Banquet and wedding music specialists The London Banqueting Ensembles Professional musicians for all occasions   £17,372 for Children in Crisis! On 9th December 2005, STA Graydon held their annual Christmas fundraising dinner in Clothworkers’ Hall, London in aid of the charity ‘Children in Crisis’, raising a fantastic total of £17,372. This figure beats previous years by a fantastic amount - £10,000 in 2004 and £6,000 in 2003. Steve Fletcher and the LBE musicians would like to thank Christine Cook of STA Graydon for choosing us to provide all the musicians for this function, and Toastmaster Ken Tappenden for recommending us. We would also like to thank all the staff of Clothworkers’ Hall for their cooperation, helping to ensure the smooth running of the function from our point of view. Oh, and Party Ingredients for our fantastic refreshments! Harp and Flute duo during the drinks reception.   Fanfare Trumpeters announcing ‘Dinner is served’   Military Fife and Drum leading guests into dinner.   Salon Orchestra in the Minstrels gallery.   Ralph (Trumpet) and Neil (French Horn)   Suzie on Bass   Malcolm (Conductor) with Simon and Paul (Violins) Maggie (Soprano, right) and Melanie (Mezzo-Soprano, left) performing Rossini’s ‘Duet for Two Cats’   Maggie, Soprano   Melanie, Mezzo-Soprano   Fife and Drum performing Sousa’s ‘Stars and Stripes’ for guests from the USA. (Accompanied by the Salon Orchestra)   Steve performing the ‘Coach-horn Gallop’ Steve performing the ‘Post-horn Gallop’ Opera singers and Fanfare Trumpeters during the Grand Finale!   info@banquetmusic.co.uk Tel 01376 513378 or 07958 460717 Fax 01376 514313

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