Each year we do a charity fundraising concert and this year our we chose to support the new 
Christie Cancer Care Centre Macclesfield.  It is always a pleasure to perform on our "home ground"
in Whaley Bridge, and the Uniting Church is the perfect venue for a sociable Sunday afternoon occasion.

The concert was well attended and the programme much enjoyed, especially our own Whaley Bridge March.
And £600 was collected for The Christie Charitable Fund, with a further £75 to be added in respect of Gift Aided donations. What a fantastic result! Huge thanks to everyone for their generosity.

And last but certainly not least, the "support Crew."
Just as important as the players, they make things happen.
A round of applause for Sheila, Jenny, Sue, Tracey and Enid for welcoming people as they arrived, serving refreshments during the interval and clearing up afterwards. 
And to Sam for the "technical" bit running the PA system, which worked brilliantly providing the speaker remembered to turn the microphone on! 

In February, seven members of the band - Laurie and Javan on Cornet, Carolyn and Lorraine on tenor horns, Jane on baritone, Karen on euphonium and Jerry on bass - made a recording to accompany folk song.
The song, entitled "Do I Know My Way,"  was written and performed by Lorraine's cousin David Booth, and Mat Bayfield, the other half of the folk duo Bayfield Booth. 

We were greatly saddened to hear last week that Mat had passed away. Although most of us had met him only once, during the recording session, he made a lasting impression with his engaging personality and musical ability.

As a tribute to Mat, the recording was played during our Concert for Christie's last weekend.  It is a lovely song and the audience listened spell bound to the combination of brass and voices.

Thank you, Mat, for giving us the opportunity to make music with you.