2012 Summer Concerts and May News

Attached are the main letters for the summer concerts this year:

• WMAC – May 2012 Newsletter
• WMAC – 2012 Summer Showcase and Welly X Factor
• WMAC – 2012 Summer Serenade

The full list of dates can be found on our diary pages.

Kevin.

 

NMPAT Jubilee Celebrations!

NMPAT are providing the big finish to the Northampton Big Picnic and the plan is to have a massed choir and band – and you can take part!  Brass, wind and percussion players (staff, students, adults) are required for the band, but we also need loads and loads of singers!

So if you want to be involved, see the attached poster and get in touch via the Jubilee pages on the new NMPAT website.

• NMPAT – Sunday 3rd June poster

Kevin

 

Open Morning – March 24th

Here is a flyer for our open morning – Saturday 24th March.  Do print some out and pass to all your musician friends!

• WMAC – 2012 Open Morning Flyer

Kevin.

 

Drama Celebrations and Welly Rotary Club Festival Details

Here are two key letters if you are involved in either of these events.

Centre Drama Celebrations

This is a combined, county-wide, Drama celebration happening in Northampton on 5th May.

• WMAC – Drama Celebrations 2012

Wellingborough Rotatry Music Festival

A number of our groups will be taking part in the Rotary Festival which this year runs from 29th Feb to the 8th March at venues in and around Wellingborough.

• Mon 5th March (Wollaston School)
  • 4:30pm Senior Instrumental Ensembles: WMAC Samba, Brass Farthings
• Tue 6th March (All Saints Church)
  • 5:30pm Intermediate Instrumental Groups: WMAC Brass Buttons
• Thurs 8th March (Wrenn)
  • 4:30 Junior Large String Ensembles: WMAC Play Strings
  • 4:55 Junior Large Other Ensembles: WMAC Afro Drummers
  • 5:10 Open Training Large Ensembles: WMAC Junior Strings, Play Brass
  • 5:45 Open Large Orchestras/Strings: WMAC Senior Strings, Concert Orchestra
  • 7:15 Open Other Large Ensembles: WMAC Top Brass, Trad Jazz, Big Band

Further details for the 8th March in the following letter:

• WMAC – Welly Junior Music Festival 2012

Kevin.

 

WMAC Conert Band at the Welly Xmas Lights – Dec 2011

I’ve added some pictures of the Concert Band playing for the turning on of the Wellingborough Christmas lights.

See the following set on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmpac/sets/72157628664158893/

Kevin.

News and Hoodies

Find attached the Welly Centre Autumn Newsletter, with details of all the concerts for this term, and the Hoodies Order form – Hoodies orders must be in by 11th November!

• WMAC – News Autumn 2011
• WMAC – Hoodies and Hats 2011

Kevin.

 

Massive Well Done to Everybody!

Well its over.  Its been  a while since we had anything like the two Castle concerts yesterday – long enough for the staff to forget how busy it would be, hence they agreed to do it again, anyway!

Two amazing concerts – all groups were just fantastic and everyone was very well behaved.  I know some of the smaller children, especially, had been at the Castle for quite a while by the end of the first concert and behaviour was very good.

Hope you all got a chance to hear the foyer music and visit the displays by the Art Attack groups before the concerts too.

We had a lot of help on the day, without which it just would not have been possible – manning the door (apologies for the melee afterwards, but the Castle are very strict re signing in/out), providing drinks, driving the van (early start and very late finish!), moving kit here there and everywhere, herding children, etc, etc.  A very big thank you to everyone who volunteered to help us on the day.

Another big thank you to Emily, Nick, Danny and Mark who orchestrated setting up orchestras, manned the setting out of bands, ensured there was minimal drama clearing the stage for drama … and kept everyone entertained with announcements via the backstage PA system.  We had an incredibly tight schedule and it was only by advanced planning, good organisation and lots of support (and maybe a healthy dose of luck) that we were able to complete everything being only a few minutes over time.

And of course, mega, mega thank you to Ruth and the staff.  For some especially, their “3 hours work” extended to over 15 hours that day!  Everyone pulled together and without them volunteering their time in this way, these opportunities would just not be possible.  Especially after an already busy week of National Festival trips and county concerts.

It was a wonderful opportunity for all involved to perform on a “real stage”.

See you all in September!

Kevin.

 

Article in the Welly ET from April

A bit late to report now, but the Wellingborough Evening Telegraph published an article about our open day – see here: http://www.northantset.co.uk/lifestyle/making_music_at_centre_s_annual_open_event_1_2568270

There are more photos from the open day in their shop – search for “wellingborough music centre“.

(Note: We don’t endorse, support or in any other way imply any connection or encourage the use of 3rd party websites.  Just thought you might like to know!)

Kevin.

Summer Concerts 2011

Here are details of our summer concerts for 2011!

First off, the two major concerts at the Castle Theatre on 9th July.

• WMAC – Summer Concerts 2011

Then details of the Welly’s Got Talent, Welly Drama Showcase and Welly X Factor on the 18th June.

• WMAC – Wellys Got Talent 2011

Kevin.

Open Morning – Sat 2nd April 2011

Our annual open morning is on Saturday 2nd April. All activities will go ahead as normal, and families and friends are welcome to come in and seew what we get up to!  If you have any friends who play an instrument or enjoy drama or art, please print out the invitation below for them.

Make sure you fill in the ‘not to be missed’ part with one of your groups for them!

Easter Egg Tombola

At the open morning we’ll be having our annual Easter Egg Tombola.  Please bring a choccy egg with you if you can!

Kevin.

WMAC – Open Morning 2011 Invitation