Booking is now open for the following event:
Mildert Day Formal (Tuesday 19 June) is now open and will close on Tuesday 12th June
Advance Notice: June 12 ‘Mamma Mia’ – this year’s JCR 48-hour Musical!
There are no tickets but the JCR is asking for a donation to the National Autistic Society with a suggested amount of £2. If there are still SCR members who would like to join us in the Prowse Room for a drink beforehand (7.15 pm, show starts at 8 pm) they would be very welcome – but please let Caroline Boardman know as soon as possible so that she can ask the JCR to reserve seats. [email protected]
Van Mildert SCR Events this week
Thursday 7th June, Principal’s Formal beginning with a drink reception in the Lakeside Room at 6.45 pm. Following the formal dinner. Dr Catherine Fletcher of the Department of History will give a talk entitled ‘Our Men in Rome: On the trail of Henry VIII’s ambassadors’. (booking now closed).
Other events
‘Renaissance’, Director Ben Rowarth, will be performing ‘Ave Verum’, a concert of sacred choral music from Tallis to Tavener, on Saturday 9th June at 8pm in Durham Cathedral Chapter House.
The concert will feature a beautiful selection of music in what is probably the finest acoustic in Durham; music by Byrd, Tallis, Tavener, Whitacre, Warlock and Harris. One particular feature of the program is the premiere of a new piece by Ben Rowarth, It is a thing most wonderful; Ben has recently reached national acclaim with his composition Where is thy God winning the NCEM composers award and currently being performed by the Tallis Scholars, soon to be broadcast on BBC radio 3. Tickets available to purchase on the door or from the World Heritage Centre, Palace Green.
Ticket prices are: £12 adults, £6 concessions, £5 students
Dr Christian Smith, the Alan Richardson Fellow at Van Mildert will give The Allan Richardson Fellowship lecture: ‘To Flourish or Destruct: A Critical-Realist Personalist Theory of Human Goods, Motivations, and Malice’. Wednesday, 13th June 2012, Commencing 5.00pm, St. Chad’s College Chapel. For further information please contact: Emma Elliott [email protected]
Helpers needed!
As in previous years the SCR will be running a barbecue on Mildert Day – to support the JCR, to provide them with a reasonably priced snack, and to raise money for a good cause. This year any profit raised will be donated to the newest JCR Outreach Project, Easington Young Carers, working to offer respite and help to parents and carers. The money is likely to be used to cover transport costs for the students involved or perhaps to provide equipment that they might use.
Would you be able to come along and help for an hour or two? Can you help set up and get barbecues going? Can you watch those burgers and flip them over when needed? Can you encourage hungry students and tempt them to part with their money? Help is needed between 11 a.m and late afternoon.
Please let Caroline know if you are able to help at any time during the day. [email protected]
Thank you!