Update on orchestra activities

The lack of recent postings on the Halden Sound blog does not mean that we have been inactive since March 2007. We have survived the departure of our leader, Howard Kilner, who headed north accompanied by three of our other string players, aka his family, to live in Derbyshire. Judy Hollis has continued as our director, and we have had a full programme of practices, weekly in term time, in the Northiam Village Hall. We start the next session on Thursday 24 September, at 7.30 pm, with tea and biscuits at half time, finishing at about 9.30. New recruits are always welcome, particularly in the violin section. For more information about us, contact me by phone (01797 224045) or e-mail (lyoulten@aol.com).

The culmination of last term's activities was an afternoon concert in Wittersham Church as part of the Flower Festival on Saturday 28 June. We're getting more and more ambitious, with works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bach, Bizet and Elgar included in this last concert.

To our great disappointment, Judy has said she wants to retire as Director at the end of this term, so we shall be looking for a successor to take over in 2010.

Watch this space for what I hope will now be more frequent news of our activities.