A few photos from the winter fashion event at Ely’s on 2nd November. The hats were an interesting addition to the day. A bit chilly on the day but a great event.
Ely’s of Wimbledon Winter Fashion Event
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Support the Melodians when you shop on-line at Christmas
To all our supporters, we have now set up an account on the GiveasyouLive site. If you would like to support the Melodians and provide some funding towards our projects then you can do so at no cost to you. When you want to shop on-line go to the ‘Give as you Live’ website and select the Melodians as your chosen charity. Then from the site go to the retailer you want to shop from. This automatically generates funding for the Melodians.
Raise donations for charity by shopping online with Give as you Live, over 4,000 retailers to choose from, shop & raise a donation for one of our UK charities.
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Woodfield Fair this weekend
Just a quick reminder that the Melodians will be playing at Woodfield Fair tomorrow (23rd September). The fair opens at 1pm and the Melodians will be playing between 1.15 and 2.45pm. The fair is in Woodfield Recreation Ground, Abbotswood Road, Streatham SW16 1AP .
See you there!
Wedding thank you email
Many thanks to the father of the bride from the wedding in Southend on Sunday 11th September. He sent a wonderful email thanking Terry and the Melodians.
“Terry
I would just like to thank you , once again for yourself and your band playing at my daughters wedding.
You told me not to worry about the music selection and you were correct .
The music selection was excellent as were the arrangements .
Everyone, as well as the hotel staff, enjoyed the music and are still talking about it.
I would like to thank every member of your band for playing with such professionalism and joy.
We intend to come to your Christmas show and I hope to see you all then
Thanks
Alan Hughes”
Melodians Documentary and Promotional Video
To all our friends, you will be excited to know that we have updated the ‘Home’ page on the website with a short video ‘We Are The Melodians Steel Orchestra UK’ to introduce the Melodians to new visitors to the website.
We have also included a longer documentary about the Melodians on the About page to make it more interesting. You will also find this documentary on the ‘Sponsor Us’ page as it includes an appeal for a new sponsor to help us continue our great work.
BBC’s Virtual Orchestra
The Melodians took a short summer break from rehearsals during August but they still found time on Saturday 20th August to record the ‘Toreador’ by Bizet. This was for the BBC’s first Virtual Orchestra which will be part of the Last Night of the Proms Celebrations on Saturday September 10. The Virtual Orchestra film will be shown at Proms in the Parks across the UK and will be available on iPlayer 5pm on Saturday September 10. See also www.bbc.co.uk/getplaying.
Melodians joining the BBC’s Virtual Orchestra for the BBC Proms
Heritage Day at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
The Melodians visited the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst for their Heritage Day celebration on Sunday 19th June. This is an annual event by the Academy to raise money for various charities. The Melodians played down by the lake in the amazing grounds of the Academy. This was the first public performance of their newest addition to the repertoire ‘Mr Sandman’.
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