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A special message

22/12/2020

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To Members and Friends

I just wanted to wish everyone our very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year from the Whitstable Music Society Committee- myself, Gill Smyth, Sara Wheeler Christopher Palmer and Ian Cooke. And what a year this has been!

After much thought we decided to completely leapfrog our usual 2020 season of concerts because of the Coronavirus Restrictions, but 
everything is now in place to start a new series in September 202 with a full season of concerts through to April 2022, by which time we should be clear of the Coronavirus and back to something like normality.
When we rearranged our season for 2021/22 we agreed to pay our musicians 50% of their concert fee upfront to help with the really awful effect the pandemic has had on musicians' livelihoods and they were really appreciative. 

This greatly depleted our funds so it was very gratifying when one of our members wrote to say that she was so pleased with what we had done to help the musicians that she was sending us 50% of her season ticket cost for next season upfront to help with our finances. Sure enough a few days later a cheque for £42.50 arrived. This was such a thoughtful response for which we are very grateful.  If anyone else feels moved to replicate this please make a cheque for £42.50 payable to Whitstable Music Society and send to Gill Smyth, Sardine Cottage. 6 Cushings Walk Whitstable Kent CT5 1EZ and we will credit this to the cost of your season ticket later in the year. 

Our new brochure will be coming to you in the Spring of next year and we hope that all our Members and Friends will be pleased and delighted to return to live chamber music once again after such a difficult year. 
John Walker, Chairman

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Next Season - Dates for Concerts, September 2021 to April 2022

9/7/2020

 
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​To update you with our plans for the next concert season.
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We have looked at several options as the Restrictions have gradually started to ease but unfortunately the guidance on music events such as ours remains particularly problematic.

We have therefore decided that the best plan would be to postpone the start of our new concert season for one year until September 2021. We hope that by then the Restrictions will have been lifted and that life can carry on with some degree of normality. We will of course continue to take all necessary precautions in accordance with the government guidance at the time.
We have spoken with all our musicians and fortunately they are all in agreement with this idea and have been able to confirm their availability for the new dates from September 2021 through to April 2022. The programme and dates for your diary are therefore as follows:
  • Sat. 25th Sept. 2021 Charlotte Rowan (Violin) Charlotte Stevenson (Piano)
  • Sat. 30th Oct. 2021 The Tippett Quartet with Emma Abbate (Piano)
  • Sat. 27th Nov. 2021 The New London Chamber Ensemble (Wind Quintet)
  • Sat. 29th Jan. 2022 The Odora Piano Trio
  • Sat. 26th Feb. 2022 The Kosmos Ensemble 
  • Sat. 26th Mar. 2022 Elizabeth Bass (Harp) Katherine Bryer (Oboe)
  • Sat. 30th April 2022 Lara Melda (Piano)

We are very grateful to all our members and regular concertgoers who have been so understanding while we try to steer through this difficult situation and we very much hope that you will continue to support us in the New Year.

We will print our revised brochure in due course to send to you in plenty of time for the new season. If you are a regular season ticket holder we hope you will purchase your season ticket in the normal way. This gives us the confidence to commit to our musicians - sometimes up to twelve months ahead.

President & Founder - John Wilkinson

29/6/2020

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Dear Members and Friends

I'm sure many of you will know John Wilkinson so I'm sorry to report that John passed away on Sat 27th June after a short illness. Apparently a chest infection which he had earlier in the year reoccurred and he failed to recover.

John was a founder member and former Treasurer and then Hon Secretary of  the Whitstable Music Society and for the last several years had been our Honorary President. He continued to attend and enjoy our concerts regularly right up to the concert on 29th February this year which turned out to be our last concert before the Lockdown - which of course we didn't know at the time! 
He was very well liked by our music society members and will be remembered with great affection.

It's largely due to John's input that the Whitstable Music Society is still flourishing 45 years later.  I've been a member of the committee for over 25 years and Chairman for about 15 years and pretty much everything I know about running a music society I learnt from John.

Our next season would normally start on Sat 26th Sept but at the moment we are not sure we can go ahead on that date due to the ongoing Restrictions around this sort of event. However when we do have a start date I will let everyone know straight away and I am sure we will want to dedicate this concert to John's memory.


With all best wishes
John Walker, Chairman

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