Melville United Church Fergus

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-10-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
presented and performed by pianist
BRAD HALLS
The music series “Mid-Day Music at Melville” has resumed for its 4th season of concerts, and performances will be held on each Wednesday in October. Pianist and singer Brad Halls presents these events each Wednesday at Melville United Church, commencing at 12 noon and continuing until about 1p.m. For this season Brad is looking at a theme of “Songwriters’ Inspirations”, and each week (or occasionally for two weeks) the weekly theme will vary. The series opened last week on October 1 with “Around the World” – a look at great popular songs featuring exotic locales around our planet and the theme will continue on Wednesday, October 8 with a program of songs including Autumn in New York, I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans and Canadian themed songs Cape St. Mary’s and Song of the Mira among others.
On Wednesday, October 15, we begin a two-week focus entitled Fly Me to the Moon, with some of the hundreds of songs written about the romantic influence of the Moon. The first week will feature our title song Fly Me to the Moon, as well as great standards I Wished on the Moon, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Old Devil Moon and many more. The following week on Wednesday, October 22, the theme concludes with more lunar influences with hits such as On Moonlight Bay, Moonlight Becomes You, How High the Moon, Moonlight in Vermont and many more.
The month’s concerts concludes on Wednesday, October 29, with a program entitled The Sweetest Sounds, which will includes Fats Waller’s Honeysuckle Rose, and classic standards including Ain’t She Sweet, Sweet Lorraine, A Taste of Honey, Sweet Georgia Brown, and the title song The Sweetest Sounds by Richard Rodgers.
There is no admission charge for any of these presentations, but a voluntary contribution to Melville United to help keep the heat and lights on, and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received.
For more information, feel free to contact Brad by phone at 519-400-1022 or by e-mail at brad.halls@wightman.ca.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-10-01 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The concert series “Mid-Day Music at Melville” presented and performed by pianist and singer Brad Halls returns for its 4th season of concerts, beginning on Wednesday, October 1 and continuing until the end of April next year. Each concert is held at Melville United Church in Fergus and begins at 12 noon and continues until about 1 p.m.
For this 4th season of concerts, Brad has adopted the theme of “Songwriters’ Inspirations”, with a variety of themes exploring some of the great popular music of the past hundred years and beyond
The first two concerts of this season will focus on the theme of “Around the World”, and will feature songs inspired by exotic locales around the world and right here at home in Canada. On Wednesday, October 1, these classic songs include songs written by Frank Loesser, George and Ira Gershwin, Jule Styne, Ewan McColl and others, including Around the World, London by Night, Vienna City of My Dreams, On a Slow Boat to China and many more.
There is no admission charge to any of these performances, and a voluntary donation to Melville United Church to help keep the lights on and the piano tuned is always appreciated.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-05-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
The final concert in the 2024-2025 season of “Mid-Day Music at Melville” will be presented at Melville United Church in Fergus on Wednesday, May 7 beginning at 12 noon. Join pianist and singer Brad Halls as he completes his tour through a century of wonderful music from the movies with some of his favourite film music from the past several decades including compositions by Michel Legrand, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Elton John and more. The program will include selection from great movies from “On Golden Pond”. “Yentl”, “Cinema Paradiso”, “I’ll Postino”. “Out of Africa” and many more. As always there is no admission charge for the concert but a voluntary contribution to Melville Church is always appreciated.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-04-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville United Church in Fergus for the next performance, in its 3rd season on Wednesday, April 23 with the concert beginning at 12 noon and continuing until about 1 p.m.
Join pianist and singer Brad Halls, as he continues his season-long journey through “great music from the movies”. The next performance on April 23 will feature selections from movies released from 1972 to 1976 and will include music by composers such as Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, Nino Rota, the team of John Kander and Fred Ebb and an Oscar winning song written by no less than Barbra Streisand herself. Come and enjoy music from such memorable movies as “Cabaret”, “Brian’s Song”, “The Way We Were”, “The Godfather Part II” and “The Sting” among others.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which goes to Melville United Church, help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, and is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-04-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville United Church in Fergus for the next performance, in its 3rd season on Wednesday, April 16 with the concert beginning at 12 noon and continuing until about 1 p.m.
Join pianist and singer Brad Halls, as he continues his season-long journey through “great music from the movies”. The next performance on April 16 will feature selections from movies released from 1969 into 1972 and will include music by composers such as John Barry, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mandel, French born composers Michel Legrand and Francis Lai, and the great Italian screen composer Nino Rota. Come and enjoy song such as “Pieces of Dreams”, “For All We Know”, “Whistling Away the Dark”, power themes from classic films “Midnight Cowboy’, “Romeo and Juliet”, ”Love Story”, ”The Summer of ‘42”, “MASH” and “The Godfather”, among others.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which goes to Melville United Church, help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, and is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-03-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville United Church in Fergus for the next performance, in its 3rd season on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 with the concert beginning at 12 noon and continuing until about 1 p.m.
Join pianist and singer Brad Halls, as he continues his season-long journey through “great music from the movies”. The next performance on March 19 will feature selections from movies released from 1961 to 1963 and will include music by composers from Italy, France, Britain as well as pieces from the dominant film composer of the 1960s, Henry Mancini. Come and enjoy memorable songs such as “Moon River”, “Tender Is the Night”, ”Pocketful of Miracles” and many more, as well as musical themes from great dramatic films such as “From Russia with Love”, “Lawrence of Arabia” and “The Great Escape”.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which will go to Melville United Church to help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS

