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<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Grand Piano Appeal 2010<br /></strong><a href="http://www.about.combertonvc.org/trust_fund.cfm">Comberton Village College Trust Fund</a></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">If you wish, you can choose from the graphic at <a href="http://www.combertonvc.org/pdfs/piano_appeal.pdf">http://www.combertonvc.org/pdfs/piano_appeal.pdf</a> and then specify the part you wish to sponsor in your donation message. The graphic will be updated regularly.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">The CVC Trustees warmly welcomes your support to help make life at CVC for the students and wider community even better. In keeping with our remit we embarked on an ambitious new project in early 2010!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">The CVC Trust Fund donated £1,000 to kick-start a fund-raising project to provide a Grand Piano for the Performance Hall at Comberton Village College. The target is £16010 which covers the cost of the piano and installation, plus frame and cover. We hope that some matched funding or grants will be gained to help with this very worthwhile project.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">On Friday 12 February, Executive Principal Stephen Munday together with all five Heads of Year bravely wore school uniform for the whole day and raised £241.00 for the Appeal (see third photo). Further events and activities were organised throughout 2010.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We are extremely pleased to have recently received confirmation of a successful £7,000 grant from South <span class="highlight">Cambridgeshire</span> District Council towards the cost of the Piano.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This brings us tantalisingly close to our target.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;"></span></span><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">The grand piano will be a great resource for the Performance Hall - a performance space of this size would be ill-equipped without one. Large groups such as choral societies, high-quality performance artists or amateur orchestras can now use the venue without incuring the expense of hiring a suitable instrument.</span> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">It is hoped that our new piano will help to generate and establish musical activity at Comberton Leisure. We are aware that a similar purchase at Impington Village College led to the instigation of an annual series of community recitals.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">Thank You!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="color: #000080;">CVC Trust Fund<br />Comberton Village College</span></span></p>
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