Nonsuch Big Band 2010 a Grand Success
June 10, 2010 by terrymayho
Filed under Rotary Events
Big Band In The Park 2010
by David Hagger, Chair of Organising Committee
It was a dream come true! Friday 4 June 2010 was a beautiful, warm, early summer’s evening, the lawns in front of Nonsuch Mansion, Cheam were packed with picnickers enjoying a wonderful orchestra playing a wide range of popular Big Band music and watching the many who were tempted on to the grass to dance the night away.
Approaches to local businesses for sponsorship and for adverts in the free programme had earlier been made by members of Nonsuch Rotary Club and as a result support was given by no fewer than 20 local organisations – listed below.
Photographs are by Rotarian Rob Marvelly.
Richard Stevenson on classical guitar welcomed early arrivals to the 2010 Big Band event, organised by Nonsuch Rotary for the Friends of Nonsuch, before Jay Craig, his orchestra and vocalists, took over for the evening.
If the show proved a runaway success so did the finances! After all expenses the event raised £10,932 for charity, including an amazing £2,149 from the evening’s raffle – a Rotarian once again persuaded local businesses in Epsom generously to donate a range of very attractive prizes and the audience responded enthusiastically.
This £10,932 has been divided equally between Nonsuch Rotary Club and the Friends of Nonsuch, a registered charity which will use its share to continue work on the service wing and garden of the Mansion. One thousand, five hundred pounds of Nonsuch Rotary’s share has been given to the Cancer Information and Support Service at St Helier Hospital, via the Sutton Guardian’s Operation Butterfly appeal, and another £500 to the Macmillan Butterfly Centre at Epsom Hospital. The remainder of Nonsuch Rotary’s share will be distributed to other charities in the coming months.
Please Support the Businesses which supported Big Band 2010
Principal Sponsor; Dean Kirby’s Creative Flooring, North Cheam
Supporters
Herald Contracts; Spur Garage; Browns Residential; Houghton White;
National Counties Building Society;
Banstead Road Garage; Brand & Co; Direct Line Communications; Epsom Coaches;
In-Toto Kitchens; Mantle and Partners, The Ashley Centre, Epsom.
Other Advertisers
Bovingdons; Cheam Leaded Lights; Kendall Cars; Landis; Parochial Room Cheam; Sharon Proctor; Star of India; Wingrove Vets.
Ticket Sales
Dean Kirby, North Cheam; Houghton White Ewell; Mantle & Partners Stoneleigh; Peachey’s News Epsom; Read N Rite Worcester Park; Sutton Music ; Village Ceramics Cheam.
