The Cecilian Society

The Society’s annual Dinner Dance will take place this year in the Dining Room of the GUU on Saturday the 5th of May.

Held every year, this is the society’s chance to cast aside their society hoodies and get on their glad rags for a delicious meal, heartwarming/gut-wrenching speeches and a night of ceilidh dancing!

Ben Miller will be returning as our Guest Speaker, and Abbie Mac will be giving the vote of thanks. I can’t wait to hear both speeches so you would all do well to make it along and hear them!

The ceilidh band returning to us this year is ‘It’s No Reel’.

All members are of course welcome and each person is allowed to bring their own date, from within or outwith the society! So long as I know you’re bringing someone new along and you buy them a ticket, it’s absolutely fine to bring a guest. The more the merrier!

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The Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Thursday 10th May 2012 at 7pm in Committee Room 1 of the QMU. Everyone is encouraged to come along and vote in your new committee for the upcoming year, as well as hearing the current/soon to be old committee’s report on the year just past.

If you would like to be a member of next year’s committee, the deadline for nominations is 7pm on Wednesday 9th May 2012. If you are interested, please ask a current committee member for more details.

That’s right, it’s that time of year again when we all get on a bus and take a trip to the braw Scottish countryside. After all our hard work on the show last month, we deserve a little R&R&OF (rest & recuperation & organised fun).

The trip will be the weekend of 23rd-25th March 2012. We will be meeting outside the GUU at 5pm on the Friday, ready to set off on our adventure to… Dunolly, Aberfeldy! Hooray!

The weekend will cost £40 which covers your travel, accommodation, and food. If you’d like to come, speak to Elliott – but be warned: there are limited spaces and they are going fast!

22nd-25th February 2012. Click here for more ticket information.

Be there or be boxsquare!

Guys, really sorry but tonight’s rehearsal is CANCELLED. Due to blinking obvious circumstances if you have been around Facebook at all. The QM is closed and people are being advised to stay in their homes for their own safety so we do not want to compromise that!!

Boys involved in ‘It’s a Scandal, It’s a Outrage’ we would like to reschedule this for Sunday afternoon as we can’t afford to fit it in somewhere else. Apologies for short notice and any inconvenience. I’m going to text you all but please let me know if you are available so we can get it planned as soon as possible! Thanks!!

STAY SAFE EVERYONE!!!! xxxxxxxxxxx

59 years ago today the Cecilian Society was officially formed – long may we flourish as we enter our 60th year!

We need singers, dancers, actors, tech crew or anyone with else with general enthusiasm to be in the University of Glasgow Cecilian Society’s production of Oklahoma!

Come along to the Queen Margaret Union for 7.00pm on Thursday 29th September 2011 to learn the audition songs and dances and find out more!!!

There will be a second pre-audition rehearsal on Thursday 6th October with individual audition slots being held over the weekend of the 8th and 9th October.

The production will take place in The Mitchell Theatre, Charing Cross from Wednesday 22nd – Saturday 25th February 2012.

If you have any questions please email mspt@ceciliansociety.co.uk or committee@ceciliansociety.co.uk

Hope to see you all there!

The Weekend Show is fast approaching! We invite you aboard our 24 hour production of Anything Goes THIS THURSDAY 22nd September 2011 at 7pm in Committee Room 1, QMU.

Come along and get involved whether you’re a singer, dancer, actor, techie, or complete novice! We have an open chorus policy, which means you don’t even have to audition to be in the show. For those interested in principal parts, we will be holding group auditions tomorrow evening, but don’t worry about preparing anything – we’ll teach you everything you need to know beforehand. All you’ll need to bring with you is a bottle of water and £3, which is your membership for the entire year.

We will be rehearsing 7-10pm Thursday, 7-10pm Friday*, 10am-10pm Saturday, and 10am right up until show time at 7.30pm on Sunday!
(*Please note, if you are cast in a principal part you will be needed earlier on the Friday, times to be confirmed.)

So ALL ABOARD and we hope to see you there!

I am pleased to announce our production teams have been chosen for the coming year!

The Weekend Show production team for Anything Goes is as follows:

Director: Ronan Radin
Musical Director: Rachel Pope
Choreographer: Lucy Wild
Technical Director: Faith Clark

And the Main Show production team for Oklahoma!:

Director: Yasmin Galloway
Musical Director: Kirsty Leith
Choreographer: Susanne McLean
Technical Director: Kit Stonier

Hooray, our shows for the next university year have been chosen!

Our weekend show will be Anything Goes and will begin on Thursday 22nd September 2011. Following 24 hours of rehearsal there will be a one-off performance on Sunday 25th September 2011 at 7.30pm in the Debates Chamber, GUU.

Our Main Show will be Oklahoma! which will be staged in the Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow between Wednesday 22nd and Saturday 25th February 2012. Rehearsals for Oklahoma! will begin the week following the weekend show.

We look forward to seeing you there, old faces and new!