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Norman Moy Trio with Seb Rochford

Matthew Smerdon is raising money for Community Links
“Matthew Smerdon's Fundraising Page”

on 2 April 2009

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Based in the one of the poorest wards in the country, Community Links is an East London based charity founded in 1977 which runs local and national projects for children, teenagers, parents, older and disabled people.

Story

Many thanks for visiting our fundraising page! We are also raising money for CLIC Sargent. That page can be visited at http://www.justgiving.com/normanmoytrio1

The band

The Norman Moy Trio was formed through friend and family connections. Norman has been a professional musician for over 5O years, having started his career in London during the 1950s and remains active on the Scottish jazz scene. Adam and Norman have played jazz together for many years. Matt is married to Adam's wife's best friend since school days and Seb Rochford was godson of Norman's late wife Doreen. Hence "Close connection", the name of our CD.

The Norman Moy Trio was formed 5 years ago playing at various London venues, gigs and functions. We decided to record a CD of some of our favourite tunes as a bit of fun and better still Seb agreed to play with us! Seb is an established leader on the London and European jazz circuits and a much in demand drummer having played in many jazz and other groups, including leading his own "Polar Bear".

Close Connection

As the project grew, we decided to mark the event by giving it a charitable focus and donating the CD proceeds to charity. Adam had been wanting to combine his love of jazz with a worthwhile cause. Matt has worked at Community Links for ten years. Links is an innovative east London charity, running a wide range of community services and projects for all ages. Based in Newham, it has over 30 years of experience working with local people to support children, young people, adults and families.

We hope you enjoy our music and thank you VERY much for donating.

 

Donation summary

Total
£2,120.00
+ £70.51 Gift Aid
Online
£270.00
Offline
£1,850.00

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