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SPRINGHOLIDAY PROGRAMMEOrchestra Wellington is again partnering with us for our upcoming Holiday Pro-gramme, Oct. 8 to 11. We will again have the amazing teaching team of Loata Mahe from Tironui Trust in Auckland, Chris Van der Zee of Orchestra Wellington and Kapiti Youth Orchestra, Jane Young of Orchestra Wellington,and Alison El-dredge director of Arohanui Srings. Volunteers from the NZSO and Orchestra Wel-lington are welcome to come for a visit, and Victo-ria University and local col-lege music students will also be volunteering.Be sure to sign up early and secure your child’s place!

Arohanui Strings Newsletter

This month during one of our practices we took a little time off to celebrate our third birthday!!! We have 50 students in our after school programme now, and three years of experience to build upon. We had a laugh about the squeaky sounds coming from the room 3 years ago when we started with twenty 6 year olds and a set of violins borrowed from the late Ian Rolston! The "pioneer members" were honored for bringing violins to Taita! After a big cake was shared we continued practicing!

AROHANUI STRINGS CELEBRATES 3 YEARS!!!

This has been a busy term in Taita! We have had lots of concerts in different venues, including our first concert at Taita Community Hall right here in our neighborhood at the end of last term. Doing the same program at St. Mark's Church lunchtime con-cert series seemed like a great idea, until we real-ized that almost all the experienced players would be away on a school trip! Luckily the St. Michaels beginner violin class stepped up to save the day. As we walked back to the bus, 15 6- year- olds carry-ing their small violins proudly through the streets of

Lower Hutt was a highlight of the year!! "That was the best concert ever!" shouted little Famalie, of his first ever concert experience! In all of our recent concerts we have been incredibly well supported by our team of volunteers: Rebecca, Vida, Rose taking time off school to be with us, and Marion, Stepha-nie, David T, David M, May, and Anna all making time to be with the children for these special events. St. Michael's School principal Linda Birch and teachers have also been generous with their time.

CONCERT SEASON!

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HUTT COMMUNITY CHOIR CONCERT FEATURES AROHANUI STRINGSWe were honored to share a pro-gram with the Hutt Val ley Community Choir, led by Julian Raphael.  We didn't know what to expect, and the joyful, happy group of 60 singers made us feel so welcome.  This concert was a great collaboration of world mu-sic for voices and strings.  The new hall at Sacred Heart College is a wonderful venue for big events and we hope to continue this partnership.  The parents enjoyed the performance so much that some of them have joined the choir! Look for Ruta and Mahelino, Saqusto's parents, next time you hear the HVCC!

We had another big trip to Wellington, on a bus generously hired by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, to play at Parliament. The children turned out in full, with many proud parents as well. 47 children played together for an audience of ministers, Friends, and well wishers. The Hon. Hekia Parata hosted, and began her remarks by

saying how soothing to the soul it was to hear Vivaldi at Parliament in the middle of the day, and how she wished it could happen regularly! The national anthem, Te Aroha and Beethoven's Ode to Joy were some of the favorites, and our friends Joe Harrop and Ros Giffney of Sistema Aotearoa were there to celebrate our third birthday with us!

TRIP TO PARLIAMENT!!

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Volunteer Anna Lezhikova giving some pointers to eager young violinists

Volunteer Jane Young is a huge help providing much needed

cello expertise.Volunteer Heather Breen tirelessly do-nates many hours with administrative support

In July we played our first ever concert at Taita Community Hall. It was so exciting to see friends and neighbors come together to celebrate the music happening right here. Claudia Tarrant-Matthews opened with Winter from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, then our orchestra played a set including Happy Birthday, Beethoven's Ode to Joy and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Local rockers Aaron Tokona and Friends played some beautiful Pacific soul at the end of the concert. Free kai was provided by Kaibosh of Wellington.

Guest string quartet performs “Winter” !om Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to a fu" house at Taita Town Ha"

Students listening to concert before their turn to perform

OUR FIRST CONCERT AT TAITA COMMUNITY HALL !!

Many thanks to our regular volunteers who contribute with a gift of their time!!! Arohanui Strings runs thanks to their generosity:

Heather BreenJane Young Anna Lezhikova Stephanie McLeanDavid Thompson

Rebecca BourneRose PeoplesVida QuivooyDavid MoonanAlison EldredgeTusa Kasiano

Anna McCarrollMay Venables

We caught some of our volunteers on camera this term, more pics of volunteers to follow next issue:

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UPCOMING EVENTS!! SAVE THE DATES!!

Concert with Orchestra Wellington Sunday, Nov. 17 4:00pm Wellington Opera House

Spring Holiday Programme Tuesday - Friday, Oct. 8 to 11 9:00 to 1:00St. Michael's School

Areas where we need your ongoing support:Transportation to concerts, volunteers for the after-school program, donations, event photography, pub-

licity, and legal/tax expertise. Please contact us if you have skills in these areas and can help out!

INDIVIDUALS:Hon. Christopher Finlayson, MINLewis Holden, Chief Executive, Min-istry for Culture and HeritageCatherine YatesMarion & Hugh TownendStephanie McLeanLynley Cu"ifordLee Anne DuncanLinda Birch, Principal, St. Michael's SchoolCampbe" McLachlan, Faculty of Law, Victoria University

David Chickering, Principle Ce"ist, NZSODale Gyton, Teacher, St. Michael's SchoolHelene Pohl, NZ String QuartetHelen McGannLyn InsleyRobin ParnhamJane MacDonaldColin CalcinaiJane KirkaldiVictoria JonesAlison Eldredge Nicola Wi"s

Lynn Scott, Chilton St. James Co"egeSteve Taylor, NZSOHelen Su"ivan and David StephensonAnna KinneyMargery Ren!ewLinda SimmonsORGANIZATIONS:Creative New ZealandBarnardosSarah Lily FundOrchestra We"ingtonHutt City CouncilThe Presentation SistersCatholic School Board

FRIENDS OF AROHANUI STRINGSWe are forever grateful to all the support we have received from Friends of Arohanui Strings.

Thanks to you we have been able to bring music to the children of Taita/Pomare!

Students playing drums in the Fa" Holi-day Program

SPECIAL VISITORSSpecial thanks to musician friends who have donated their services and come and played for our events this season: Matthew Ross, Donald Armstrong, Lindsay Mountfort, Martin and Victoria Jaenake, Helene Pohl, Rolf Gjelsten, Chris Clark, Anna van de Zee, Carolyn Van Leuven, Konstanze Artmann, JocelynWoodley, Claudia Tar-rant Matthews and special mention also to Adan Tijerina, manager of Orchestra Wellington, who volunteered for our Fall Holiday Program.For two weeks we have three year 10 students from Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School doing community service with us. Timothy, Saskia and Milena jumped right in and enjoyed helping our musicians. Next week we will have a visit from Fiona Douglas, director of Sistema Whangarei. She is part of a network of Sistema pro-grammes around the country, and it will be exciting to share ideas with her. Of course a trip up to Whangarei to do a shared concert would be a great thing to work towards!