show, 12pm

to 3pm across BBC Radio in Yorkshire. The show includes One On One, an hour

in conversation with the people who make Yorkshire what it is.

Recent guests include The Dalai Lama and The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Liz

also makes radio doumentaries and is just back from Death Row in the USA and

last year visited Auschwitz and also made a documentary in the legal brothels of

Nevada. Liz is acknowledged as being a great communicator with her audience.

Her skills as a journalist in the broadcast media have won her the coveted radio

Sony Gold award twice; the highest accolade the industry can offer. Liz was

nominated as Speech Broadcaster of The Year in the 2011 Sony Radio Awards.

She is also a past winner of the Yorkshire Young Achiever Award for Personality

of the Year and was awarded Silver in the Frank Gillard Awards 2011 for Radio

Presenter of The Year.

Born in Huddersfield, Liz is a proud Yorkshire

woman. A huge fan of Inspiration, she is

honoured to be able to narrate this concert.

You can follow Liz on Twitter @lizgreenlive.

Performed by theMilitary Wives Choir under

the direction of GarethMalone, ‘Wherever You Are’

was composed by Paul Mealorusing letters between UK

servicemen in Afghanistanand their wives andgirlfriends at home.

Programme designed by Penny Wilson E: pw@penny-wilson.co.ukProgramme printed by Media Solutions E: info@mediasolutionsplus.co.ukPictures courtesy of Penny Wilson, Gary Griffiths, Pat Byrne andYorkshire Post Newspapers.

A special messageThe Light Dragoons are now coming to end of their second month of a sixmonth tour of Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Our work is challenging and verydemanding but it is also exceptionally rewarding. Since the Regiment’s last tourof duty here in 2009, the improvements are very much evident and this gives usthe impetus to drive forward with our tasks and bring further improvements tothis troubled country. As ever, the fortitude, bravery and humour of our soldiersis humbling – they go about their business with steely determination but there isalways time for laughter and our morale is high.

Of course, what helps us on our way is the extraordinary support that we receivefrom the home front. That you are raising funds for Help the Heroes means somuch to all servicemen and women but given that you are in Leeds and Newcastlemakes it extra special for The Light Dragoons, who recruit from Yorkshire and theNorth East. Thank you so much for your support. It is very much appreciated.

Lt Col S J Plant MBE, Commanding Officer, The Light DragoonsHelmand Province, Afghanistan

A special thank youDougie Scarfe has been a true friend to all of us here in Inspiration, and we arehonoured that his final day with Opera North is with us, before he moves on tobecome CEO for the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. His remarkable can-doapproach to all our concerts has helped Inspiration grow to become what it istoday. We will miss him, but of course we wish him all the luck in the world for hisnew post and who knows? We might come and visit. All 600 of us.

Thanks also to…Thanks as always to everyone who helps with the smooth running of Inspiration.To Barbara (Sumroy and Sheehan) Jane and Jan, Peter and Linda, Andy (withoutwhom it wouldn’t be possible), Mark, Geoff, Chris, Penny, Sue (my driver) and ofcourse Dougie and all at Opera North.