Here's the information for those who have tickets ...

All tickets sold for 4 December are valid for the new date.

If you are unable to attend the concert there are two options available to you and whichever one you choose, please return your ticket(s) to me at 152 West Street, Havant PO9 1LP before 8 January (not to Margaret Packe).

First, you may select another concert in the season (February, March, May or July) and set the cost of the December ticket(s) against the total and pay just the additional (if any) cost.

Alternatively, if you do not wish to do this you may request a refund. The easiest and quickest method (about 5 days) would be by Direct Transfer for which we shall need your account name, sort code and account number, please.  Otherwise there will be a delay while cheques are drawn, countersigned and sent to you.  (Our Treasurer holds the cheque book and the countersignees live in Havant!)  I do hope all this makes sense - if not, please call me on 023 9248 3228.

Now for those who don't have tickets ...

There are tickets available and Margaret Packe is selling them.  Details as always - cheque to HADOS plus SAE to 1, Beacon Square, EMSWORTH, PO10 7HU. 

[See Tickets page for full details]

Happy Christmas and we look forward to seeing you all at Oaklands on Saturday 8 January when David Goodall will start the proceedings at 6.30pm with his talk about Nielsen, providing the weather allows him to travel down from COVENTRY! 

Sandra

The postponed HSO December concert will now take place on Saturday 8th January at Oaklands Catholic School.  We are very grateful for the school’s considerable efforts which went into making this revised date possible. 

Our planned soloist, Cordelia Williams, is unfortunately unavailable on the new date, but we hope Cordelia will be able to play in a concert with us some other time in the future.  We are instead looking forward to new soloist James Willshire playing the Grieg.  HSO leader Cathy Mathews is also unavailable, so we are grateful to HCO leader Brian Howells for stepping in. 

Tickets for the original 4th December date are valid for the new 8th January date or can be set against a Ferneham Hall concert this season.  If neither option is suitable, a full refund is offered.  If you have a ticket and

[11:00 Friday 3rd December]

The plan is now to have the concert on Saturday 8th January with a rehearsal the previous night Friday 7th January at Oaklands School.  Players please let Tony know whether you are available on this date. 

[Note from Sandra at 08:30 Friday 3rd December]

Tony, Peter and I have made the decision that, as Oaklands School is closed (at present) until Monday, that this evening's rehearsal is cancelled and that the concert will be postponed.  Future date will depend on the availability of soloist and players in the New Year.  Please will all players involved send details of their availability to Tony (acg@waitrose.com) today so that plans can be made as soon as possible.  The proposed dates are 8th and 15th January for the concert with rehearsals on 7th and 14th. 

These details will be updated whenever new information becomes available.  At present, this additional information is only intended as a reminder; any changes to rehearsal arrangements will continue to be communicated directly. 

Dear Members and Players

As I think you all know, our President Pauline Buzzing had been ill for some time.  I am very sorry that I have to tell you that she died peacefully last Friday.

Although Pauline was President for a relatively short time she had been a regular supporter and pre-concert talker for some years and made a great impact on the Society not least with her very informative talks.  She also gave a lot of support and advice to the Committee and was able to rally The Friends when Beryl decided to stand down and she actually persuaded Geoff Porter, the new Friends' Secretary to join them shortly before her illness took hold.

Her funeral will be at Chichester Cathedral next Wednesday, 4 August at 12 noon.  We hope that many of you will be able to attend.  Pauline's husband, Nicholas Light has invited a small chamber group from the Orchestras to play during the service. 

The undertakers are Edward White and Son, Chichester - 01243 782136 and donations to St Wilfred's Hospice and/or Cancer Research would be appreciated.

For 2010, it has now been decided that instead of moving the date to November, the concert will take place at Oaklands School, Waterlooville on 4th December 2010, as proposed in the newsletter.