by Hannah Coombs | Sep 29, 2015 | Blog, Fundraising
After returning from Tour in July the Hout Bay Music Project was very much on the minds on everyone would was there and met the wonderful smiling faces of those young people. After seeing their part of the world and how they live we knew we could do more to help them. So some members of the orchestra arranged a few fundraising events throughout the next few months. The first of these events for a Zumba class organised by myself, held in the Kingcase Church hall were we hold all of our Orchestra rehearsals. I was a lovely Sunday afternoon for a Zumba class. One of Ayrshire’s top Zumba instructors Fiona Young took the class, and with her usual energy and enthusiasm she put us through our paces. It was a mix of some great Zumba tracks and some traditional Scottish ones too, like the very energetic Dashing White Sergeant. We raised £300 in just few hours. Thanks to all that came along and danced with me to raise money for the Hout Bay Music Project! –...
by Hannah Coombs | Sep 5, 2015 | Blog, Rehearsals
The first rehearsal back after summer is always busy, people are catching up after a few weeks apart, forms have to be filled out and handed in and we have many new scared faces joining us for the first time. It can be quite daunting on your first day, as all of the older and former players can tell you. You might not know anyone there, or know where to go or what to do. But luckily for these new people there will be someone right next to them going through the same thing. And standing next to them is a member of the orchestra who has been around for a while, with a big smile on their face waiting to help them out. As the orchestra start to play the first piece (Fiddlers to the Fore) I looked around the room at all of the new players and they were just managing to follow along with the music. Which is where everybody starts off when they join, nobody gets it right away. The moved through to the other room to take the music a bit slower and have some extra direction, and just a few weeks later I heard them playing and I was blown away at how amazing they were and how much they had learned in just a small amount of time. Our newest member – of which there are a lot – are all very talented and I can’t wait to share a stage with them all at the Christmas Concert in December. Oh yeah, and the rest of the orchestra did a great job...
by Hannah Coombs | Sep 5, 2015 | Blog, Concerts
After being rescheduled due to bad weather earlier in the year the Prestwick Promenade Celebration went ahead, even if it was a bit windy. The orchestra perform at this event every year, it was actually the first ever event I played at after my first year with the orchestra. This year was a bit different as their performance was broadcast live online, and as I was not playing this year and couldn’t make it along to hear them play I was able to watch online. Although the connection wasn’t great, I still manged to see their smiling (well smiling-ish, they are still working on it) faces from my computer screen. It was a great idea especially as we have so many fans around the world who are unable to see us perform as often as they would like. Can’t wait to be back next year and hopefully spread our music even further around the world....
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