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Dear All

As I mentioned in a previous email, we will from now on be adopting a rota for rehearsal refreshment helpers.  Recruiting helpers is awkward and it seems to be the same people who always put their names forward, meaning there are many who don’t volunteer - particularly if they don’t use the facility themselves - like me.  I appreciate that not everyone partakes of the refreshments on offer at break-time, but I would like to think that everyone would just chip in when their name comes up whether they themselves are refreshment takers or not – in the spirit of community let’s say!  For the record, I do not make use of the facilities myself, but as Mary and I are right near the top of the list alphabetically anyway, we will be serving tonight. 

There is no setting up involved for helpers on the list as Mary buys and brings all the supplies then sets everything up before the rehearsal begins.  Helpers are simply required to make then serve teas and coffees during the break and oversee the payment.  No clearing-up is necessary - unless anyone wishes to help Mary at the end of the evening - which I’m sure she’d appreciate!

I have attached the rota for the five remaining rehearsals till the end of this season and I will produce a new rota for the rehearsals for each of the four concerts starting again in September taken (alphabetically) from the list below:

Rachel Burgess, John Carmichael, Jenny Carter, Samantha Carter, Rachel Cheetham, Amanda Clare, Tim Collett, Katie Collinson, Andrew Condon, Alison Cordingly, Frank Cottee, Mark Cousins, Rosie Cousins, Derek Cozens, Jane Crawford, Katherine Crisp, Elizabeth Cromb, Anne Curry, John Davis, Claire Dillon, Diana Dunk, Sarah Eede, Ruth Elliott, Mary Fall, Julian Farrel, Jane Fernando, Stephen Fuller, Andrew Garton, Clive Griffin, David Griffiths, Helen Griffiths, Matthew Hart Dyke, Kathryn Hayman, Marion Hitchcock, Mark Holmes, Mike Ibbott, Gerard Kelly, Rachel Langworthy, Anita Laybourne, Norman Levy, Andrew Mackay, Alan Magrath, Caroline Marwood, Helen McDonald, Phil McKerracher, Alice McVeigh, Anne Miles, Richard Miscampbell, Alan Mitchell, Judith Montague, Chris Newbould, Brian Newman, Georgina Oliver, Nichola Oliver, Veronica Parry, Jane Rackham, Elizabeth Reed, Tracey Renwick, Chris Richardson, Sheila Robertson, David Rodker, Mandy Selby, Bernard Somerville, Maria Staines, Philip Starr, Marion Steadman, Audrey Summers, Michael Thompson, Vanessa Thompson, Rachel Walmsley, Ann Wibberley, Clare Wibberley.

If I have included in the above list anyone who is no longer in the Orchestra; please let me know.  Likewise, if I have not included someone – a new member for example, again, please let me know.  When it comes to your turn to help but you know that you will not be attending that night, please arrange your own replacement.

Thanks in advance for all your help and co-operation.

Roy