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FROM THE EXECUTIVE
Autumn 2013 The Trombonist
Welcome to another bumper issue of The Trombonist! There has been a very recent change to the BTS Presidency, so I will hand over to Carol and Christian straight away for an explanation.
I do hope we’ve all been enjoying the beautiful summer weather. it’s been my first summer in the UK for over ten years, so I think I timed it well! The BTS Executive has been extremely busy in developing many areas of your Society recently. One major area that we are looking into is fundraising, to enable the BTS to put on bigger and better events and to provide more for our members in general. If you feel that your expertise could help with this, then please do get in touch; we’d love to pick your brains. Also, don’t forget you can advertise your gigs and news items. Just go to the website and submit your news/event. This will then be published on the website and in the magazine. I’ve had some great feedback from people who have been finding this very useful! Having now been on the Board of the International Trombone Festival for some time, I know the value in seeing how an international version of our society can operate successfully, particularly in respect of their large-scale events. With models such as this, I expect our society to flourish year on year. In a similarly positive vein, the recent improvements in my health have led to a greater playing workload and after many years on the Executive I feel that now is the time to refocus on my career and support the BTS in a less high-profile role. I am happy to be finishing this address with the news that I’ll be passing-over the reins of presidency to Christian Jones. Christian will undoubtedly be an absolutely wonderful President and a super ambassador for the British Trombone Society. He has been a truly marvellous Vice President, and I will now leave you in his extremely capable hands! Carol Jarvis
Dear Members,
Although I joined the Executive only last year, I have witnessed the BTS evolve and flourish since becoming a member in 1996. In an age of social barriers, we bridge the perceived gaps of age, culture, religion, ethnicity and gender because we all happen to make music with a trombone. This is thanks to our founder, Peter Gane, and I am delighted that he is to be recognised this year with the BTS Annual Award for outstanding contribution to the trombone. Carol Jarvis and I met at the 2000 International Trombone Festival in Utrecht and she is just as versatile, enthusiastic and driven now, despite spending nine of the intervening years with major health issues. Carol is an inspiration to us all and her receipt of the 2013 ITA President’s Award is richly deserved. It is a genuine honour for me to take over and I would like to thank our executive for their continual support and hard work on our behalf. Please continue to contact both your executive and me personally with any concise comments or suggestions. I am keen to take on board your views while we move forward with as great a consensus as possible. Christian Jones president@britishtrombonesociety.org Facebook: Christian Jones Bts Twitter: @CJones_BTS The British Trombone Society Annual Awards: Outstanding contribution Peter Gane Player Dennis Rollins Teacher Simon Hogg Student Alexander Kelly Presentation of Awards will take place at the AGM on Sunday 6 October at Oundle School.
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