hago concerts - 2002

We organised the first of a long-running and enjoyable set of concerts with Cambridge Guitar Orchestra at the wonderfully spacious St Agatha's Church, Portsmouth. There are photos of the spectacular interior in our Cambridge Guitar Orchestra Gallery.

Our Summer concert, shared with our MD's Guitar Workshop, was at St Nicholas Church Centre Bedhampton.

The concert raised £731 for The PSP Association.

PSP - Progressive Supranuclear Palsy - is hardly a well known disease, and yet, with sad timing, it had caused the death of pianist and actor Dudley Moore, not long before our Concert.

The Association wrote

"We are absolutely delighted with your very successful fundraising and cheque for £731.70 to go towards the work of our Association ... It was good that a member of our Solent Support Group was there as a guest ... we are - and are likely to remain, a very small charity, for whom collections like yours are particularly important. Please thank all those involved very much."

Our Christmas concert, shared with our MD's Guitar Workshop, was at St Nicholas Church Centre Bedhampton.

The concert raised £1037, split between two charities

• The Rocky Appeal, QA Hospital's fund-raising drive for a state-of-the-art Cancer Lab
• St Richard's Hospital MRI Scanner Appeal

The MRI Scanner Appeal 's office wrote

"Thank you so much - your support and generosity are greatly appreciated. Please pass on our sincere thanks to all your pupils and to the members of hago. Wishing you and yours a very Happy Christmas"