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PULHAM'ORCHESTRA'Founded'in'1983'by'Dr'P'Rawlence'

NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY'2015'

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Officials'of'the'PVO''2014L2015'

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Conductor''and'Musical'Director:''MARGERY'BAKER'

'Leader:''

MARTIN'WYATT''

Chairman:''PAUL'CHAMBERS'

'General'Secretary:''

JOHN'HERSCHEL6SHORLAND''

Membership'Secretary:''JEAN'BISHOP''

Tel.'01603'720586''

Treasurer'and'Patrons:''ANDREW'BAKER'

'Librarian:''

DIANE'BAGSHAW''

Publicity:'LINDA'ROY'

'Website:''

ELIZABETH'MARTYN''

Newsletter'Team:''ELIZABETH'MARTYN'

LINDA'ROY''

Patrons'2015'LORD'MACGREGOR''

OF'PULHAM'MARKET'OBE'(HONORARY'PATRON)'

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BARRY'CARBEN'(HONORARY'PATRON)'

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JOY'WOLTON''

FRANCES'HARDY''

Website:'www.pvo.org.uk''

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To!all!Pulham!Orchestra!members!and!friends,!The!main!event!of!2014!was!the!autumn!Waveney!

Valley! Orchestral! Workshop,! which! boasted! not!

only! a! new! conductor! in! Ian! Hÿtch,! but! a! new!

venue! at! the! Archbishop! Sancroft! School! in!

Harleston!and!even!a!new!pub!–!the!Swan!Hotel.!

A!mammoth! amount! of! organisation!was!put! into!

this!event!by!the!tireless!Margery,!and!as!a!result!it!

ran! like! clockwork! and!was! greatly! enjoyed! by! all!

who!took!part.!

Earlier!in!the!year!we!put!on!another!of!our!muchK

loved! ‘Come! and! Play’! Days.! These! offer! a! fun!

opportunity! to! enjoy! a! day! of! playing! new!

repertoire,! and! are! also! a! useful! way! for! us! to!

attract!new!members.!!

Other!highlights!of!2014!were!our!concert!with!an!

Italian! flavour,! which! we! performed! twice! at!

different!venues!in!the!summer.!We!also!took!part!

in! a! new! venture,! a! Vintage! Tea! with! Music! at!

Pennoyers! Café,! as! part! of! the! Harleston! and!

Waveney! Festival.! This! was! a! chance! for! small!

groups! to! perform! and!was! so! successful! that! we!

plan!a!repeat!in!2015.!!

The! Orchestra! will! be! as! busy! as! ever! during! the!

year,! as! in! the! pipeline! are! a! VienneseKthemed!

concert,!and!another!popular!Come!and!Sing!event.!!

As! always,! a!big! thank!you! goes! to! everyone!who!

puts! so! much! time! and! effort! into! events! and!

concerts! and! helping! the! Orchestra! to! run!

smoothly!from!day!to!day.!We!are!also!grateful!to!

all!contributors!to!this!Newsletter.!

We!wish!you!all!a!happy!and!musical!2015!!

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BECOME A FRIEND OR PATRON OF THE PVO

FRIENDS A donation of (at least) £10 annually entitles you to: • bring yourself and a party of family and friends to one concert a year without

charge (if more than one person is in the party, this in itself will represent a saving to you on the concert admission fees);

• receive a printed copy of the annual newsletter. If you are interested in joining as a Friend of the Orchestra, then please contact us. PATRONS Corporate and Individual Patrons In return for an agreed contribution to our funds, patrons receive acknowledgements: • on our Notice Board at events • within our concert programmes • on our website • as well as a copy of the annual newsletter and tickets to our concerts for

themselves and members of their family. SPONSORSHIP FOR PARTICULAR EVENTS Some of our events are very expensive to stage. If you would like to help us stage an event, either through a cash donation or in the provision of equipment and other facilities, we would be delighted to hear from you. If you are interested in becoming a Patron or Sponsor, please talk to Andrew Baker on 01379 852460 or get in touch via The Pulham Orchestra Website: www.pvo.org.uk ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

The Pulham Orchestra is a Registered Charity (No. 1117434)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE……… . 2014 Events, p. 3-10

. Other News and Members’ items, p. 11-14

. Forthcoming Events, p. 15

. Rehearsal, Concert and Event dates for 2015, Back Page

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PULHAM ORCHESTRA 2014 EVENTS

‘COME AND PLAY’ DAY, SUNDAY 9TH MARCH

Fauré – Masques e t Bergamasques Bizet – Jeux d 'Enfants Chabrier – Habanera

The annual Pulham Orchestra ‘Come and Play Day’ is an opportunity for everyone to plunge in and try out some unrehearsed repertoire. The repertoire this year was French (not only the scheduled pieces, but also our ‘bonus’ pieces too: Fauré’s Pavane and H. Mouton’s Scènes Rustiques).

