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Times:
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Juniors - Mondays 7.30pm
Seniors - Sunday Morning & Tuesday Evening
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Place:
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We Meet at - Hazel Grove Primary School
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Contacts:
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Sue Edge - 0161 283 6736
Adrian Botham - 0161 483 7628
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Website:
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www.pantonic-all-stars.org
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Who We Are:
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“Pantonic All Stars” Steel Orchestra are a Stockport based group of talented young people, dedicated to playing steel music. We were formed in 1985 and now usually comprise up to 22 girls and boys aged between 12 and 30.
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Activities:
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The Orchestra regularly appears at Caribbean evenings, shows, garden festivals, carnivals and shopping precincts taking on over 40 events each year throughout the Country. Recent years have seen the Orchestra tour Devon regularly in five summers as well as covering a wider field taking in all the northern and midland counties, Scotland and North Wales. The Orchestra has performed abroad on many occasions, visiting our twin town Heilbronn, Germany in May 1993, touring Barbados in August 1998 and revisiting Beziers and Valras Plage in France in the summer of 2004.
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Recognition:
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The group has gained recognition as one of the Country's leading youth Steel Orchestras, having been presented with the Outstanding Performance Award twice in the National 'Music for Youth' Festival and performed at many School Proms concerts including St. David's Hall, Cardiff, and the Royal Albert Hall, London, where they have been fortunate enough to make four appearances since 1989. They have also been featured several times on radio and television in arts festival and youth programmes including Blue Peter (twice!) and the 'Young Entertainer of the Year' semi finals on BBC1.
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More Details:
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Locally the Orchestra is developing and extending the basic tuition obtained within primary education to beyond that available within the educational system. The orchestra currently has 20 senior players aged 12 - 30 and in addition we operate a junior section currently of 18 players. The Orchestra not only provides a music service for the young people of Stockport but also a social and youth function. Many of our players remain in the Orchestra for most of their teenage years and playing service by some has now exceeded eighteen years. Practices are held throughout the year at Hazel Grove Primary School with the Juniors learning at 7.30 on Monday evenings and the Seniors rehearsing on Sunday mornings and Tuesday evenings.
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Charity Work:
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The orchestra has now raised over £32,000 for the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Bone Marrow Trust Fund since 1985 as well as supporting directly or indirectly many other local and national charities through playing at fund raising events.
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