Information Sheet
Subscription and show fee::
Annual membership subscription payable once a year and set at the AGM. Current adult subscription £25.
Junior membership: (16-18 years inclusive), Student and Unemployed: Usually half the adult membership rate.
Patrons: minimum subscription of £45 annually
Friend of MOS: minimum donation of £5 to keep in touch - no voting rights.
In addition a Show Fee is payable at the start of each show. The show fee for the 60th Anniversary Show "The Gondoliers" is £50.
Music is provided through The rights holder. A cheque for £25 is required as a deposit against the return of the music. This cheque is NOT cashed and is returned at the end of the show provided you return the score to us.
Social Events:
There are a number of social/fund-raising events each year, most of them arranged under our "Fun for a Fiver" banner. These events give us an opportunity to socialise with each other and our families and friends, and also raise funds to help 'make ends meet'.
Examples include:
¯ Quiz Evenings
¯ Summer Bar-B-Q
¯ Skittles Evenings
¯ Games Evenings
Auditions:
If you wish to join the Society you will be asked to audition, usually at the end of a rehearsal evening in front of the Music Director, Chairman and Producer. Chorus auditions are "closed" i.e. only in front of the Auditioning Panel.
If you have appeared in one of the last four MOS productions you need not re-audition to join the chorus.
People wishing to audition for Principal/Solo parts are requested to fill in a form prior to the Audition date, with address etc., and notifying us of any other shows they are likely to be in around the same time. Principal auditions are 'open' i.e. sung in front of the Auditioning Panel and any members who wish to attend. If you are new to the Society and audition for a Principal part, you need not audition again to join the chorus.
Rehearsals:
Tuesdays 8.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. - principals only, as directed by the production team
Thursdays - full cast unless directed otherwise by the rehearsal schedule) 7.45 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.
The Show opens following a Band call on the Sunday afternoon followed by a Technical Rehearsal that evening, with the dress rehearsal the evening after. All the cast is expected to attend the Technical and Dress Rehearsals, and all Principals the Band Call - at which chorus are most welcome too.