We even had some suitably sunny weather to persuade us that – just perhaps – we were somewhere rather more exotic than Pulham. We started with Habanera to warm up – and so it proved! The rhythm was more precise than we’d appreciated but with some practice we sharpened up considerably. The Bizet – Jeux d’Enfants (Children’s Games) – were originally piano miniatures, but fleshed out for orchestra they proved to be light-hearted pieces, great fun to play and concluding with a rollicking Galop which felt less like a ballroom and more like Folies Bergère. The Fauré was based on 18th century dance suites (Ouverture – Menuet – Gavotte – Pastorale), the first and third movements being the most challenging.

After lunch we tackled the Pavane. Although this piece has been played to death in various top 100 classic lists, played ‘live’ the musical colours are quite special and it was lovely to hear. We also revelled in the merry-making in the Mouton Scènes Rustiques with its lively peasant dance rhythms.

We rounded things off with a rather faster run through of most of the pieces, giving us a chance to not only to enjoy ourselves, but also to demonstrate the progress we'd made during the day.

Mike Franklin

The Pulham Orchestra’s ‘Come and Play’ Days are open to players of all ages and experience (preferably having sight-reading skills to at least Grade 3). The atmosphere is informal and we are always pleased to meet new players. Our next ‘Come and Play’ is on Sunday 26th April 2015.

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ITALIAN CONNECTIONS: ST. REMIGIUS CHURCH, HETHERSETT, SATURDAY 10TH MAY & BUNWELL VILLAGE HALL, SATURDAY 21ST JUNE

Summer 2014 saw two performances of the same programme, entitled Italian Connections, where Germanic traditions became infused with the warmth and drama of Italy.

The programme had its first airing on Saturday 10th May at the Parish Church of St. Remigius, Hethersett. A few weeks later, on 21st June, we performed it again at Bunwell Village Hall.

The acoustic and lighting at Hethersett both left something to be desired, with the flutes teetering on the altar steps behind the strings. However, we had a reasonably sized audience, and although the day was overcast, the orchestra did their best to convey a sense of sunshine and joy.

At Bunwell, where the proceeds went towards the provision of a local defibrillator station, the orchestra was treated to a delicious barbecue supper, finishing off with ice cream and coffee. Andrew Baker had thoughtfully provided wine to help shore up any nerves for the evening's performance!

Centrepiece of our fairly ambitious programme was Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, which captures the composer's youthful spirit with a sense of Italian song, dance and sunlight. Even professional orchestras don't take this piece for granted. The first movement especially is a challenge for all players and particularly the strings, bolstered at Bunwell by the presence of Maurice Manning, who led the orchestra around 15-20 years ago!

The second half of the concert began with Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate which includes the famous Alleluia. Frank Cliff, who plays viola in the orchestra, took some of the weight from Margery's shoulders by conducting this piece which was sung by local soprano Selina Hawker. Selina has excellent stage presence, and her wonderful coloratura voice enabled her to hit the high C's with ease. Selina!Hawker!

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The evenings were rounded off with Rossini's overture The Italian Girl in Algiers, an exuberant piece which demands great concentration from the strings in the pizzicato section. As an encore, we played Blue Tango by Leroy Anderson.

All things considered these were two concerts with much to be enjoyed by both audience and orchestra.

Jill Taylor & Frank Cliff

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PULHAM!ORCHESTRA!INTRUMENTS!FOR!HIRE!!

Dorothy!Mary!Sargent!and!Francis!George!Sargent!Memorial!Bequest!The!orchestra!has!the!care!of!the!following!instruments!which!are!available!for!hire:!

VIOLIN!Stentor!Student!model!(full!size)!FLUTE!Armstrong!Model!104!Bb!CLARINET!Boosey!and!Hawkes!"Edgware"!ALTO!SAXOPHONE!Trevor!James!"THE!HORN"!"REVOLUTION"!TRUMPET!Antoine!Courtois!(professional!quality)!HORN!OBOE!We!also!possess!the!following!instruments!for!hire!for!specific!occasions!and!for!a!very!limited!period:!

