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Shop Online and Raise Money!
Have you heard about easyfundraising yet? It’s the easiest way to help raise money for Velvet Harmony! If you
already shop online with retailers such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John Lewis, Comet, Vodafone, eBay, Boden and Play.com, then we need you to sign up for free to raise money while you shop!
So how does it work?
You shop directly with the retailer as you would normally, but if you sign up to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/velvetharmony for free and use the links on the easyfundraising site to take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever you spend comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself.
How much can you raise?
Spend £100 with M&S online or Amazon and you raise £2.50 for us. £100 with WH Smith puts £2.00 in our pocket and so on. There's over 2,000 retailers on their site, and some of the donations can be as much as 15% of your purchase.
Save money too!
easyfundraising is FREE to use plus you'll get access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and voucher codes, so not only will you be helping us, you’ll be saving money yourself.
We've raised over £50 with easyfundraising so far but we need your help to keep donations coming in. Sign
up at http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/velvetharmony and start making a difference...simply by shopping.
Thanks!
Have you heard about easyfundraising yet? It’s the easiest way to help raise money for Velvet Harmony! If you
already shop online with retailers such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John Lewis, Comet, Vodafone, eBay, Boden and Play.com, then we need you to sign up for free to raise money while you shop!
So how does it work?
You shop directly with the retailer as you would normally, but if you sign up to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/velvetharmony for free and use the links on the easyfundraising site to take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever you spend comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself.
How much can you raise?
Spend £100 with M&S online or Amazon and you raise £2.50 for us. £100 with WH Smith puts £2.00 in our pocket and so on. There's over 2,000 retailers on their site, and some of the donations can be as much as 15% of your purchase.
Save money too!
easyfundraising is FREE to use plus you'll get access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and voucher codes, so not only will you be helping us, you’ll be saving money yourself.
We've raised over £50 with easyfundraising so far but we need your help to keep donations coming in. Sign
up at http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/velvetharmony and start making a difference...simply by shopping.
Thanks!
Recruitment Sing Out at Tesco
On Sunday 3rd July, Velvet Harmony sang to the unsuspecting shoppers at Tesco in Orpington. Taking residence in the large foyer, the chorus sang whilst handing out information to those who might like to come and join us. It was a great opportunity, and we even managed our first performance of new song 'Sh'Boom'.
Velvet Harmony Octet sings at the Croft Tea Rooms
On Saturday 21st May, an octet of singers from Velvet Harmony sang at the Croft Tea Rooms in St Mary Cray. Whilst diners enjoyed a lovely looking 3 course meal, they were entertained with songs such as In My Room, I Will Follow Him, Anything Goes and San Francisco Bay Blues.
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves - and the octet gave a great performance. We look forward to a repeat performance!
Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves - and the octet gave a great performance. We look forward to a repeat performance!
Velvet Harmony win at Bromley Festival
On 11th March, Velvet Harmony got back into the swing of competing. Dolled up, and looking fabulously glamorous in red and black, they competed in the Bromley Festival of Music and Speech, held at Bromley High School.
In order to win the Silver Salver, Velvet Harmony needed to be awarded 85 marks out of 100 - no mean feat - but they did it!
With several mentions of Velvet Harmony already engraved on the salver from its previous incarnation, we were proud to engrave the name on again - next to 2011 - and we're ready to compete for it again next year!
In order to win the Silver Salver, Velvet Harmony needed to be awarded 85 marks out of 100 - no mean feat - but they did it!
With several mentions of Velvet Harmony already engraved on the salver from its previous incarnation, we were proud to engrave the name on again - next to 2011 - and we're ready to compete for it again next year!
