Summer Update

In This News Letter

• Crafts and Music 2016

• Dawkes Woodwind Discount Reminder 

• Grade 1 Challenge

• Anvil Concert

• 100 Club Winners

Crafts and Music

www.craftsandmusic.co.uk

The 2016 Crafts and Music Event will be held at Queen Mary’s College,  Cliddesden Road, Basingstoke on Sunday 10th July 2016 between 11am and 5 pm. In the evening there will also be a concert with the opportunity to picnic with the performers during the interval.

We will be asking for help with this event, so please put the date in your diaries now and let any crafters you know who may be in interested in having a stall.

Please ask your conductors for a poster if you can display it at work or community space. 

 

Discounts for WoodWind and Brass at Dawkes 3-6%

Quote Code 631291

A reminder: We have negotiated to provide members a discount. Once registered you will get the discount every-time by phone, online or in person atDAWKES of Maidenhead. They will register the code to your name and address for future purchases.

Grade 1 Challenge

We are going to run a Grade 1 Sponsored Challenge, in association with Trinity College London. Open to Parents and members, We would like you to sign up to learn an instrument (or a new instrument) and in February 2017,  you will take a full Trinity College, Grade 1 examination at Queen Mary’s College. Trinity are waiving 50% of the examination fee, and as usual, you will get a full report of the examination, and a Trinity College certificate.

Register your interest here http://www.bayo-hampshire.org.uk/grade-1-challenge/

Anvil Concert

I think you will all agree the performances at the Anvil Concert were superb this year.

We received this tweet of congratulations from the Mayor who attended. ( Open Image to View)

We have once again recorded this concert and will be producing a £10 CD set, which is available to purchase by pre-order from your conductor.   Programmes sales were down this year as we sold only 208. Both these products are produced as mementos and priced to cover costs.

We had the largest number of volunteers helping us out this year and are very grateful for their support. It really does make the process easier with more people. This was the first time we have really had sufficient helpers.

100 Club Winners ( open image to view )

We awarded over £7,000 of prizes to members in the first three years. You can join using the information found here. 

Ferio Sax Quartet & Basingstoke Area Youth Wind Orchestra fundraiser for Sebastian Action Trust

The 2 groups provided an excellent varied musical performance to the audience in All Saints Church, Basingstoke.    

Ferio Sax Quartet  

The award winning Ferio Saxophone Quartet is emerging as one of the leading British saxophone quartets among the new generation, receiving enthusiastic reactions from audiences and critics. Winners of the 2015 Overseas League Ensemble Competition, the quartet has gone on to win several prizes including the Tunnell Trust 2014, Martin Musical Scholarship Fund 2015 and will be Park Lane Group Artists for the 2016 season.

Links

•   Ferio Sax Quartet
•   Sebastian's Action Trust  

The Ferio Sax Quartet performed a slick varied set which was greatly enjoyed by the audience.

Huw Wiggin – Soprano saxophone

Ellie Mcmurray – Alto saxophone

Jose Manuel Bañuls – Tenor saxophone

Shevaughan Beere – Baritone saxophone ( Former BAYO ensemble member)

Some great great soloists from BAYWO this evening.... The orchestra was also on top form

Post Concert Update

We hope everyone enjoyed the 2 concerts yesterday and we would like to extend our thanks to those who helped with the organisation of the day.

• The raffle raised £273.29

• Refreshments raised 288.74

• There will be 4 new members in the next 100 club draw which this quarter raised £750.

• 4 People took Sainsburys Cards - we earn £4 for every £100 they spend at Sainsburys using the card at NO Extra cost.

• 2 people have signed up to make savings on purchases signing up through our TopCashBack link for which we receive at least £7.50 referral fee per person.

Sainsburys cards can be requested from your conductor at rehearsals, You can join the 100 club, make a donation or become a member of our charity here 

If you know a crafter please direct them to our www.craftsandmusic.co.uk website as we are signing up stall holders now for next summer.

If you would like to come to the concert mentioned which is at the Anvil on 6th February 2016 in aid of the Royal British Legion the link is here 

Christmas Concert and General information

The New Concert Bass Drum in use bought by the charity. 

Our Christmas concerts at Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke were filled with parents eager to hear their children perform. We hope you enjoyed the deep notes of the new Bass Drum the charity has just purchased for our percussion section. We have also purchased over a £1,000 of new music folders to protect the musical scores.

