Winter Newsletter 2014

CHARITY NEWSLETTER 

CHRISTMAS CONCERTS

We hope you are looking forward to the Christmas Concerts at QMC on Sunday December 7th 2014.

Our Charity is requesting your help as a volunteer on the day. We have broken the jobs down into easily manageable roles and time slots and would ask you to sign up online to help.  

http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/104733790047 

Dont worry - If you have to back out later due to other commitments or illness,  once signed up, that can all be managed easily on line.    We use an online system as we have no paid employees and this reduces our admin time by about 80%.

Raffle Prizes will also be gratefully received.

UNIFORMS

We have had a greater than normal request for uniforms in the last few weeks.  Some sizes are running low. Please check your uniforms before your next rehearsal and let your conductor know immediately if you need a size change.  

At this late stage new members are advised to arrange hire through our online shop immediately.

 

ONLINE SHOP 

Our online shop enables you to hire a uniform, become a charity member, join the 100 Club and even advertise your un-needed instrument. 

http://www.bayo-hampshire.org.uk/shopfront/

FREE MONEY FOR YOU!

Our chairman has been trying TOPCASHBACK  and has been comparing prices through the site  to externally available prices.  

We can confirm that you can save 100's of pounds just shopping normally through the  website.

If you join now you will also get a £5 Marks and Spencers voucher just for signing up.

Use our charity referal link and once you save your first £15 our charity will receive £15 Cashback for introducing you.     It is a Win Win, can you afford not to try it? 

Our Referal Link  http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/friendsofbayoc

 

Charity Membership has dropped this year and we hope that if you are not a member of the 100 Club or the Charity that you will consider joining. All the money raised goes to support the work of the ensembles.

Update from FBAYOC Charity AGM / Instruments For Sale / Help Needed

The AGM was held last night and members heard that the Charity and Ensembles have had a good year,  but that there were concerns reported by the Treasurer that membership income was down over £500 last year and it is projected that at current rates membership income will be down an additional £500 over the next year. 

If you have not joined the charity to support the ensembles this year, it's not too late to do so. Click HERE to find out more. Our hope that every ensemble player will have a paid up member of the charity in their family.

AGM Reports will be posted on the committee and individual ensembles website pages if you wish to read more. www.bayo-hampshire.org.uk

No trustees resigned and Niki Lee was elected as a trustee bring the total to seven. Karen Bentall stood down as secretary and the post was filled by Deborah Lock.

Charity Trustees 2014-15 
David Woods (Chair and Past Parent) 
Paul Lock (Treasurer and Current Parent)  
Deborah Lock (Secretary and Past Ensemble Member)
Karen Bentall (Supporter) 
John Fuller (Director and Music Service Representative) 
Susannah Stanley (Past Parent) 
Niki Lee (Current Parent)
Charges were reviewed and costs of Uniform Hire, Membership and 100 club remain unchanged for 2014-15.
Our Free to advertise INSTRUMENT FOR SALE WEBSITE  is taking off.
2 clarinets, an electronic piano and drum kit are currently advertised. The Flute has been sold.
We are currently seeking 32 helpers for the Christmas Concerts. We have broken the jobs down into small chunks so that each job is not too onerous. Please sign up online. and provide raffle prizes if you can.
With the winter coming on and evenings drawing in don't forget to get your boiler serviced.
Pamber Plumbers will donate £10 to our charity for every boiler service for members. Find out more here.
We look forward to seeing you at the December Concerts details of all events can be found here.

 

 

Proposed BAYO Tour to Tuscany and Paris 28/7 to 4/8/2015

It is proposed to take the Main Orchestra on a concert tour this year. Exact details are to be confirmed.

It is planned to stay in a 3* Hotel in the Spa Town Montecatini Terme and to visit Pisa and see the leaning tower and visit the city of Florence.

Concerts are proposed in Florence and Montecatini.

After 4 nights stay it is proposed to continue the excitement staying for 2 days at the Jean Monnet Hostel in Paris.

John Fuller needs to have a depost of £60 from those intending to go on the tour by the 17th October 2014.

Please contact johnfuller3@gmail.com if more information is needed.

 

 

AGM Reminder Thursday 16/10/2014 7:30 pm at Cafe QM, Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke.

We are looking forward to seeing the Parents and Carers of ensemble members at the first AGM of our new Charity.

