Concert for The Christie

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.

A massive vote of thanks also to all the deps who joined us for this special event.
What a credit to the brass band community that players from no less than seven different bands helped us out.
Thank you to Claire on Sop, Andy, Paul and Lou on cornet, Russell on flugel, John on euphonium and James on bass.  We couldn't have done it without you.

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!