Moorland Mandolins Rehearsals
Our rehearsals take place at the Moretonhampstead Parish Hall on Saturdays - see Diary Dates below. Post Code TQ13 8LL. Many of us got together beforehand to have a snack lunch when the Hall is opened at 1pm before the rehearsal which begins at 2pm.
Anyone who plays a mandolin family or complementary instrument and would like to join us please make contact on info@moorlandmandolins.uk.
Choose your route but the following are some options!
1) From the West either through Tavistock, Princetown, Postbridge or A30 to Whiddon Down turn off to Moretonhampstead
2) From the North, Okehampton, Whiddon Down turn off to Moretonhampstead.
3) From the South from Plymouth A38 to Bovey Tracey then north to Moretonhampstead
4) From the East, Dunsford/Ide route from A30, Whiddon Down or Bovey route.
See Map belowgrd
Moorland Mandolins Diary Dates 2024
20th January, 24th February, 16th March, 20th April, 18th May, 22nd June, 20th July, 17th August, 21st September, 19th October, 16th November and 14th December. All provisional.
Moorland Mandolins Diary Dates 2025
18th January, 15th February, 22nd March, 26th April, 17th May, 21st June, 19th July, 16th August, 20th September, 18th October, 22nd November and 13th December. All provisional.
Payment
For this term only:
Please make your termly payment of £60 by the 16th September by BACS to:
Moorland Mandolins
Lloyds Bank
Sort Code: 30-99-50
Account Number: 30605968
Payment Reference: YOURNAMEAU23
(Potential members who have not yet decided to join may pay the £15 session fee as a one off. However if you then decide to continue you will need to pay the balance of £45.00 as soon as possible after the first session.)
Coming Performances
2024 July 21st Princetown Art Festival 13.00 to 14.00 St Michael & All Angels Church. Arrive by 12.40. Parking in carpark around 3 minutes walk away, just off Tavistock Road. Seat provided, may need music stand lights.
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2024 Saturday November 9th MND Fundraising Concert with Ashburton Community Folk Orchestra.
A fundraising evening concert on behalf of the Motor Neurone Disease Association will take place
at St. Andrew’s Church, West Street, Ashburton on Saturday 9th November. Time 7.00pm -
9.30pm.
ENTRY FREE. Doors open at 6.15pm.
The evening’s entertainment will start with the popular Ashburton Community Folk Orchestra
playing a set of foot-tapping folk tunes from the British Isles and beyond.
In the second half - Moorland Mandolins will perform a wide variety of popular pieces drawn
from both their classical and contemporary repertoire. The mandolin orchestra was formed in
2022 and attracts players from all over the south-west. They are based in Moretonhampstead.
Both orchestras are conducted by local musician David Faulkner.
All donations from the evening will go to the MNDA and will aid research into finding a cure for
this debilitating condition. Motor Neurone Disease affects about 5,000 adults in the UK at any
one time and there is no cure.
The organisers are hoping to attract local support for this charity event. They are providing refreshments and a raffle during the interval.
Everybody is welcome.
Nick Hanbury
Moorland Mandolin
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2024 Friday December 20th - Performance at Castle Drogo (National Trust) from 11.30. Details to follow.