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SteelPan Experience Event for UK Parliament Week Festival

Posted on | By Mary Noel

The Melodians Steel Orchestra has been invited to take part in the UK Parliament Week Festival 2017 .   The Week runs from 13th to 19th November and the Melodians will be running a SteelPan Experience Event on Saturday 18th November at their base in Henry Cavendish School in Balham.

As part of the event you will be able to learn about the history of Steel Pan and try your hand at it with help and guidance from the Melodians themselves.  It will be a fantastic day and a great opportunity to listen to the Melodians and learn how they create their fantastic music.

Possible new players in the ‘Learn to Play Day’
Learn about playing Steel Pans
The full room for the National ‘Learn to Play Day’
Take part in the Steel Pan Experience Day

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Melodians Documentary and Promotional Video

Posted on | By Mary Noel

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

Posted on | By Terry Noel

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.

Heritage Day at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst

Posted on | By Mary Noel

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’.

 

Patron’s Lunch tomorrow

Posted on | By Mary Noel

HM The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebrations are in full flow this weekend.  Loads of street parties taking place and especially one on the Mall tomorrow – The Patron’s Lunch! http://www.thepatronslunch.com/event_info

BBC1 will be showing the event live between 1.15 and 4.15 pm.  The Melodians are due to play between 1.45 and 2.20 pm at Admiralty Arch so hopefully we will be on BBC1 tomorrow afternoon.

 

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