Friends of Bury St. Edmunds County Music School

The Music School will be holding an Open Morning on Saturday the 14th March. A letter is being given out today with details. Don’t forget to bring along cakes or biscuits for the cake stall and any music or musical instruments you would like to sell.

We are still looking for more views on our idea of organising a Summer Social event for students and their families. If you haven’t returned the reply slip you can still let us know by filling in the sheet at the front desk or the online Ceilidh Response Form You will receive an email reply to confirm we have received your response. Alternatively find John in the library on Saturday and you can use the online form via his laptop.

Look out for a letter soon about an exciting day of African percussion, dance and song workshops with Anna Mudeka on Sunday 17th May. Each workshop will be for a maximum of 50 pupils of mixed ages, and will last for 2 1/2 hours. Pupils will take part in drama, dance, story-telling, song and drumming, and the last 30 minutes of each session will be a sharing time for parents. As well as the usual paper reply slip, you will be able to sign up via the website. More details to follow.

Just a reminder that there WILL be normal Music School this Saturday, 14th February, but NO Music School next Saturday, 21st February.

Anyone for a knees-up? The Friends Committee members are thinking of organising a Saturday evening Ceilidh towards the end of the Summer Term. A letter will be given to all Music School students in the next week asking parents/carers if they would be interested in attending such an event. Click this link… Ceilidh Band Interest Letter to see more details. There is a reply slip attached to the letter, but if you prefer, you can reply online. Click on this link… Ceilidh Response Form to let us know and save yourself (and us) the paperwork! You will receive an email reply to confirm we have received your response.

Saturday Morning students have received a Newsletter welcoming new members, providing feedback on the Christmas concert, an update on the Arts Award programme, housekeeping and practical arrangements and news of coming events. There is also a reminder that the Friends are always looking for new volunteers – we need a few more helpers for Saturday tuckshop once a term. If you would like to help please fill in a card or the form at the front desk or Email us.

If your youngsters, like mine, forgot to take the newsletter and bring it home, you can find a copy here… Bury St Edmunds CMS Newsletter Spring 2015 .

Thanks to all who donated at our Christmas Concerts. We have had a letter of appreciation from East Anglian Children’s Hospice which you can view here… East Anglian Children’s Hospice Letter

A new school term has started, and Music School with it. Volunteers should have received an email with details of the new tuckshop rotas. Email John if you were expecting to hear something about them and you haven’t! For news of forthcoming concerts and other events see the Coming Events page.

Many thanks to all who donated at last weekend’s concerts. We have been able to make a donation of £200 to East Anglian Children’s Hospices. You can find some of John‘s photos of the Saturday Morning concert Here. Have a great Christmas everybody and see you all in the new year!

…are coming up soon! See the Coming Events page or links on Calendar for details.