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Coffee Morning

A HUGE thank you to everyone who made cakes and donated raffle/tombola items for the coffee morning on Saturday – especially to those parents and students who spent the morning at The Coro as well.  We made £400 which is a great result, especially considering the pie fight in Ford Park was on at the same time.

REMINDER – tour meeting on Thursday at 6.30pm. Every student must be represented by an accountable adult.

Old Friends/Swing Band rehearsal

Tomorrow’s after-school rehearsal is ONLY for the reduced band playing at The Old Friends on Saturday.  Make sure you are there:

Sax:  Bella, Catriona, Louisa, Ben, Tabi & Dan

Brass:  David, Abi, Anna, Emma, Jack

Rhythm:  Adam, Emily, Ella, Florrie

This is because I cannot be at the performance so we will have to make sure that it can run in all aspects (including sound system) without me

COFFEE MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don’t forget  –  we needs loads of raffle & tombola items for Saturday’s coffee morning at The Coro (to my office tomorrow or The Coro by 9.15am at the latest).

We also need CAKES on Saturday morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Help would be very welcome

Combo @ The Old Friends

A reminder that the Jazz Combo is playing at the Old Friends this Saturday from 8pm-10pm.  The bigger the crowd the better!  The line-up is:

Sax – Bella, John, Louisa, Ben, Tabi, Dan

Brass – David, Abbie, Anna, Emma, Jack

Rhythm – Adam, Emily, Ella

Vox – Florrie

If any of you cannot make it please let me know asap.

Summer Letter & Concert Poster

Summer 2016

Attached is the letter that is going out to ALL groups this week as well as the poster for the Summer Concert.  Please publicize the concert on the 7th July as widely as possible to secure the biggest audience we can (the Summer concert always attracts a smaller audience than the others through the year, despite it showcasing the groups at their very best!).

Can I also remind you that we need as many items for the coffee morning on Saturday as possible  –  cakes, tombola & raffle.

Summer letter 2016

Swing Band Concert – tonight

A reminder that tonight#s swing band concert at the Coro is from 6pm-6.45pm  –  students need to be at the Coro for 5.30pm in full uniform.  We are supporting Julia Biel (who is amazing) and all players can stay to watch her for free.

URGENT NOTICE!!!!!!!

Really sorry, but due to unavoidable personal circumstances, I have to cancel tonight’s Friends meeting.  As the coffee morning is next week we have no time to change the meeting date so here are the arrangements for the coffee morning:

We will need donations for a cake stall, raffle and tombola  –  please can these be brought to my office by Friday 17th (raffle and tombola) or to The Coro by 9.15am on the Saturday morning (cakes, raffle, tombola). We need as much as possible to make it as profitable as we can, so please try to donate some items.

We will also need volunteers on the day to help with the coffee-making and to run the stalls, from 9am – 11.30am, including Year 10-13 students if they have finished their exams. Please email me at rbu@uvhs.uk if you are available so that I can cover all areas.

Friends Meeting & Coffee Morning

We have a Coffee Morning at The Coro on Saturday 18th June  –  this is the last fundraiser before Austria so I would hope that at least all participants on the Wind Band Tour will be able to contribute in some way through either their presence and/or donations  –  we will be asking for items for the cake stall, raffle and tombola to name but three tables, so please watch this space for exact requests.

In order to prepare for this and finalize tour arrangements, the next Friends of UVHS Music meeting will be on Tuesday 7th June starting at 6.30pm in the Memorial Meeting Room in A Block.  Could I remind all parents that they are all welcome to join The Friends – it is not a big commitment but does make a big difference to the work of the Music Dept.  We need new members next year, in particular someone to volunteer to take over as treasurer from September.

If you require more info, please email me: rbu@uvhs.uk