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On Sunday, 29th November 2009, Gordon and Tanya will be performing "Islands in the Stream" originally performed by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton to raise money for Children In Need. This will be done live on Hope FM 90.1 Community Radio which broadcasts in the Bournemouth area. If you are outside the area, you can listen online at www.hopefm.com
We will feature as part of the New Country Show's "Radio Karaoke" with Paul West at sometime between 6.30pm and 8pm.
Please give generously towards Children in Need.
10/11/09 - Update
A big thanks for the "off-line" donations so far. Thanks to Geoff and Moya, Anna K, Andrew/Lisa and Family, David Cull, Sue Weal, Ron and Rita and Dave and Wendy Rixon for their donations.
A special thanks to Peter Hibdige for donating £50 today bringing us up to £120. Cheers mate!
Also a special thanks to Jill Walker of Dorset Orthopaedic Co. for being the first to donate on-line. Thanks Jill.
To those who have expressed an interest to donate via post, please make cheques payable to "BBC Children in Need Appeal" and send them to me at Granville, Hampreston, Wimborne BH21 7LX
Thanks for the 2nd 'on-line' donation from Don from ..... www.decor-rated.com ..... he's the one on the left wearing the white dungarees......it almost makes you look like a professional decorator mate! Are those the same dunagrees you wore on "60 minute makeover" and "Changing Rooms"?.....and where is your Paint Pod? Thanks again and don't forget to listen.
11/11/09
Thanks to Dave Bailey and John Hammond of Home Ventilation Systems for their excellent donation of £40. Cheers. You are both true gentlemen.
Also, thanks to my Mum and Dad for their generous donation.
12/11/09
The donations keep rolling in. Thanks to Wayne Jones and Ian Adkins of Dorset Orthopaedic Company for their donations today. Thanks to Tim and Nicky Clarke (from A K Controls Ltd) for their contribution. Also a big thanks to Colin Rolf of Catercare on the Isle of Wight for his generous donation today. You are all great people to work with.....I do mean that!
We are now over halfway towards our target. A big thanks to the generosity of all my customers who have donated to date. With the support of a few more people and businesses, we'll soon be at the target.
Rumour has it that Paul West of Hope FM has been in contact with the Bournemouth Echo about this "Radio Karaoke" thing......so keep a look out.
5.40pm - A big thanks to John Spiers of JDS Catering Equipment Ltd for his generous donation of £50. That's a great boost and leaves us fast approaching our target (which I may yet increase!). Thanks John.
13/11/09
Maybe it's something about Friday the 13th but the donations have dried up a little. Nevertheless big thanks to Chris and Emma Sherred. (Chris - get the rest of that Carford lot to donate please :-) ). Also a thanks to Dan "I can't believe you are 40" Paine and family, plus a thanks to Mike and Doreen Knight (Tanya's Mum and Dad) for putting money in the kitty.
The Weekend!
Weekend donations have come from the lovely Jan and husband Chris 'Chopper' Denton. (Jan - 'av a word with the rest of that G A Telesis lot pls ;-) )
Also big thanks to Stuart Whitmee of Qumec for your donation. This is all the more appreciated as you are a customer and we've never met in person.
Thanks to you all. It's all going to a good cause.
We've now reached £400 and would love to get up to £600 (or even more) for this great cause.
Radio Karaoke is running every Sunday evening between 6.30pm and 8pm until the end of the month at www.hopefm.com where you can listen on line if you are outside the Bournemouth area.
Special Note
Neil Munday of JDS Catering Equipment and Meridian FM (East Grinstead) http://www.meridianfm.com/index.php/presenters/neil_munday has promised to get 'all technical' and record us in an 'e-mailable' format if you should miss it. Thanks Neil.....apparently Meridian FM is almost as good as Hope FM!
Monday, 16th November 2009
Monday donations have kindly come in from Debbie from Primair Europe. Thanks Debbie.
We've also had an off-line donation from Malcolm from ECO. What a star and a gentleman he is......and a very very very clever bloke too.
Tuesday, 17th November 2009
Thank you Chris Messanger of Axair Fans for the only donation of the day. Really appreciated Chris. Axair Fans are really good Company to do business with and a better more knowledgable helpful rep you'd struggle to find......and he's a nice fellow as well. Cheers mate.
Finally, a late night donation from John and Audrey Eyler of Gig Harbour, Washington State, USA who are kindly sending $75 dollars so the off-line donation has increased by around £50. Thanks you two. Much appreciated.
Wednesday, 18th November 2009
Having sent an update e-mail last night to everyone, we were absolutely thrilled to get numerous donations today.
The first off-line donation came from Julian at Allfix Ltd (www.allfix.co.uk) who has very kindy agreed to donate £25, closely followed by a promise of £20 from Keith Tempany Opticians (www.keithtempanyopticians.com/). Thanks Keith and Jackie. I'll see you all in due course.
Special thanks to Terry and Jeanne Smith for their donation of £25. More fantastic people you could not wish to meet particularly Jeanne as the esteemed leader of "The Apprentices"!
We also need to thank Mike, Cindy, Jasmine and Rowan (Tanya's sister and her crew) for £25 towards the cause.
In the end, we have the lovely Sherren Family from Crowthorne to thank for breaking us through the £600 target. Thank you Michael, Zena, Fiona and Celia.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING US ACHIEVE OUR TARGET.
We'd love to exceed the target considerably, so if you haven't donated and want to do so, please give via this website or by phoning or e-mailing me. Thank you from Gordon and Tanya.
Thursday, 19th November 2009
We had a couple of late night donations yesterday, so I have to say a big thanks to Justin Oehme-Steer of South Coast Fabrications Ltd for a £20 off line donation and a £10 on line donation from Andrew Turner of Climate Comfort (Air Conditioning).
We also had £10 from Bob Coates of TRG. Cheers Bob. Much appreciated Bob.
We are now well above target. Thanks everyone and remember to listen in 10 days time!
Some days later......
Sorry, I've not posted for a few days. However, as I write this we have reached exactly £800. In no particular order, I have to thank new donations since Thursday from Margaret and Duncan Smith, Rev. Reg and Jenny Baldock, Bob and Seema Chadda, The Dixons (Mark, Claire and little Jay), Colin from Catercare (2nd donation...thanks mate), The Burnetts (David, Donna, Rachel and Katie) and Geoff Rhodes of HWB accountants.
I've just been on Hope FM for an on-air chat with Westy about our progress and we should be on between 7pm and 8pm next Sunday. We still hope for Neil Munday to record our section as an e-mailable file.
Sunday, 29th November 2009
Well here we are. The big day has arrived. We are due to sing in a few short hours. Sadly, practising has been curtailed this week due to a very nasty sore throat. But (thank the Lord), it has cleared up 80% overnight. We'll be doing a final bit of rehearsing this afternoon.
Donations did dry up a little this week but we were blessed to receive donations from;
Iain "Kojak" Millwood and family. Thanks Iain.....top builder
We are also blessed to have received more support from the congregation of St. John with St. Michael's Church from Katie and Maisy Wilson, Anne Bartlett, Jean and David Cheeseman and Jean Harris. These donations took us up to £855.
However, the final thank you has to be reserved for our wonderful neighbours, Clive and Denny Bartlett who very generously donated £250 this morning which has helped us bust through the £1,000 mark. You two are special friends that we've been blessed to get to know.......and Noah can't wait for his Aunty Denny to do baby-sitting tonight when Mum and Dad are singing!