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Our fund-raising events play a
large part towards raising the money needed to pay
for new projects and the day-to-day running of the
School in Gorkha, Nepal.
We hold Barn Dances, Curry
Nights, Ceilidhs, Suppers and evenings of Live music
and entertainment throughout the year in our home
town of Horndon-on-the-Hill in Essex.
Please see below for what's
coming soon, and for reports and photos of previous
events. If you'd like to attend one of our
fund-raising events or would like to arrange one of
your own, please contact Nell on
nell@gorkhalearning.org for more details. |
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 Burns Night 2012
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Our much-loved annual Burns Night celebration was held on the 21st of January 2012, and we made a grand total of £874 profit thanks to everyone that supported us! This enables us to pay a teacher for over 6 months!
We had some Burns poetry, some live music, a traditional sword dance and a wonderful Scottish story from our favourite story teller, June Wells! Not to mention our scrumptious burns meal!
If you'd like to see a video of the traditional sword dance then please click on the following link (many thanks to Uggy Brown for taking the video for us!).
Click here to see the video!
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| Music Night December 2011
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Many thanks to all who attended the music night on the 3rd of December - we raised enough money to sponsor a teach for a month!
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| Musicathon 2011-2012
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We held a 27-hour musicathon from the 31st of December 2011 to the 1st of January 2012 and have already raised a grand total of £1018.98!
Many thanks to the Sail Loft Folk Club for a donation of £135, and to all those who participated and to all of the sponsors! You've helped us to pay for a teacher for 7 and a half months.
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| Tree Dressing 2011
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We had our annual Tree Dressing and made £90 - a big thanks to everyone who supported us!
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| Rolling Down the River
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We made £200 at the 'Rolling Down the River Show' so big thanks go to all those that gave their time for free - Slow Loris for the show, Peter Optical for the lighting and to all those that supported us.
What a great evening we had!
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| Garden Party
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We had a garden party on the 17th of September!
We enjoyed live music from Whatever Next, Reg, Uggy, Lana and John, a musical jam session (so bring something to play along!), storytelling from June Wells, morris dancing from Hands Around, a dinosaur hunt, face-painting, a veggie cafe run by Gareth and Hannah, and our charity stall!
We managed to raise over £250, which pays for a teacher for two months. A huge thanks to everyone who supported us!
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| Music Festival 2011
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We had our annual music festival on the 30th of July! We made £1100 profit which nearly covers the wage for one teacher for a whole year (only £360.38 to go!). If you pay tax and would like to gift aid your entrance donation please download and complete a gift aid form - it makes a huge difference!
We had a wonderful, sunny afternoon and enjoyed music from a variety of artists, including:
The Uggy Band
Tritt and the Magic Numbers
Trouble
Around 6
Motherfolkers
Bill farrow
What Ever Next
Legacy
A big thank you to all the supporters who helped and attended, and an especially big thank you to the wonderful Fiona and John!
To see lots of photos that Derek Brown took on the day, please click here!
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| Burns Night 2011
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Our Burns Night this year was held on 29th January.
June Wells told us a Scottish story (sorry, not the three Donalds this year!), Paul Berry recited some Burns Poetry and the Highland Morris performed a sword dance.
Update of how much money was raised coming soon!
To see some photos taken by Paul Berry during the evening, please click on the following link!
Click here!
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| Music Festival 2010
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On the 17th of July we had a music festival at John and Fiona's!
There was live music all day, as well as an assortment of t-shirts, hats, chairs and bags (all handmade in Nepal) for sale, alongside a selection of cakes and cherries for sale.
We raised a whopping £1082.60 (!), all of which is going towards our teacher fund.
Big thanks to Fiona and John for hosting the event, to Dave for being our MC for the day, and to all of the supporters who attended!
To see some photographs taken by Derek Brown on the day, please click on the following link.
Click here!
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| Folk and Blues Night 2010
- 22 May 2010 |
We had an Acoustic Folk and Blues Night, which featured What Ever Next and friends!
We raised enough money to sponsor a teacher for 3 months! Many thanks to all the bands who performed, and to all those who attended.
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| Wine Tasting
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On Saturday the 27th of March we had a wine tasting evening!
Taking out the money for the glasses, wine, cheese, biscuits, grapes. Carrying forward to future raffles the 9 bottles that were not used, and the generous donation of the hall for free... The profit was £203.35! This covers 40% of our monthly wages bill!
Thanks to all who attended - we're looking forward to the next one already!
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| Burns Night 2010
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On the 23rd of January, 2010, we held our annual Burns Night celebration.
This year we had a real piper, and as usual were joined by a wide variety of musicians, as well as the Horndon Highland Ladies.
In response to the terrrible Earth Quake in Haiti it was agreed that we would hold our raffle ito suppoert the much needed relief fund. We were pleased to say that guests responded well to the appeal and we raised £130.
Many thanks to everyone who performed, and to everyone who attended.
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