You will be able to hear about the great progress the ensembles and charity have made over the last year and some exciting plans for the future.      

Refreshments will be available and there will be the opportunity to socialise with other parents, committee members and conductors after the meeting. 

Any one can stand as an elected Trustee (subject to eligibility) or can attend our meetings as a part of the unelected advisory group. If you want to know more about this contact friendsofbayoc@gmail.com

Don't forget our website address has changed  and is now at www . bayo-hampshire . org . uk

We are also seeking 32 volunteers to help us run our concerts in December. You can sign up to help here: http ://www . volunteerspot . com/Group/104733790047#!/show

This email system will shortly cease to function when the site licence expires.

You can continue to follow our news at www . facebook . com/BayoFriends or sign up for newsletters in the footer of our new website.

We show you how to easily Save £100s per year and our charity gets a referral bonus costing you nothing It's a Win Win!

For every member who joins through our link and earns themselves £10 cash back by shopping online, our charity will earn a £7.50 introduction fee.

Our Chairman tried it out and immediately saved hundreds of pounds by going through the  link site to USWITCH and changing utility provider, earning an extra £30 cash back bonus and booked a holiday through EXPEDIA and gained enough for lunch out on Holiday in cash back.

You can even get cash back for online grocery shopping or when you shop in store at ARGOS.

http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/friendsofbayoc

You can even Get CashBack on Music and Instruments online!

 

Newsletter 22/9/2014


Welcome to our new and returning members and families.

 We are looking forward to an exciting and busy year.

Our Charity’s Trustees have just approved £3,950 expenditure to support the ensembles:

·       BAYO tour to Italy

·       Fairthorne Manor Residential Training Weekend

·       Avon Tyrell Residential Training Weekend

·       Training Day with a professional conductor

Website:

We have completely changed our website - NEW site address www.bayo-hampshire.org.uk


You can sign up to the newsfeed, follow us on Facebook and Twitter and visit your ensemble page.

Visit our Online Store to:

·       Order CDs

·       Hire a Uniform

·       Join the Hundred Club,

·       Buy & Sell Musical Instruments

·       Become a member of our charity.

There is also a link on the site to GiveAsYouLive where you can sign up to have stores 

donate to our charity every time you shop online.

We really need the help of every ensemble member’s family to provide the level of support the ensembles have become used to. Please join the 100 club or become a charity member, volunteer to help out at least once a year at events and provide raffle prizes and cakes.

Basingstoke Area Youth Choir Sing Acapella.

If you are fancy trying Acapella and are 12 to 18 come along to QMC on Fridays – between 6.30 - 7.30pm  contact kat.penn@outlook.com for more information.

PAMBER PLUMBERS WILL DONATE £10 TO OUR CHARITY FOR EVERY BOILER SERVICE COMPLETED FOR OUR SUPPORTERS. – MENTION FRIENDS OF BAYOC SUPPORTER WHEN BOOKING. PHONE:  01256 889977 £80 + VAT FOR OIL OR £60 +VAT FOR GAS.  WITHIN 30 MILES OF Queen Mary’s College, 


Key Dates This Term

16th October 2014 – 7:30pm  - We hope to be supported by at least one adult member of each family at our AGM and Social at Queen Mary’s College – Refreshments Provided.

7th December 2014 – 2.30pm and 7:00pm - 2 Concerts at The Main Hall, Queen Mary’s College.  Please Volunteer to help out Now!

Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on VolunteerSpot

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Welcoming Katie Long as Assistant Conductor of BAYSO

We are pleased to announce that Katie Long has been appointed to fill the vacant BAYSO Assistant Conductor Position.

Katie played double bass for many years in the ensembles before going to University.

A graduate of the  Royal College of Music she is a peripatetic teacher of strings, piano and keyboard including specialist double bass tuition for holders of Hampshire Music Service Awards for Exceptional Ability. 

Welcome back Katie to the BAYO family.

 

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Hampshire SwingTrio Concert 25/10/2014 Alton

Upcoming concert info!!!

St. Lawrence Church
Alton
Hampshire

7pm 25th October 2014

The Hampshire String Trio.

The Hampshire String Trio.

See the Hampshire Swing Trio in action as they perform in their very own concert - supported by musicians from around the local area

Adults £10 16&under £5

All money raised will be going towards the repair and restoration of the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra Double Basses.

For more information or tickets phone Myles Scott on 01420 83828