2!TAPZTUNED!TIMPS!1!DOUBLE!BASS!£20!Deposit,!refundable!on!return!of!the!instrument!in!good!condition!

Hire!Fee!£10!per!four!months!(or!per!school!term)!

For!further!details!contact!John!HerschelZShorland:!Telephone:!01379!852836!

Frank!Cliff!conducts!Mozart!at!the!Bunwell!Concert!

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PVO SUMMER SOIRÉE, SATURDAY 26TH JULY!

The soirée was hosted by Andrew Baker and Val Crewdson at Beck Hall, Starston (a small village midway between Pulham and Harleston). It was a perfect setting, which was matched by glorious weather that allowed everyone to sit outside and enjoy the music and garden while eating and drinking. Val had made some refreshing homemade lemonade to keep us all cool but with the temperature soaring it wasn’t long before the ice ran out so Andrew very kindly hopped in the car and went into Harleston to get more.

Although this was the first time the soirée had been held at Beck Hall, many years ago the orchestra held its very first soirée just 200 yards down the road at the old Rectory, where Margery and Peter entertained us on the piano. This time the entertainment was provided, as in previous years, by Terry Needham and his group of clarinettists. They played under an apple tree, which provided them with some welcome shade and gave a nice acoustic. The music was light and most suitable for a hot day in the garden – the repertoire included some lovely old dances and I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside. Andrew had also decorated his garden wall with a wonderful selection of theatrical hats including a fez, bowlers, stetsons and straw hats- all very colourful.

Altogether a most enjoyable afternoon!

John Herschel-Shorland

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VINTAGE TEA AND MUSIC, TUESDAY 19TH AUGUST

On Tuesday afternoon 19th August, as part of The Harleston & Waveney Festival, The Pulham Orchestra provided four different musical ensembles at the Pennoyer Centre, Pulham St. Mary.

Advertised as a Vintage Tea and Music, the “audience” enjoyed a feast in more ways than one. Sitting at small, attractively laid tables, people were served plates of tasty sandwiches, scones, cakes and delicious shortbread by friendly volunteers who also ensured that the pot was kept full.

The musical “feast” was equally impressive, beginning with Pulham Brass who provided a rousing mixture of music by composers from Henry VIII to Debussy. This was followed by the contrasting sound of the Creeting String Quartet playing Haydn, Schubert and Mozart and concluding with Scott Joplin! The Pulham Wind Quintet gave a polished and well-balanced performance, while the Quicksilver String Quartet rounded off the musical entertainment with some excellent arrangements of well-known songs.

There were very favourable comments on both the entertainment and the tea, and the musicians were asked to return in 2015 (make a note of August 25th!).

Jean Bishop

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Pulham!Brass!

HELPING HANDS REQUIRED

The!Pulham!Orchestra!is!always!looking!for!nonKplayers!who!are!willing!and!able!to!

help!with!the!following!when!a!concert/event!is!taking!place:!!

Setting!up!the!venue!beforehand;!

Tidying!away!afterwards;!

Front!of!house!duties.!!

(Help!is!particularly!required!during!our!workshop!weekends.)!!

If!there!are!any!spouses/partners/children!of!members!of!the!orchestra;!friends!or!

supporters;!or!Pulham!Market!residents!who!may!be!willing!to!help!please!contact!

John!HerschelKShorland!on!01379!852836!or!get!in!touch!via!the!PVO!website.!

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WAVENEY VALLEY ORCHESTAL WORKSHOP, FRIDAY 31ST OCTOBER TO 2ND NOVEMBER

...repeat - how many times? - count - concentrate - how many bars? - no, not that sort of bar - but I am thirsty though - what’s the time? - Only 3a.m. - just can’t get it out of my head.

Nightmare – a bit like that howling gale that blew during the concert across those bleak marshes. Chilling……

Just a couple of lasting impressions of a great Workshop, held at Archbishop Sancroft High School, Harleston. It was organised by Waveney Valley Orchestral Workshop in association with The Pulham Orchestra.

We enjoyed three days of harmony, in more ways than one, culminating, on the Sunday evening, with a concert. Much credit must go to our conductor, Ian Hÿtch, especially his clarity of beat and ability to bring in on cue those wayward of us who had lost count.

