hago in pictures - 2011

Here's the team working up an appetite at the rehearsal a few days after our 12th birthday

And Viv produced this excellent lemon cake, which was quite a lot bigger than the photo suggests!

It's always a thrill when it's Long Service Award time
Hearty congratulations to Philip for his 200th attendance, and for being our tenth award winner, at this presentation in March

We were pleased to welcome professional photographer Ernie Swinburn to our Petersfield concert on March 5th - here's one of his shots

Visit Ernie's website for some great photos!

Our traditional visit to Cambridge to share a concert with Cambridge Guitar Orchestra was a couple of weeks earlier this year, in the second week of June. And what a great time it was!

See more in our CGO gallery

There's every indication that something else might become a tradition too - a shared concert with Flautissimo, the Southampton Flute Orchestra, who play up to 5 different sizes of flute. This year it was our turn to host the evening and we met at St George's Portsea.

See more in our Flautissimo gallery

In July, it was up to Richmond for a concert at the Star & Garter home.
We're not saying the Star and Garter staff are short, but that door is only two feet tall, and to prove it, here are two feet!

After the concert, a cup of tea and a breath-taking view in the gardens of the Home.

The after-concert picnic in Richmond Park

Mind you, not everyone could cope with the pace...

Attracted by the noise of Derek's cheap jokes, someone pops by hoping for a deer one...

Straight after the summer there were more Long Service Awards...
Congratulations to Avril, another Silver Award winner!

And congratulations to Lisa - Bronze Award - 100 attendances