Last Friday we held our Diamond Jubilee concert here in St. John's in aid of
Aila's Fund and, I'm glad to say, it was a great success! Lots and lots of you wonderful people offered to help either behind the scenes with the box office, the sound system, organising the raffle and the like or by offering to share your talents by playing an instrument or singing. And, praise the Lord, even more of you came along to watch and enjoy the evening's entertainments. It was an...eclectic mix I suppose you'd say...we tried to accommodate everyone's tastes (as much as was humanly possible) and had a range of styles from classical to gospel, jazz to spanish guitars. On behalf of everyone involved in
Aila's Fund I'd like to say a big
THANK YOU!! to everyone who helped make the evening what it was, to the office staff and clergy, to the performers and to the wonderful audience. I believe we raised over
£800! Not bad from one event, eh?
Here's some snaps from taken by the lovely Marilyn George...
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| Our lovely audience settling in as the concert began... |
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Fr. Terry kicked things off with a Handel
flute sonata...and a rendition of
'Annie's Song' for Fr. Richard!! |
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Bernard accompanying some of the performers.
He also played 'Crown Imperial March' on the
organ. |
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| A brilliant duet with Claire O'Brien on flute and Cozette Rice on clarinet. |
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| 'Voices' sang beautifully for us... |
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| Drinks and the raffle in the hall during the interval. |
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| The Jazz Band sent us swinging into the second half... |
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| Singing along to the Spanish guitar music... |
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| ...and here they are! |
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The Gospel choir brought the evening to a superb close with a song
chosen especially for Aila. |
Katherine has been too modest to mention that she did the lion's share of the organising work behind the concert... thank you Katherine.
ReplyDeleteMany, many thanks to all of you who played, helped, came along or supported the concert in any way. I hope you all enjoyed the evening - we certainly did, especially Aila who was very touched by the brilliant turnout and the warmth and support. It was a real example of community spirit (and the Holy Spirit). I'm delighted to say that the final total was just over £1,360 !!