Monday 21 December 2009

Ashill Drumming & meal







Well it was a lovely day, drumming went very well, even the local people love it!!! that's why they sent a man around to let us know, bless them. Thank you so much Count Me In guys, you have help us so much and we all love you being around, THANK YOU THANK YOU and THANK YOU. Sending you all inner peace with love and hugs :-)X:-)x:-) I Love the pic of you two, Jane and Russ so cool

Friday 18 December 2009

what we did in 2009

Here is a map of what we did in 2009



These things included: business meetings and development; fundraising ; partnerships with other arts organisations; education / school sessions; performances in theatres ; regular music sessions ; meetings ; training for staff; networking; parties; workshops for Mencap; recording; writing and arranging new music; several long lunches. And the 'odd' Christmas party.


Ideas for 2010 include tasters; sourcing new partnerships and areas of work; an outdoor music picnic; developing and funding a new project; follow up meetings with trained staff; work on the website; finding a new space to meet in; building on existing partnerships - perhaps with dance and story.

Geoff would especially like to do music for pantomimes, see friends he has made through music, work in an orchestra pit , and travel abroad - to Ireland and Slovenia for example, to teach people drumming.

We all want to remember - it's worth Making Time for Music

geoff's hero


Here is a picture of one of Geoff's musical heros - 'from the Eurovision Song Contest : Serbia. He plays the melodeon too and he was in front of the Eurovision when he played first. Which was in 2009'

Geoff took this great photo by stopping the DVD and photographing the TV screen.

Thursday 10 December 2009

Sssshh! It's the Ashill Christmas event!


Festive Cheer.

Well, dearie me, we did have fun ..... it all seemed fairly well behaved, but obviously the Man from the Environmental health didn't agree.

Count Me In have never been very good at being Seen but Not Heard.

Not so much ho ho ho as he he he.

Oh - and later, in the pub : how long have these two been propping up the bar?