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Seymour Studio in Dartmouth, Devon UK is the home of Sandquay (pronounced ‘Sankey’, or ‘Sanki’ by us locals) where the magic of creating demo audio tracks from music notation happens…
…including where some of the bespoke vocal learning tracks for the A Capella ‘Dartmouth Rock‘ are created. Click on this Link to how we look and sound on the Motown Medley.
A Warm Welcome To Devon (Next year) – Covid-19 related lyrics to music ‘borrowed with pride’ from the musical play SAFE HAVEN, written for the Dartmouth Mayflower400 commemorations, currently on-hold.
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Dartmouth Mayflower400 and SAFE HAVEN and ‘No Going Back‘ single
‘SAFE HAVEN’ is a musical play co-written by Dartmouth residents Keith Myerson and Derek Parsons (aka ‘Sandquay’) especially to commemorate Dartmouth’s little known but significant part in the voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower and Speedwell to America in 1620. The Speedwell didn’t make it, despite repairs here in Dartmouth, and was forced to turn back to Plymouth. To find out what happened, you need to see the show, but, due to the pandemic, when we’ll be able to put it on we don’t know!
‘No Going Back – Mayflower Pilgrim’s Shanty‘ is Derek’s a-capella version of song number 7 in SAFE HAVEN. It has been released as a single under his artist name ‘Sandquay‘, to coincide the Mayflower’s November arrival in America in 1620. Check it out at sandquay.hearnow.com (tip: Apple & iTunes have a longer preview).
Downloaders & Streamers from iTunes & Spotify etc who search for Sandquay.com, or Sandquay.online are redirected to this website (there being no point in having multiple websites atm). Derek vocalized all the parts for this studio recording. A live version had its world premiere by our men of ‘Dartmouth Rock’ way back in December 2019 – here’s a YouTube link. Covid came & we’ve not had a chance to improve our performance over enthusiasm since; but enjoy!
Safe Haven is featured on the Dartmouth Mayflower400 website on their project list. And, if you dig deeper, it gets another mention under the ‘Children Of The Mayflower‘ film project commissioned by Marilyn Bird. The film sound track was written and produced by Derek. The song (not the film) ‘To America‘ is about the four ‘More’ children taken from their mother by her angry husband (who didn’t think they were his) and handed over to the Separatists for transporting to America. Use this site’s MENU or click here for more on our musical play ‘SAFE HAVEN’. Check out this link for our Dartmouth Mayflower400 River parade in 2021. Look out for Keith, awarded winner of ‘best salute’.
So for now, here’s a Teaser with seven of the eleven song demos… and another Teaser with clips of all eleven song demos for completeness – enjoy!
AND… this is where we are hosting downloadable rehearsal tracks for ‘SAFE HAVEN‘ for its production team! (Password needed – sorry, authorised folk only.) Navigate the Menu and click highlighted Song notes and narrative or Downloads for these items for which you’ll need the password.
ATLANTIC WALL Musical and ‘So Many Heroes’ singles
In 2020 we commemorated the 75th anniversary of VE day, and the theme song ‘My Hero’ from ‘ATLANTIC WALL’ is somehow doubly poignant as we continue to deal with the Covid-19 Pandemic, and most recently Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (and indeed other on-going conflicts today). New words have been specially written for this anthemic tune, with the titles tweaked to:
‘So Many Heroes -Tribute to Bearers, Carers and Curers’ for Covid-19 pandemic’ ;
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‘So Many Heroes – Lament To War and Oppression’ for the tyrannical attempts to subjugate the peoples of Ukraine, Myanmar and Syria.
If you’d like to use either of these tracks as a fund-raiser to help fund the defeat of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects or help the peoples of Ukraine / Myanmar (Rohingya) / Syria e.g. by supporting UNHCR, then I’d be happy to help you. See menu tab Want to use ‘So Many Heroes’ Anthem for a fund raiser? for details.
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