Drumming up support for good causes

People have been busy planning community activities at the Wells Contemporary Music Centre in the Portway Annexe, report the Wells Rocks team

Wells Djembe Circle

The Wells Djembe Circle are happy to announce their first fundraising workshop for two local charities – the Foodbank and Heads Up. This will be a free event and a fun way to bring people together through music. Donations will be very welcome on the day where raffle tickets can also be purchased if you have not already done so at the open-air pop-up events beforehand. These will happen around Wells where you can ‘have-a-go’ on a djembe.

There are some superb raffle prizes that have kindly been donated by local businesses and Wells Rocks supporters. Chrissie would like to express her thanks to them for their generosity. “Thank you” also Djembe Crew for giving up your time to help make this happen. Come join them and get involved. To reserve a drum please phone Chrissie: 07948 726754. The event takes place on Saturday, September 23, in Chamberlain Hall at the Portway Annexe from 11am to 2pm.

Regular drumming sessions are run on Tuesday mornings (10am-11.30am) and Thursday evenings (6pm-7.30pm).

Another new initiative for the Portway Annexe What will you be doing on September 2? Why not check out the launch of Portway Performing Arts? Taster workshops will be run that Saturday. Production set, props and costume design will be covered. Come and see what you can design and create in an hour.

Portway Music School developments

This continues to expand, with more staff offering tuition in a wider range of instruments and concerts. A new booking system is also being introduced so that people on waiting lists can be