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West Wiltshire Young Musicians
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NEWSLETTER |
June 2004 |
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ACTIVITIES At the end of this term WWYM will give or be involved with ten concerts in nine different venues. Over 500 hundred of our young musicians will be taking part and performing the music they have been practising this term. Please encourage your parents and friends to attend the concerts and keep your conductors informed if you have any problems with attendance. The West Wiltshire Young Musicians AGM will be on Friday 10th October 2004 at the Oliver Cromwell Pub in Bromham at 7.30. This will be followed by a Skittles Evening. Information about this event can be found in your young musicians instrument case or band folder. DATES FOR NEXT YEAR I have been asked on several occasions for earlier information about WWYM starting and finishing dates. Our dates are different to the normal school ones and some times not the same as the Wiltshire Music Service teaching dates. In addition we are now edging towards a six-term year. The conductors have always had the freedom to decide the starting and finishing dates to suit various circumstances and are very careful about keeping members of their ensembles informed. However the dates for next year are as follows. All WWYM rehearsals start the week beginning Monday 13th September 2004. Half-term starts on Thursday 21st October 2004, all rehearsals start again on Monday 1st November 2004. Final rehearsals for the term finish the week beginning Monday 6th December 2004. HARP PROJECT In the history of WWYM we have only ever had one successful harpist.
They’re two children learning the harp at the moment in local
primary schools, we intend to double this by buying to Welsh folk
harps to be taught through the WMS. It is a bit like playing the
tuba, they are very expensive but the whole ensemble benefits from
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FUND RAISING Congratulations to Ros Pendry and the West Wiltshire Wind Band. The Sponsored Bash they held in March raised over £350. It is to be split between the Sergent Cancer Care for Children and WWYM. Richard Clark has taken on the task of increasing the items of merchandise we sell at our concerts. Future products will include umbrellas, pens, pencils, Frisbees, mugs and teddy bears for Christmas. Since the last Newsletter the following instruments have been purchased by WWYM to give more children the opportunity to learn an instrument. Euphonium £600, oboe £550, flute £150, violin £100, viola £200, French horn £200 and a double bass £300. Some of the instruments are second hand. In addition the two harps cost £1.761 Finally can I congratulate Josh Lynch who has been awarded a junior place at the Royal College of Music to study the cello on Saturdays. I would also like to highlight the success of Chippenham Junior Wind whos membership has increased to over fifty, we are looking for a larger venue for rehearsals. If you have an instrument to advertise in this Newsletter, please forward the information to me. James Monckton Musical Director WWYM |
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