The Roger David Burrows Music Fund

Our next event is a White Elephant Sale, 10am to 12noon on Saturday 7th November 2015 at The Richards Room, Felixstowe Road, Martlesham, Suffolk IP12 4PB (behind the Tesco superstore).

Entrance is free and there is plenty of adjacent free parking.
The hall is fully accessible.

There will be bric a brac, books, jigsaws, plants and more.

Our next two events are:
A stall at ‘Kate’s Memorial Christmas Craft Fair’ in Bealings Village Hall on Saturday 29th November 2014
A Christmas Concert of Light Music by Helen Ellison & Students at The Richards Room, Martlesham, 3pm Saturday 6th December 2014.
Look at calendar of events for further details of both and we look forward to your support.

Our recent fund-raising event, ‘An Evening of Light Music’, held on 19th July at St
Michael’s Church Centre, Martlesham Heath, was an enjoyable concert comprising of
light music from throughout the last century right up to the modern day, from folk tunes
to songs from musicals. The concert included both singing and instrumental pieces,
interspersed with interesting facts about the music that was being performed. The
audience enthusiastically joined in with some of the songs, for which they were provided
with the words, and there were many comments about the great atmosphere of the
evening. Our thanks go to all who helped make the evening a success – the performers,
Helen Ellison and singers, Abi Vaughan (accompanist) and Melton Folk, as well as all
those who helped on the evening and of course the audience.

The Roger David Burrows Music Fund presents

‘An Evening of Light Music’
With
Helen Ellison & singers,
accompanist Abi Vaughan
and
Melton Folk

St Michael’s Church Centre, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk IP5 3PL
Saturday 19th July 2014
7.30 pm

There will be light refreshments and a raffle

Admission £5.00 (accompanying children 50p) at the door.

Helen Ellison is a local professional musician and has been teaching piano, violin and singing for many years in this area. Her brother, Roger, was one of the original members of Melton Folk who play a variety of light and folk music at many types of events. Abi Vaughan is a professional pianist and local music teacher.

The illustrated talk by Thomas Baker on his ‘Indian Odyssey’ was very interesting and thoroughly enjoyed by the many people who attended from all around the area. Thomas took us on his voyage of several weeks as a passenger on a container ship through the Mediterranean Sea, Suez Canal, Red Sea and across the Indian Ocean to Mumbai. Then by train to Hoshangabad in the centre of India where his great-grandfather was a missionary in the late 19th century. He showed us pictures of some of the mission buildings that still remain and other photographs of the area as it was when he visited.

Thank you to Thomas for a fascinating evening and thank you to all who supported the event.