RAOC Gazette - page 192
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1981 |
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| Early date | 1981 |
| Late date | 1981 |
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1981 9)6 THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS GAZETTE VOLUME 63 No- 5 OCTOBER 1981 THE BAND THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS AND ARMY ORDNANCE SERVICES AND THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE RAOC ASSOCIATION THE EDITOR'S NOTICES Editor; COLONEL E. RIDGEWAY, OBE (Retd.). Treasurer; COLONEL R. K, KELSETV (Retd.>. ASCRIPTION RATES—HOME AND ABROAD. 40p per copy, or £4.30 per annum, post free. Orders for monthly sales should reach this office by 9th day of the month, accompanied by remittance for previous month. Cheques and Postal Orders should be made payable to •' Treasurer RAOC Gazette " and should be crossed. CONTENTS. The contents of THE GAZETTE are strictly copyright and all rights expressly reserved. The views expressed herein do not necessarily express the views of the Editor or the Corps, therefore no responsibility will be accepted. HOTOGRAPHS. If it is desired to illustrate news with photographs, the photo- (jraphe-fs name and his ivritten permission t o reproduce must accompany the pictures t to avoid infringement of copyright. ENGAGEMENTS, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS These will be inserted free to all past and present the Corps. NOTICES. members of FOR SALE AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. These must he submitted in the form in which it is desired at they shall be published. Charges: £2 for the first five lines or :tder 3 and ZOp per line subsequently. Charges must be pre-paid. Box numbers twill be allotted if asked for. EDITORIAL OFFICE: RAOC SECRETARIAT, DEEFCUT, CAMBERLEY, (Telephone: Aldershot 24431, Ext. Blackdown 516.) SURREY, APPEAL 1980 MOST will recaJl the Band Appeal which DGOS launched early last year. As I was the instigator of this scheme at the Study Period of the previous year, I feel I should render an account of the money which people subscribed. The recent arrival of the instruments for which the Appeal was primarily made seems a good moment for this. The front cover of this issue, as you will have noted, shows the new fanfare trumpets (and of course some of our musicians— turned trumpeters). When the appeal was begun, the aim was to raise £6,900 which was made up of £4,500 for the trumpets, £600 for musicians' headdress, £500 for a full dress for the Director of Music and £1,300 with which to replace the music stand banners. Due not only to the generosity of all ranks, but also not a little to the motivation and good offices of all who prosecuted the scheme and actually collected and despatched the individual contributions, a total of £6,417 was received (net of expenses). By some fortunate chance we were able to obtain the trumpets and their banners at twenty five per cent less than we had estimated and eventually paid £3,390. Having spent a further £33 on band programme cards, about £2,994 remains as I write, At this point it will be appropriate to report that the replace- ment of musicians full dress has lately assumed a higher priority than it had nearly two years ago. Not everyone will know that this uniform is not supplied by the Army and has therefore to be paid for, directly or indirectly, by us. The cost of this exercise is likely to be some £6,100 which swallows up the remainder of the Appeal Fund and more besides. To this must be added the cost of the Director's full dress and the new music stand banners, resulting in a total deficit of about £4,900. Tne Corps will pay. That of course does not mean that it will be painless because, with limited Corps funds, something else will perhaps have to wait a little longer. However, it does mean that the trustees of Corps Funds were so impressed by the efforts of all members of the Corps in supporting their band that they were the more prepared to release the balance. T would like to add that we have a first class band which does a first rate job for us. It is a fact that we in the Corps, particularly overseas, do not see and hear it as often as we would like but even if it is sometimes remote, it is still as much a part of us as anyone else in The Training Centre. On behalf of the band, may I thank the Corps for subscribing so generously to its musical versatility and its visual presentation. P. S. W. COVER PHOTOGRAPH THE new Corps fanfare trumpets and their banners, displayed by the trumpeters of the Staff Band; photographed by Lance Corporal A. K.. Trott on the steps of the Corps War Memorial at Blackdown Barracks Deepcut — 157 — |
| Book number | R0250 |