Huntingdonshire Music School Association - Cambridgeshire

Next Tuesday 27th July the HUMS Classical Guitar Ensemble will be travelling to the studios of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to record an interview with Sue Dougan to be aired on either Wednesday or Thursday on her weekday afternoon programme (12:30 to 16:00).

We will let you know when it is to be aired when we find out! The BBC have said that the interview will be available through the BBC iPlayer.

Taster Day, Saturday 23rd May

The music school are holding a taster day on Saturday 23rd May between 09:00 to 13:00 at the Huntingdonshire Regional College in Huntingdon.

Come and find out what happens. Have a try on various instruments and see if we can [pair you up with one. Ever fancied trying and instrument but never quite summoned up the courage? Don’t be put off - don’t let age or anything else stop you - just come and have a chat.

There will be lots of students of all ages and teachers to talk to you. You can listen to a band rehearsing (we’ll be practising for our Norfolk tour this summer). You can find out about the different ways of begging, borrowing, leasing or buying an instrument (and we should have some local suppliers on hand to provide expert advice). Come and see what we get up to when we’re not in the college - either by way of performing outside (e.g. 14th June at the Riverside Park in Huntingdon between 14:30 and 16:30) or travelling elsewhere.

It’s good fun, it’s very sociable and you’re never too old or too young to have a go.

Don’t put it off. This isn’t a dress rehearsal and it’s no good wondering ‘what if’ later on!

Encouragement

• BBC Play It Again - where famous celebrities, not exactly in their first flush of youth, learned to play an instrument and performed in the public eye
• Fun education site - good guide to instruments and learning music

Waitrose (part of the John Lewis Partnership) have a fund-raising scheme to support local organisations in the area around their store locations - it’s called ‘Community Matters’.

Every month each store has £1,000 to donate to a total of 3 needy and respected organisations. The way it works is that every time you shop in the store you collect a green token and place it in one of the 3 boxes - 1 for each of the month’s 3 organisations. At the end of the month the contents of each is weighed and each organisations gets their weight as a percentage of the total as a proportion of the £1,000.

Well, this month in the Waitrose store at St. Benedict’s Court in Huntingdon the Huntingdonshire Music School is one of the 3 organisations to benefit from the generosity of Waitrose.

Please shop in Waitrose and drop your green counter into our box!!