The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville United Church in Fergus for the next performance, in its 3rd season on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 with the concert beginning at 12 noon and continuing until about 1 p.m.
Join pianist and singer Brad Halls, as he continues his season-long journey through “great music from the movies”. The next performance on March 12 will feature selections from movies released in1959 and 1960 including excerpts from dramatic movie themes from “The Magnificent Seven”, “A Summer Place”, ”The Apartment”, and “Exodus”, as well as popular songs from movies such as “Where the Boys Are”, “High Time” and “A Hole in the Head”.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which will go to Melville United Church to help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-02-13 12:00 - 2025-02-19 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville United Church in Fergus for the next performance, in its 3rd season on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 with the concert beginning at 12 noon and continuing until about 1 p.m.
Join pianist and singer Brad Halls, as he continues his season-long journey through “great music from the movies”. The next performance on February 19 will feature selections from movies released in 1953 and 1954, with songs composed by great songwriters such as Sammy Fain, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and more. Movies like “The Bandwagon”, “Calamity Jane”, ”A Star is Born” and others would introduce great songs – “Secret Love”, “From This Moment On”, “Young at Heart”, “That’s Amore” and others.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which will go to Melville United Church to help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-02-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville United Church in Fergus for the next performance, in its 3rd season on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 with the concert beginning at 12 noon and continuing until about 1 p.m.
The next performance on February 12 will feature selections from movies released from 1950 to 1952, with songs composed by great songwriters such as Burton Lane, Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser and Sammy Cahn. Movies like “The Toast of New Orleans”, “Royal Wedding” and “Here Comes the Groom” brought us popular songs such as “Be My Love”, “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” and “Anywhere I Wander”. Brad will also present musical themes from great dramatic films such as “High Noon” and Charlie Chaplin’s “Limelight”.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which will go to Melville United Church to help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-01-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville United Church in Fergus for the next performance, in its 3rd season on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 with the concert beginning at 12 noon and continuing until about 1 p.m.
The next performance on January 29 will feature selections from movies released in 1946 and 1948. The world thankfully returned to peace time after the end of World War II and great songwriters generated classic songs for popular movies of the day. Songwriters such as Harry Warren, James Van Heusen, Frank Loesse and Jule Styne introduced classic songs including “Time After Time”, “It’s a Most Unusual Day”, “You Make Me Feel So Young”, ”But Beautiful”, “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” as well as excerpts from the dramatic musical scores from movies such as “Spellbound” and “Green Dolphin Street”.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which will go to Melville United Church to help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville United Church in Fergus for the next performance, in its 3rd season on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 with the concert beginning at 12 noon and continuing until about 1 p.m.
The next performance on January 22 will feature selections from movies released in 1944 and 1945. The trauma of World War II was coming to an end, and the movie studios released films which both reflected life in wartime, and many movies that harkened back with nostalgic films of days gone by. Great songwriters generated classic songs for these movies – songwriters such as Harry Warren, Jimmy McHugh, Harold Arlen and Jule Styne. Their music was introduced in the movies by the biggest stars of the day – Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Gene Kelly and more. Come and enjoy great songs including “Accentuate the Positive”, “The More I See You”, “I Fall in Love Too Easily”, and two of the only songs ever written for a movie by the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein and many more.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which will go to Melville United Church to help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-01-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
Presented and performed by pianist and singer
BRAD HALLS
The music concert series Mid-Day Music at Melville returns to Melville Wednesday, January 15, 2025, from 12 noon until about 1 p.m. Brad will feature selections from movies released in 1944. The tide of World War II began to turn in the Allies favour, but many dark days of wartime were still to come, and again the world of the movies both reflected those serious wartime truths and also provided escape from the struggles by providing home-front entertainment. Great songwriters such as Frank Loesser, James Van Heusen, Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin, Jule Styne created songs introduced by the box-office king of the 1940s, Bing Crosby, in the first screen performances of Frank Sinatra and other great stars of the era from Judy Garland and Gene Kelly to Roy Rogers! Enjoy great songs including “Like Someone in Love”, “I’ll Walk Alone”, ”The Boy Next Door”, “Long Ago and Far Away” and many more.
There is absolutely no admission charge to attend any of these concerts, but a voluntary donation, all of which will go to Melville United Church to help keep the heat on and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2025-01-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Melville United Church, 300 St. Andrew St. W, Fergus, ON, N1M 1N9
Presented and performed by pianist Brad Halls. The music series “Mid-Day Music at Melville” will present the concerts of this 3rd “season” during Wednesdays at Melville United Church in downtown Fergus. Each performance begins at 12 noon and runs to approximately 1 p.m. In our previous season pianist and singer Brad Halls took the audience on a guided musical tour through the past 100 years of the history of the Broadway musical, with a presentation of the many enduring classic songs from some of the greatest of the past century’s songwriters. This season, Brad will lead a similar voyage, with the concerts focusing on great songs which have come to us through the world of the movies.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2023-12-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Melville United Church, 300 St. Andrew St. W, Fergus, ON, N1M 1N9
Presented and performed by pianist
BRAD HALLS
The music series “Mid-Day Music at Melville” will continue at Melville United Church in Fergus on the first three Wednesdays of December. Pianist Brad Halls is taking the audience on a musical tour through the past 100 years of the history of the Broadway musical, with a presentation of the many enduring classic songs from some of the greatest of the past century’s songwriters. Each performance begins at 12 noon and continues to about 1 p.m.
On December 6, the songs come from the Broadway seasons of 1946 and 1947, and will feature songs from memorable productions such as Annie Get Your Gun, Brigadoon, Finian’s Rainbow and many more. Come and enjoy many classic songs such as Almost Like Being in Love, Come Rain or Come Shine, Old Devil Moon, They Say It’s Wonderful and many more.
On December 13 and December 20, we will shift our focus and enjoy two performances of wonderful Christmas music, as Brad will present seasonal songs and carols – both the very familiar and perhaps some new as well. Come prepared to sing along with some of your own favourites.
“Mid-Day Music” will then take a two-week break over the weeks of December 27 and January 3 for the Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, and the series will resume on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 with a celebration of music from Broadway shows that debuted in the seasons of 1948and 1949.
There is no admission charge for these presentations, but a voluntary contribution to Melville United to help keep the heat and lights on, and the piano tuned, is always gratefully received.

