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Tamworth Bluegrass Festival
Tamworth Bluegrass Festival, 14th to 16th June 2013, will be raising money for Jessie’s Fund. The festival will be at Bolehall Manor Club, Amington Rd, Tamworth, B77 3LH. Tickets for the whole weekend, including camping, are £35, and tickets are also available for parts of the weekend. Bands: Down County Boys, Foxchase Bluegrass, Hogranch, Le Sac En [...]
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April 30, 2013 |
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St Peter’s Arts Week, Belsize Park
St Peter’s Church is hosting an Arts Week from 22nd June, and Jessie’s Fund is one of the three lucky charities which is going to benefit. The festival will be opened by David Mitchell and Victoria Coren, who were married at the church. There’ll be plenty of music during the week, along with poetry, dance, [...]
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May 20, 2013 |
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A Glorious Celebration of British Music
(Plus some Beethoven!) On 9th June the combined choirs of Burton Joyce Choral Society, Nottingham Hospitals’ Choir, Ruddington and District Choral Society with the Djanogly Community Orchestra present an exciting programme of Elgar, Walton, Handel, Parry and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia with amazing young pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason. The concert will be supporting the work of Jessie’s [...]
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April 9, 2013 |
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Three Countries 2013 Cycle Event
Over the spring bank holiday (Friday 24th May to Wednesday 29th May) Jessie’s Fund will be taking a 22-strong team on our own ‘Tour of Flanders’. Starting from Hull, we’ll take the overnight ferry and land in Zeebrugge the next morning. We’re indebted to Sukhdev Singh, Regional Director of Imperial Commercials DAF/Nissan, Hedon Road, Hull, who gets [...]
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January 28, 2013 |
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Pokey Hole presents an Evening of Music
On Wednesday 22nd May Pokey Hole Productions will present an evening of music in aid of Jessie’s Fund, at Netherseal Church in Derbyshire. The music will consist of a selection of Soft Rock/Jazz/Classical with expected featured artists: Chris Lloyd & Pete Anderson – Talon, Best of Eagles. Keith Buck – Talon, ex-Wishbone Ash. Sally Barker [...]
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April 9, 2013 |
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Aske Chapel presentation
Jessie’s Fund was the 2012 Charity of the Year at Aske Chapel, on the beautiful Aske Estate, near Richmond, North Yorkshire. Though the small chapel has an equally small congregation, it is an incredibly generous one, raising over £1,500 for us. Lord Zetland presented Lesley Schatzberger with a cheque at a service led by Rev. Peter Adamson. [...]
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Handicrafts for Jessie’s Fund
Jackie Parker has been busy with her crochet hook, making insect and flower brooches, hats, and scarves amongst other things, and donating all profits to Jessie’s Fund. She has been selling her handicrafts with the help of Elysian Treasures, in Hythe, Kent, and sending us the proceeds. Her daughter, Anna Abba, is also very creative, [...]
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March 7, 2013 |
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The Pokey Hole chooses Jessie’s Fund
The Pokey Hole is a live music club based at The Miners Welfare Club in the village of Moira, South Derbyshire. They offer great live music on a monthly basis featuring many well known artists as well as emerging new talent. Last year they raised £1600 for Jessie’s Fund, and we’re delighted that we are their [...]
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February 18, 2013 |
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Massed celli for Caroline
Caroline Bosanquet was a widely respected cello teacher in Cambridge. Her large collection of sheet music and music paraphernalia was sold in aid of Jessie’s Fund recently, as were some of her bows. The total raised so far is almost £4,000, and now there’s to be a findraising concert in her memory, given by her friends [...]
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May 16, 2013 |
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Brompton’s supports Jessie’s Fund
Brompton’s, the leading auction house for the sale of fine musical instruments, has announced its support for Jessie’s Fund. As well as promoting us on their website there will be a fundraising concert later in the year. We’re delighted to have the support of Brompton’s – it brings together the very pinnacle of the art of [...]
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January 10, 2013 |
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