News for members

Please pay fees due for this term as soon as possible.
Music centre members should stay on site until collected at the end of your ensemble. Please do not leave the schools between ensembles, for your own protection and safety. If you change your normal arrangements, please let someone know!
This term's concert is at Torquay Boys' Grammar School, in the Centenary Hall (set back between the Music Suite and the main building) on Friday, 9th July at 7.00pm. This concert is for all music centre groups. Tickets will cost £5 and £2.50 at the door. Tickets are available at music centre now at the reduced price of £4.50 and £2 if bought in advance of July 9th.

Seating rehearsal schedule at the Centenary Hall on Friday 9th July:

4.30 pm	Clarinet Choir, Concert Strings, Flute Choirs
5.00 pm	Brass Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble, Double Reed Ensemble
5.30 pm	Youth Orchestra, Youth Strings
6.00 pm	Concert Wind
6.30 pm	Doors open for the audience
7.00 pm	Concert starts

Please wear smart black and white for the concert.
We would welcome contributions to the raffle at the concert. Please see Dorothy at the tuck shop.
Remaining rehearsals this term are on 18th, 25th June, and 2nd July. After the concert on 9th July, there will be a break until 10th September.

Happy music-making!

Alicia Stolliday

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Newsletter Spring 2010

Newsletters keep you in touch with news and events at music centre. Please read and keep for a while, so you know what is happening.

Please pay fees due for this term as soon as possible.
Music centre members should stay on site until collected at the end of your ensemble. Please do not leave the schools between ensembles, for your own protection and safety. This is particularly important now the clocks have changed and the evenings are darker. The Boys' Hall is staffed throughout, and is the best place to wait to be collected.
Our policy with regard to behaviour at music centre is simple. Misbehaviour will result in a letter to parents. If behaviour does not improve, music centre membership will be ended, without refund of the term's subscription.
THIS TERM'S CONCERT is at Oldway Mansion, Paignton on Sunday, 21st March at 4pm. This concert is an opportunity for the smaller groups to play in the beautiful surroundings of Oldway Mansion. The Flute Choirs, Double Reed Ensemble, Clarinet Choir, Concert Strings, Youth Strings, Concert Wind, Saxophone ensemble and Brass Ensembles will be taking part. Tickets will cost £5.50 and £3 at the door or £4.50 and £2 in advance at music centre. Please wear smart black and white for the concert.

Rehearsal schedule at Oldway Mansion on Sunday 21st March:

1.00 pm	Youth Strings
1.15 pm	Saxophone Ensemble
1.30 pm	Junior Flute Choir
1.45 pm	Junior Brass Ensemble
2.00 pm	Concert Strings
2.15 pm	Clarinet Choir
2.30 pm	Double Reed Ensemble
2.45 pm	Senior Flute Choir
3.00 pm	Brass Ensemble
3.15 pm	Concert Wind
3.30 pm	Doors open for the audience

Please wear smart black and white.

We would welcome contributions to the raffle at the concert. Please see Dorothy at the tuck shop.
Remaining rehearsals for this term are on 26th February, 5th, 12th and 19th March. After a break for Easter music centre resumes on 23rd April. The summer concert will be on Friday 9th July at 7pm, in the Centenary Hall at the Boys' Grammar School.
The full orchestra (6pm - 7pm) are working on music from The Gladiator and Stars and Stripes by Sousa for the summer concert. All members are welcome.
The Peninsula Clarinet Choir will be playing at Tesco's in Newton Abbot between 6pm and 7pm on Saturday 27th February - hope to see you there!
Don't forget - the concert at Oldway Mansion starts at 4pm !

Happy music-making!

Alicia Stolliday

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Newsletter November 2009

Newsletters keep you in touch with news and events at music centre. Please read and keep for a while, so you know what is happening.

Please pay fees due for this term as soon as possible.
Music centre members should stay on site until collected at the end of your ensemble. Please do not leave the schools between ensembles, for your own protection and safety. This is particularly important now the clocks have changed and the evenings are darker. The Boys' Hall is staffed throughout, and is the best place to wait to be collected.
THIS TERM'S CONCERT is at Torquay Boys' Grammar School, in the Centenary Hall (set back between the Music Suite and the main building) on Friday, 27th November at 7.00pm. This concert is for all music centre groups; tickets cost £5.00 and £2.50 at the door, and £4.50 and £2.00 if bought before 27th November at music centre.

Seating rehearsal schedule at the Centenary Hall on Friday 27th November:

4.30 pm	Clarinet Choir, Concert Strings, Senior Flute Choir
5.00 pm	Brass Ensemble, Junior Flute Choir, Percussion
5.30 pm	Youth Orchestra, Youth Strings, Concert Brass
6.00 pm	Concert Wind, Double Reed Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble
6.30 pm	Doors open for the audience

The Swing Band will play before the concert and during the interval.

Please wear smart black and white for the concert, with festive touches.

We would welcome contributions to the raffle at the concert. Please see Dorothy at the tuck shop.
On 23rd December between 10.30am - 4.00pm there will be a busking session for clarinets at Powderham Country Stores. Why not come along and join in for a couple of hours, and do some shopping at the same time? It's always good fun, and the cafe is good as well!
Remaining rehearsals this term are on 13th and 20th November. After the concert on 27th November, there will be a break until 8th January.
Dates for your diary - Autumn concert Friday 27th November at 7.30pm; clarinets at Powderham 23rd December.

Happy music-making!

Alicia Stolliday

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Newsletter October 2009

Newsletters keep you in touch with news and events at music centre. Please read and keep for a while, so you know what is happening. WELCOME to all new members - please contact me if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. WELCOME BACK to existing members. It's good to see you all again.

Please pay fees due for this term as soon as possible.
Music centre members should stay on site until collected at the end of your ensemble. Please do not leave the schools between ensembles, for your own protection and safety. This is particularly important now the evenings are darker. We strongly advise that members wait in the boys' school hall to be collected, as there are always responsible adults in this area.
THIS TERM'S CONCERT is at Torquay Boys' Grammar School, in the new Centenary Hall (set back between the Music Suite and the main building) on Friday, 27th November at 7.00pm. Further details in the November newsletter.
I would like to make newsletters and other information available through email in addition to the current methods of handing out copies at music centre and on the website www.devonmusiccentres.org.uk. Please let me know if you have any comments.
There will be no rehearsal on 23rd or 30th October, for half term.
The music centre governing body - Friends of Devon Youth Music-South - holds its AGM on Friday 13th November at 4.30pm. We have a good, supportive committee who meet about 5 times a year to discuss issues, seek funding, help at concerts and help me in the running of the Centre. All parents and friends are welcome. We are in need of someone to act as Minutes Secretary at meetings at the moment. Is this a role you could consider?
Some of the members of the Concert Strings have been raising money for the charity Buskaid by holding cake sales at the centre. Marina Sholtz tells me they have raised in the region of £30 so far. Buskaid UK www.buskaid.org.za offers high quality string tuition to impoverished youngsters at its Music School in Soweto. I think it's a very good cause - some of you may remember the Soweto Strings at the proms in 2007, and the documentary on BBC4 television of the same name following two years in the life of the Buskaid Music School.

Happy music-making!

Alicia Stolliday (music centre manager)

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