Ian had obviously done his homework on Sibelius' Symphony No.5 and even more work on his own exciting new piece, Norfolk Scenic Overture, whose world premier we were privileged to perform.

The Sibelius was hard work. Not because it was boring, far from it. A wonderful piece of music to listen to and satisfying to make a good fist of playing it. Looking around the orchestra I have never noticed so many lips moving with the slight nod that accompanies: twelve-two-three-four, thirteen-two-three-four...

Ian's overture has much wonderful music to wallow in. Inspired by Sheri, our timpanist, the overture starts with a bang but doesn’t end with a whimper. As a ‘thank you’, Ian had dedicated the piece to her, and her performance certainly didn’t disappoint, using a vast array of percussion to evoke Ian’s vision of his adopted county. There are few compositions that utilise a wind machine and not only did it generate realistic sounds from breeze to gale, but it also created a draught which was felt in the auditorium up to 10 metres away! Fortunately it did not reflect the actual temperature of the marshland wind in winter, although the descriptive character of the music sent the occasional shiver down the spine.

The third work for full orchestra was Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slave, which could be mistaken for the 1812 Overture without the cannons. What we did have was Frankie bursting forth on his tuba with the French National Anthem. He switched from seat to seat, playing trombone, trumpet, horn and finally, yes, a hosepipe!

The!Wind!Machine!

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For the concert, the major works were interspersed with pieces by the sections. The brass provided an entertaining interlude ending with a clever hosepipe duet which, had he not been deaf, would have had Beethoven turning in his grave. The massed woodwind forces played a quintet arrangement of a Mozart Divertimento. The strings performed Holst’s St Paul's Suite and, in case anyone had dropped off, the percussionists then mounted the stage to perform a march with many variations. All these contributions were of top quality for a bunch of amateurs and enjoyable to listen to when not playing.

The two days leading up to the concert saw us spending time with full orchestral rehearsal, sectional rehearsal, or tutorials with our specialist instrumental tutors. It was a concentrated few days of playing, far more that most would be used to, and there were many ‘whews’ as players came up for air towards the end of a day. But we all survived and most would come again. Ian kindly said afterwards we were, "a joy to conduct". I can say the feeling is mutual and I for one hope he will conduct the 2016 Workshop. A huge "Thank you!" also goes to Margery whose planning and organisational skills were obvious and much appreciated by all. Her efforts made the Workshop the success which it most certainly was.

David Evans-Jones There has been some very positive feedback about the Workshop, here are a few quotes about the weekend: My Tutor was very positive and had lots of ideas to aid playing.

I feel that I have learnt a lot from Barry [Carben] and Geraldine [Evans]. Thank you to them both. I’m an orchestra novice…and I enjoyed working on all the pieces. I think it’s a treat to be conducted by the composer.

A fantastic musical experience!

Interesting to do a first performance – it seemed hard at first …. it was lovely to find it come together and make sense as a piece of music by the end.

It was nice to be challenged by the repertoire…. it gave me my first opportunity to play in larger scale works. Having recently moved up from Sussex I was pleasantly surprised to find such an interesting event. Highlights for me included the debut performance of the Norfolk Overture, conducted by the composer, and the wonderfully entertaining brass and percussion contributions in the final concert. I'm already looking forward to the next Workshop!

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CAROLS AT PULHAM SCHOOL

We received a last minute invitation to play as part of Pulham School's Christmas Fund Raising event on December 5th 2014.

The arrangements were made at very short notice, and full marks go to those who made the effort to come along and play without rehearsal, at this hectic time of year. We mustered two violins, one viola, one cello, double bass, two flutes, plus oboe, clarinet and trumpet.

In Margery's absence at a prior engagement, the ensemble was led by Martin Wyatt, resplendent in festive musical waistcoat, and put on a respectable performance of White Christmas

followed by five traditional carols. A big thank you goes to Martin whose energy helped avert any problems from being under-prepared and create a performance that appeared to be enjoyed by all. I understand we helped raised £200 for the school to participate in a major musical event.

Paul Chambers

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INSTRUMENTALISTS NEEDED

The Pulham Orchestra currently require the following instrumentalists in the orchestra:

Bassoon players,

plus ALL strings, particularly

Cellos

For more information contact

The Pulham Orchestra at www.pvo.org.uk

or Tel. Paul Chambers on 01379 642909

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Levity Corner

Q. Why do musician hate fish?

A. There are too many scales.

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PVO![History]!

