Orchestra Wellington presents Baby Pops: Anchors Aweigh
Wairarapa College, Masterton
3pm Saturday 22 November
Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
3pm Sunday 23 November
Orchestra Wellington sets out for high seas and pirate adventure with "Anchors Aweigh," the latest in its series of Baby
Pops education concerts. Young swashbucklers will sing along with sea shanties like "A Pirate's Life For Me" and "Blow
The Man Down," and learn about the instruments in "Yo-Ho-Ho and A Bottle of Rum,” where our pirate players show their
mettle.
Audience participation looms large in the programme, as young pirates conduct along with Maestro Marc Taddei, and
whisper the voice of the Ghost in a new story for orchestra, "Give Me My Bone!” by Education Composer-in-Residence
Thomas Goss.
Mayhem and skullduggery abound in this programme created by Goss especially for
Orchestra Wellington. Come dressed in your best pirate costume, and win a chance to participate up on stage. But don’t
worry, the whole audience gets to walk the plank — right through the orchestra!
This will be Thomas Goss's second time presenting Baby Pops, after hosting "Baby Pops - Back to the Farm" earlier this
year. After composing, scripting, and arranging these programmes annually since 2007, Goss now takes on the mantle of
presenter to offer us Cap'n T, "the scurviest sea-dog ever to introduce an ‘Arrr-chestra’."
Incidentally, Goss has a family connection to piracy. He is related to that scourge of the Caribbean Sea, Captain Henry
Morgan, who once invaded the city of Panama. This more humble descendant has no such dastardly goals, but would be happy
just to take Masterton on Saturday November 22nd and Michael Fowler Centre on Sunday November 23rd. Be warned!
Masterton:
Tickets from Ticketek 0800 842 538
$8.00 child, $15 Adult
Wellington:
Tickets from Ticketek 0800 842 538
$10.00 child, $18 Adult
Service fee will apply
ENDS