5 March
We played at Petersfield Festival Hall in aid of The Rosemary Foundation
Audience feedback included
Fantastic concert tonight again! Thank you.
Especially liked Penny Lane and the Westlife one. Couldn't stop myself from singing along (in my head of course)!
It was very professional. Amazing playing.
21 May
We were delighted to be asked to play at St Peter's Church Titchfield in aid of "The Titchfield Bonfire Boys" and "Friends of St Peters".
The organiser wrote
Thank you all so much for a brilliant evening. I heard so many comments from people saying how much they appreciated your music and enjoyed your humour. It all culminates in a different and special evening.
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Thank you again for your professionalism and supporting us.
11 June
It was our biennial trip to Cambridge again to play a concert with our good friends the Cambridge Guitar Orchestra.
From Tony Ainsworth, their Chairman
Well Derek, just about recovered from the weekend. It was a wonderful occasion and really did live up to my billing of it being the highlight of our year. I think we really do have something special between our groups and it's lovely to see.
24 June
It was our turn to invite Flautissimo over to our home territory this year, and we enjoyed the chance to play a concert featuring different sizes of flute as well as different sizes of guitar.
The concert was held in St George's Portsea, a wonderfully reverberant and light church.
Audience feedback included
...very good it was too! The ease of which hago play belies all the hard work that goes into it! Well done
...a brilliant evening! Thanks peeps
My first of hopefully… many more Hago concerts was sparkling musical joy. I could have listened to them all night long. To remind me of the lovely music of the evening, I’m even going to change my “ring tone” to Left Bank 2.
2 July
Yet another "return visit", this time to the Royal Star and Garter Home in Richmond, for another special concert with some lovely and special people, this time in the morning, so an earlier start that we're used to!
See photos of the event and our post-concert picnic in our 2011 Photo Gallery
15 October
We were invited to the Methodist Church in Salisbury to play a concert in aid of The Listening Place.
The concert raised £395
...our most grateful thanks for the splendid concert that hago presented for The Listening Place funds at Salisbury Methodist Church on Saturday 15th October 2011.
The individual and combined musical sounds from the orchestra were both sweet, enchanting, and in some cases, surprising, with many spectacular multi-note combinations and chords. Please convey our thanks to your members for a very special and extremely enjoyable concert.
When I thanked the audience for coming as they left the church all their comments were very positive for what was a truly enjoyable concert...
9 December
We returned to St Cuthbert's in Copnor. Last time we played, in April 2008, we were in the upstairs room. This time, we were the first concert to play in the refurbished Church.
Thank you all for a wonderful concert last night in Copnor - chilly, but you battled on bravely! You really are the 'best kept secret' in Hampshire!! We need to 'blow your trumpet for you' - will try & get that organised!! Thanks again for a fantastic evening.
15th December
We again played a short concert of Christmas Music for the residents at Nicholson Gardens Sheltered Housing complex in Portsmouth. Always a fantastic evening with lusty singing and lots of good-natured heckling!