Let’s!start!up!an!orchestra!here!

Said!Patrick!Doc!Rawlence!one!year!

I!play!a!fair!flute!

Which!few!will!dispute!

But!we’ll!need!lots!more!instruments!near.!

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So!he!spoke!to!young!Margery!fair!

Whose!timetable!a!Tuesday!could!spare!

She!would!conduct!a!small!orchestra!

A!challenge!now!set!before!her!

Which!she’s!met!30!years!fair!and!square.!

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Its!name!P.V.O!came!to!mind!

Since!not!oft!can!one!find!

A!village!of!such!talent!

And!enthusiasm!apparent!

At!rehearsals!two!weekly!well!timed.!

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But!marketing!gurus!have!ordained!

That!a!“Village”,!they’ve!complained!

Sounds!rustic!and!quaint!

And!therefore!now!ain’t!

“V”!any!more!!Oh!lore!!Oh!lore!!Oh!lore!!

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Martin'Croft'(Jan'2015)!–!!One!who!joined!a!village!orchestra!

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DESERT ISLAND DISCS (PLOMLEY STYLE!)!

Our Castaway is: Mike Bishop, clarinettist and retired urological surgeon.

Music began for me at the age of eleven. My first day at secondary school coincided with the arrival of John Walker, a brilliant, uncompromising and inspiring singing teacher who conducted us in full-scale oratorios with a decent orchestra and excellent professional soloists from among his friends and contacts. I was bowled over by Bach's St Matthew Passion (Disc 1) and would choose the chorale, aria and recitative Nos. 72 – 75 from a recording by the Stuttgart Kammerorchester under Karl Munchinger and Peter Pears, which include the overwhelming ‘tingle factorsome’ phrase Wahrlich dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen.

I started learning the clarinet at school, and enjoyed endless opportunities to play at London University where we had an excellent string quartet and pianists. In memory of those happy times in the mid-60’s I would choose for my second disc, Brahms's Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, which would give the added pleasure of thinking of my lovely daughter who is an excellent cellist and has tolerated my efforts at performing this wonderful piece.

Another richly enjoyable feature of my student years in Bloomsbury was the proximity of Covent Garden. In those days one could queue for cheap tickets and Jean and I saw one of the early performances of

Joan Sutherland, newly arrived from Australia. She

couldn’t act and looked terrible but her voice was phenomenal. My third choice would therefore be Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with ‘La Stupenda’ singing Lucia, in the mad scene: Il dolce suono.

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In the little time off allowed to junior doctors I discovered Lieder and in particular the Schubert song cycles, as interpreted by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau accompanied by Gerald Moore. Schubert's Winterreise (Disc 4) would provide me with therapy from a kindred spirit abandoned by the world.

A recording of the spoken word would be comforting and Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood (Disc 5) is a kind of music, particularly in the 1963 BBC version with Richard Burton doing the Prologue. His rendering is peerless and beautiful and what follows is extremely funny but also sensual and provocative.

We moved from Cambridge to Nottingham in 1981 where I toiled happily in Consultant surgical practice for nearly 30 years. Through most of this time I sang in a small choir under an inspired conductor, Richard Roddis, also a tenor. One of his repertoire pieces, Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and strings (No 6), performed by Mark Padmore with the Britten Sinfonia, would be a perfect desert island piece which would also remind me of my son, Nick, a good horn player.

A high point of choral singing for me was to perform in Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, (Disc 7) in Southwell Minster. The soprano duet Pulchra es amica mea, sung by Emma Kirkby and Tessa Bonner and conducted by Andrew Parrott would provide more 'tingle factor' and earthy sensuousness.

I also played 2nd clarinet and latterly bass clarinet in the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra. The acme was playing bass clarinet in Rite of Spring (Disc 8), and Stravinsky’s thumping music performed by Russians Valery Gergiev conducting the Kirov Orchestra would remind me that with a bit of practice one can do anything!

If I'm allowed an encore, let me have Schubert’s String Quintet in C, truly music with which to enter Heaven. This would be my choice if I could take only one piece.

Tolstoy's War and Peace would give me plenty of reading matter to get my teeth into, and my luxury would be my bass clarinet so that I could practise the bass clef for Mahler, Wagner and Richard Strauss ready for when I get back to civilisation.

