TUBA DREAMS - £60,000 for St Ronan\'s
Photo: Members of St. Ronan's Silver Band receive their People's Millions cheque from ITV's Fiona Armstrong at St. Ronan's School.
TUBA DREAMS SUCCESS
St. Ronan's Silver Band from Innerleithen has scooped £60,000 of National Lottery money in the Jubilee People's Millions competition.
The Innerleithen musicians had been hastily summoned to St. Ronan's School for the lunchtime recording session with an ITV crew when Border presenter Fiona Armstrong appeared with the £60,000 cheque, confirming the fantastic win. Band Chairman, Murray Charters was jubilant: "We are absolutely delighted with this brilliant result. It means we can give the next generation of brass players and percussionists the opportunity to learn to play," he said.
"We have been overwhelmed by the support for our 'Tuba Dreams' project and would like to say a massive thank you to the many people who took time to vote for us on Monday and helped make the dream a reality. Without the huge effort of our members, families, friends and supporters we could never have achieved this win - £60,000 will set us well on the way to a full new set of instruments," he added.
The People's Millions is a grants programme run by the Big Lottery Fund in partnership with ITV every year since 2005. To date they have made a total of 463 awards worth over £24.5 million. The programme aims at getting the public more involved in deciding which projects to support. This year the People's Millions have £3.6 million to give out to projects in each of the 15 ITV regional news areas.
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ST. RONAN'S SILVER BAND CAN WIN £60,000 TODAY WITH YOUR HELP - CALL 0871 626 88 16
St. Ronan's Silver Band (Innerleithen) has the chance of winning £60,000 for new instruments TODAY. If you phone 0871 626 88 16 - TEN TIMES from all of your phones between 9AM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT (MON 27 JUN) we can keep this money in the BRASS BANDING and give a fantastic opportunity to dozens of young potential musicians. (11p per call).
Hi folks
Tuba Dreams update.... PLEASE VOTE
Anyone available on Monday should:
- meet at St. Ronan's School at 6am to make up leaflets packs (10,000)
- meet at St. Ronan's School at 9am to put leaflets out around Innerleithen, Walkerburn, Cardrona & beyond
On Monday, we also need:
- six volunteers to go through Borders phone book in the evening and ask people to vote. £10 available phone bill compensation
- people to give out leaflets in Tesco & Asda (Gala), Co-op (Inner) 9am to 10pm - this will involve explaing and asking people to vote
- people to drive round with megaphone in evening
Anyone available to help with the above, please email times available to murraycharters@btinternet.com
Key messages:
We need you, your family and friends to vote TEN TIMES on every phone available to you
We need you to encourage ALL of your contacts to vote TEN TIMES on every phone available to you
When you get the phone number on Monday - pass it on to everyone you know and ask them to vote TEN TIMES
The difference between success and failure will be getting people to VOTE TEN times
Please keep being creative about how we get the message across to everyone to vote - especially on Monday when the vote comes through.
Keep dreaming Tuba Dreams..................
Keith
St. Ronan's Silver Band, based in the Borders town of Innerleithen, has made it to the final of the Jubilee People's Millions 2011. The Band's ‘Tuba Dreams' project is a bid to win £60,000 to supply the Band with new instruments to allow more young people and members of the community to play.
The competition will get underway at 9.00am on Monday 27 June when the special phone number will be released to vote for the project. Voting continues until 12 midnight with the result announced the next day.
At two hundred years old, St. Ronan's may be the oldest band in Scotland, but it is certainly one of the most active, playing at around fifty engagements each year. The outfit currently supports a training section, youth band and senior band, but a lack of instruments has meant that the family of bands has not been able to continue its growth.
"We have an amazing opportunity, through the Jubilee People's Millions, to give more people the opportunity to play and more people the opportunity to listen to and enjoy our music," explained Band Chairman Murray Charters. "We want everyone to vote for ‘Tuba Dreams' on Monday 27 June and help live music thrive in the Borders and beyond," he added.
The phone number will be available on Monday 27 June at www.peoplesmillions.org.uk or www.stronanssilverband.org as well as within the Daily Mirror newspaper. Each line is allowed ten votes with each call costs just 11 pence.
The People's Millions is a grants programme run by the Big Lottery Fund, in partnership with ITV. This year they have £3.6 million to give out and expect to award up to £60,000 (including VAT) to four projects in each of the 15 ITV regional news areas; 60 awards in total.
