St. Andrew's Organ Appeal Day of Music

Name: St. Andrew's Organ Appeal Day of Music
Start: 2024-06-29T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-06-29T21:00:00+01:00
Location: St Andrew's Church, Church Street

Schedule

Sat Jun 29 2024 at 09:00 am to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

St Andrew's Church, Church Street | Taunton, EN

A full day of non-stop live music, including brass, strings, woodwind, percussion, singers, and much more.
An opportunity to raise money to keep the organ working, and an excuse to play a variety of music throughout the day!
To Come Along and Listen:
Just turn up whenever you like- there is no seating plan and no charge, though of course we welcome donations!
To Participate:
Everyone is welcome to play or sing in any style. Please bring your friends and relations to support you by listening and donating.
To book a slot in the day to take part playing music, use our sign-up sheet (Link in the poster or on our Facebook profile).
To Donate:
Find our bank details on our Facebook profile.
Or pay through "GoFundMe" - details on our Facebook profile
Or come to St Andrew's and pay on the day in cash or with your card.
How does the day work?
Anyone who wants to play or sing something is welcome to book a slot and then turn up on the 29th June. You don't have to keep playing for a full half-hour, and you don't have to be an expert. Just do what you can.
Please bring lots of supporters, who can cheer you on and make donations to our organ fund. You and your friends are welcome to come and go as you wish.
Refreshments will be available to buy throughout the day. We have wheelchair access, plenty of room, and lots of comfortable seats. There is an (unsupervised) area for under 5s and there are toilet facilities.
Why are we doing this?
Organs are large, complicated and expensive instruments, which need a lot of maintenance. Although we have recently spent around £8,000 on upgrading the "stop action" of our organ, there are thousands of other components which won't last forever (mechanical, pneumatic, electric, electronic, acoustic, accessible, and inaccessible). We need to build up a contingency fund to keep everything working in the years to come.
Also it's good fun to make music and St. Andrew's is a good place to hear it. This is a great opportunity for people from the whole community to get involved in an enjoyable project. The organ isn't just for church-goers, St. Andrew's is host to many concerts and events as well as weddings, christenings and funerals. It's open every day for anyone to come in, and you can often hear the organ being played.
Anyone is free to turn up and make a donation to help keep the organ playing!