We told the audience how they could help us raise money for the charity supporting the Orchestras and choirs.

They also serve who sit and wait.... Many of our members play in different ensembles on different instruments ... Waiting for a performer to come off stage from percussion ensemble and collect instruments for the Wind Orchestra. 

The links to our Sainsburys Card ( we earn a percentage of your spend) charity membership and 100 club are here.

(Ask your conductor for a Sainsburys card and follow the link to register it.) 

Please use TopCashBack to get cashback on Your personal purchases. Use our link to join and our charity earns an introduction fee.

Our Referal link  

You still get all your cashback - we only earn the introduction fee. You can easily save £100s per year..

The audience prepare to be entertained. 

Recording the 100 club winners  -in 3 years we have made over £7,000 profit and awarded the same amount in prizes.

The  String Orchestra with Paul Timms and on stage behind them the String Training Orchestra.

Wind Orchestra Being introduced by John Fuller.

Here is the TopCashBack dashboard of one of our members showing total Cashback in the last year. 

100 club winners winter 2015

We made the draw at the Afternoon Christmas Concert. Open the images in your browser if you cannot view this email to see the winners names and prize allocation in the photos. 

Autumn Newsletter

We're using VolunteerSpot to sign up helpers for our Christmas Concerts

Please sign up for Sunday 6th December 2015Concerts!

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps: 
1. Click this link to go to our invitation page onVolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/DudcUM 
2. Enter your email address: (You will NOT need to register an account on VolunteerSpot) 
3. Sign up! Choose your spots - VolunteerSpot will send you an automated confirmation and reminders. Easy! 

Concert Details Here http://www.bayo-hampshire.org.uk/events-page/

Sainsburys Everyday Fundraising.

Use an everyday fundraising card.  It will cost you nothing extra when you shop, and Sainsbury's  will donate 4% of your spend to our charity. Ask your conductor for a card.

Sainsbury's Info

Discount for Woodwind and Brass 3-6% at Dawkes Woodwind and Brass

Quote 631291

Once registered you will get the discount everytime by phone, online or in person atDAWKES of Maidenhead. They will register the code to your name and address for future purchases.

CD Order Form for 2016 Anvil concert.

Please print off and return the form is you wish to order a CD of the 2015 Anvil Concert.

100 Club Winners Announced May 2015

Please view the image to find out who won prizes in our 100 Club.

If you are not a member find out how to join and you too could be winning prizes.

http://www.bayo-hampshire.org.uk/100-club/

Anvil Concert 2015 - Another Great Evening

Another successful Anvil Concert. The Performers and conductors should be congratulated on an excellent evenings entertainment - The performances really go from strength to strength, and behaviour backstage was excellent which was commented on by a number of our new volunteer helpers.

The charity have recently purchased 2 Cajon percussion instruments for the youth choir and we are sure you will agree they added extra depth to the performance, as did the excellent sound re-inforcement from The Anvil sound operator for all the choirs.

Cajons In use at the concert.

The Percussion ensemble also celebrated the purchase of tubular bells, enabled by fundraising efforts of the charity, donations from anonymous parent donors (hiding behind the instrument in this image) and local county councillor grants.  Two councillors joined us for the evening... can you spot them?

We are immensely grateful to everyone who helped us out running the evening.  The Anvil staff commented our concerts are the most well organised they have from a backstage perspective. Everyone plays their part, which may at times seem very small but each role is vital.

It is only by having sufficient help at the right times that we can provide this level of care. 

We have so far raised £124 from the online auction. There is still time to bid as it runs for a few more days  www.is.gd/anvilauction

Another 3 members joined our 100 club and many more forms were taken away. The 100 Club is a mainstay of our fund raising efforts and we are pleased to welcome new members at any time.

Programme sales went well and some CDS were ordered on the night. Neither of these items are priced to make profit they are produced as mementos. If you haven't ordered a CD yet and wish to please ask your conductor.

We also gave out - 19 Sainsburys shopping cards which if used when spending just an average of £50 per week will see Sainsburys donating £1,900 per year to the charity.  If you took one  please use it, if you haven't taken one please ask your conductor for a card.

We hope to see you at our next major concert day www.craftsandmusic.co.uk and bag packing You can sign up to help for any of ourt events from the front page of our website or here http://www.volunteerspot.com/group/104733790047