Mid-Day Music at Melville
2023-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Melville United Church, 300 St. Andrew St. W, Fergus, ON, N1M 1N9
The music series “Mid-Day Music at Melville” presented by pianist Brad Halls returns on Wednesday, November 15th from 12 noon to about 1:00 p.m. at Melville United Church in Fergus. Brad continues his musical journey through the past 100 years of the Broadway musical, and next Wednesday’s concert will feature classic songs from the Broadway seasons of 1937 and 1938. On the Broadway stage it was perhaps the peak of the collaboration between Rodgers and Hart, who produced four musicals over this period featuring songs such as My Funny Valentine, The Lady is a Tramp, Falling in Love with Love and more. This event will also feature songs by Cole Porter, Sammy Fain and Kurt Weill among others including I’ll Be Seeing You and September Song. There is no admission cost for these concerts, but a voluntary donation to Melville United Church to help keep the heat on and the piano tuned is always appreciated.

Melville Bake Sale Plus
2021-12-18 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto)
Christmas Bake Sale Plus.
Your Funds, Fun and Fellowship Committee will offer a wide variety of homemade Christmas goodies the UCW meat pies. We are baking cookies, squares, tarts (butter tarts and mince), homemade fudge, candy and Christmas pudding with sauce. Buy yourself some treats and buy boxes or plates of goodies for gift giving. Let your neighbours know about our Christmas Bake Sale Plus on Dec. 18.
We will also have a table of Christmas ornaments etc. also. Do you have some excess Christmas ornaments/decorations etc. to donate? Contact Marg 519-843-3274.

Advent Study
2021-11-29 19:00 - 2021-12-20 20:00 (America/Toronto)
Advent is sometimes just the thing that stands between us and Christmas, or an opportunity to get at all those Christmas preparations—getting the Christmas cards sent, baking, picking out a tree, wrapping presents… What about preparing our hearts? That is just as important an activity for the weeks leading up to December 24th. With that in mind, we will be holding an Advent study on Monday nights during Advent: November 29th, December 6th, 13th and 20th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm. We will be meeting by Zoom and using the study materials in the Advent Unwrapped resource from the United Church of Canada. You can find the materials at https://united-church.ca/worship-theme/advent-unwrapped at the bottom under “Worship Blogs.” Please let Rev. Lynda or a member of the Faith Formation Committee know if you are interested.

Garage & Bake Sale
2021-08-28 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
The Garage & Bake Sale is on Aug. 27 & 28th. Fri. 12-4pm & Sat. 10am-4pm.

Donations are being accepted Tues, Wed & Thurs. (Aug. 24th, 25th & 26th), between 7-8 p.m.

Garage & Bake Sale
2021-08-20 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
The Garage & Bake Sale is on this week and next week (Fri & Sat’s). Aug. 20 & 21; and Aug. 27 & 28th. Fri. 12-4pm & Sat. 10am-4pm.

Donations are being accepted Tues, Wed & Thurs. (Aug. 24th, 25th & 26th), between 7-8 p.m.

Garage, Plant, & Bake Sale
2021-08-07 10:00 - 16:00, 2021-08-06 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
Thank You so much for your help and donations! These donations were gratefully received, and much appreciated. The Garage, Bake, & Plant Sale has been going so well that we have decided to run it again this Friday August 6th from noon-4pm & Saturday the 7th from 10-4pm.

Celebrating 175 Years
2020-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto)
Join us for an exciting concert of
songs through the decades since the 1840s,
performed by Brad Halls and his talented
daughter Laura Harp.