If'you'would'like'to'hear'Mike's'choices,'you'll'find'links'on'the'Newsletters'Page'of'the'PVO'website:'''www.pvo.org.uk'

A!drawing!of!Mike!by!

Pip!Collyer!

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THE PULHAM ORCHESTRA WEBSITE

I stepped into the role of 'web mistress' of www.pvo.org.uk in January 2012, taking over from Andrew Carpenter, who master-minded the first website for the orchestra.

My initial job was to move the site to a new server and built it again from scratch. Why? Simply because when I originally learned to build sites as part of my career as a freelance writer, I used a particular website-building package called Site Build It. Rather than learn a whole new system, it was simplest to stick with what I already knew.

This package makes the site very easy to maintain. I don't have to use any HTML (the coding used in web pages) because all of that is programmed in automatically as the pages are built. My role is merely to upload text and photos to a template, press a few keys, wave my magic wand and hey presto, a new page is born! One thing I don't do is write much of the content of the site – that comes from orchestra members who kindly take time to write reports of our various doings.

An important objective for the new site was to make sure it could be found very easily by search engines. To achieve this I embedded suitable keywords – the words people type into the likes of Google – into various parts of the structure of the web page. We are now found for a range of keywords, from the specific:

pulham market orchestra, pulham village orchestra, margery baker

to the more general:

amateur orchestras in Suffolk, how to host a [sic] orchestra workshop, come to play in our orchestra, norfolk oboe hire

to the frankly obscure:

lyons cornerhouse menu, how to set up amateur community percussion band, bennett the aviary (no idea what that's all about!)

Typically the site averages between 38 and 60 visits a day and varies according to what events are up and coming. The most popular pages are the home page, the rehearsals page and the contact page. The site gets traffic from many countries apart from the UK, and has been visited by people from China, Ukraine, Brazil, the USA, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic and many other places. Who knows what these visitors are actually looking for, but it is rather nice to think that Pulham Orchestra is becoming known so far afield!

My goal with the site is to keep it simple, up-to-date and user friendly. If you ever find any mistake on the site, or something that could be done better, please let me know – you can have a word at a rehearsal, or use the form on the Contact page to send an email.

Elizabeth Martyn (Flutes)

www.pvo.org.uk

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS Events Planned for 2015:!! !

!Autumn!2015!BIZANNUAL!COME!AND!SING!!This! event! in! the! PVO! calendar!

depends! on! singers! from! many!

choirs.! ! Come! and! exercise! your!

vocal! chords! in! an! afternoon! and!

evening! of! Gilbert! and! Sullivan! –!

particularly!The!Pirates! of! Penzance.!More! details! to! follow! later! in! the!

year.!!!

!Sunday,!September!20th!‘COME!AND!PLAY’!DAY,!10am!–!4.30pm,!Pulham!Market!Memorial!Hall!More! details! to! be! announced! later!

in!the!year.!

!December!2015,!Date!TBA!CHRISTMAS!CONCERT!We! will! be! rounding! off! the! year!

with! a! Christmas! Carol! Concert! in!

Pulham!Market.!!!

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www.pvo.org.uk!!

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Spring!2015!(April!or!May)!VIENNESE!THEMED!CONCERT!!Vienna! –! a! centre! of! musical!

excellence! for! many! and! the!

birthplace! of! Schubert! and! the!

Strauss!family.! !Come!and!polka!with!

the! PVO! and! listen! to! a! tuneful!

symphony.! The! date! and! venue! of!

this! concert! will! be! announced! very!

shortly.!

!Sunday,!April!26th!‘COME!AND!PLAY’!DAY,!10am!–!4.30pm,!Pulham!Market!Memorial!Hall!The! Day! will! have! an! English! flavour!

this! time! including! works! by! Elgar,!

Coates! and! Alwyn.! For! further!

information! see! the! PVO! website.!

Please! broadcast! this! date! to! your!

playing!friends.!

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Tuesday,!25th!August!2pm!Z!4pm!HARLESTON!AND!WAVENEY!FESTIVAL!Members! of! the! PVO! and! their!

friends! will! be! playing! background!

music!while!tea!is!being!served!at!The!

Pennoyer!Centre,!Pulham!St.!Mary.!!A!

wide!variety!of!chamber!music!will!be!

on!the!programme.!

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