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Feedback from the prom concert

8/21/2018

On Saturday 16th June 2018, the community came together to enjoy the City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra (CRSO) perform in the beautiful Tithe Barn. As part of Lenham’s Family Festival, a group of volunteers organised the event with the proceeds being given to charity and local schools.

A larger orchestra returned with three soloists and the very talented Jacob Bride to perform the ‘World Premiere of Jacob Bride's Travel Guide to the Orchestra’ taking us on a trip through different counties. We also had flag-waving favourites such as Land of Hope and Glory, together with other more unusual tunes, such as Britten's Folk Serenaden.

Children from Lenham Nursery School and Lenham Primary School produced artwork and a few pupils from Lenham Primary School performed and entertained the audience with their dancing.

We’d like to thank the following individuals and companies for which this event would not have been possible:

Jacob Bride for writing the Travel Guide for this event. Ben Knowles conductor and the City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra and special guests.
Lenham Primary School: Sarah Howell, Lou Culver, Jo Holmes, Jayne Hewish, Paul Hewish, Lorraine Hattrait and Sarah Collison.
Town crier Mike Dale for hosting the Raffle.
Lenham Nursery School: Sarah Siddons & Elizabeth Porter.
To the children of Lenham Nursery and Lenham Primary School, thank you for your fabulous performance and beautiful artwork!
Tithe Barn: Valerie Woollven, John Arthur and Martin Porter for allowing us to use such a wonderful venue and making it look beautiful without which the evening would not have been possible.
Photographers: Dawn Granger & Peter Bailey.
Raffle donors: CRSO, Chilston Park, Brissenden Vineyard, The Square Fish Restaurant, the Red Lion and James Collett.
Raffle collectors: Sophie Collett, Jack Collett, Eleanor Denbow & Neil Denbow.
Tom & Janetta Sams for transporting and collecting chairs.
Gail Robinson and family for overseeing the car park.
Jenny Needham for uploading information onto the website.
Margaret Mitchell from Lenham Community Centre: for allowing us to prepare the food in the community centre kitchen and chairs.
Event committee: Annie Drylie, Gemma Shorters, Jenny Lloyd, Jill Hatcher and Teresa Denbow.

The proceeds of £2,800 from this event, raised by tickets sales, the bar and the raffle were given to the Lenham Family Festival committee to add to other monies rose during the festival to produce a fantastic £1,500 each to Lenham Nursery, Lenham Primary School and Prostate Cancer.

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Money raised for our charities

8/2/2018

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£4500 raised!

We are pleased to announce that with proceeds from all the 2018 Festival events (including the Family Fun Day and the Summer Prom Concert) we have been able to raise the fantastic sum of £4500 which means we were able to give £1500 to each of our three charities.

£1500 being presented to Lenham Nursery School

£1500 being presented to Lenham Primary School

£1500 being presented to Prostate Cancer UK

Once again, a big THANK YOU to everyone for supporting the festival events

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A BIG thank you to all

8/2/2018

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Well, it’s all over for another year. We hope you all enjoyed the 2018 Festival as much as we did.
Judging by the lovely comments we have had, lots of fun was had by those who attended the various events taking place in June. The weather was kind to us during the outdoor events and we are pleased to have achieved our aim of bringing our community together to raise money for good causes in an enjoyable way that is affordable and accessible to everyone.

We would like to say a huge thank you to the following people:

Our sponsors: The Hatch Charity, Lenham Storage, Phil Jarvis, Chequers Fish Bar, LenARA and Lenham Gardening Society.
Lenham Community Centre management team for their support on the Family Fun Day
The WI for their hard work inside the hall with their refreshments
The local residents, particularly those in Groom Way and Wealden Square, for their cooperation and understanding throughout the event
John Arthur and Valerie for the use of the barn for the concert and for cutting the grass in the field used for parking
Martin, our Community Warden, for all his help in the run up to the festival and on the day
Pathways Church for financial support, assisting with promotion of the festival, providing and running the Green Room, the information stall and burger stall and solving electrical problems, etc.
All of our performers, stall holders and volunteers
Everyone who came along to our events and joined in the fun
Thank you also to those who donated raffle and fancy dress competition prizes: The Bow Window, Co-Op, The Dog and Bear, The Red Lion, Lavender Kings Florist, Chequers Fish Bar, The Square Fish Restaurant, Sweeney Todd Barbershop and Mrs Todd’s Hairdressers, Pippa’s Tea Rooms, Smartys Hairdressers, Chilston Park Hotel, Bybrook Garden Centre Restaurant and Fred Turnham.

The Lenham Family Festival Committee members all agree that, other than raising money for good causes, one of the best things about the Festival is seeing the whole community come together to create something that everyone can be a part of and enjoy. From the long list of “thank yous above we think you’ll agree that this truly is a community that pulls together. Well done Lenham and we are looking forward to next year’s Festival already!

Finally, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks to one of our biggest supporters over the
years. The competition to select the successor to our fantastic and long serving Town Crier took
place during the Festival as Gez is moving on to pastures new. On 13 June the Festival Committee met with Gez to make a presentation in recognition of all his hard work. We will miss you Gez and thank you so much for supporting and promoting the Festival over the years. Please stay in touch.

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Feedback from the prom concert

Money raised for our charities

£4500 raised!

A BIG thank you to all

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