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WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS!
PLEASE COME AND JOIN US!!
If you love strumming some basic chords on the Ukulele and are comfortable singing along, you
might be interested in being part of our friendly group of around 15 players who enjoy making
music to raise funds for charity.
We meet every Tuesday evening at Burton Lazars Village Hall for a relaxed session of playing
and singing, sometimes rehearsing for a gig.
We are looking for new recruits who can see themselves performing and entertaining audiences
with a variety of music from our wide repertoire of popular songs.
If you would like to come along for an introductory evening please click on the Contact button
above so we can arrange for you to come and meet us, you can be assured of a warm welcome.
Rutland Sailability
5 March 2020
What a great gig!
5 March 2020
What a great gig!
The beautiful setting of Rutland Water
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Bev did a great job as compere. You would never have guessed it was her first time. If I say so myself, we rocked with some lovely ballads. "Drunken Sailor” went down well with the audience. Changing one verse to “Put him in a Life Boat with a Ukulele” was genius. Another nautical tune was “Messing about on the River”; the line “The best thing to know is the way how to bail” followed by a loud “Bev"! made everyone laugh. Maybe something about Bev recently tipping a big boat over?
Great gig and looking forward to a return visit next year. Rutland Sailability supports people with disability to experience the pleasure, thrills and freedom of sailing, enjoying the sensation of being out on the water in the beautiful setting of Rutland Water. They meet at the Club every Thursday throughout the year, sailing season April to October.
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 Bev, our Super Compere for the gig
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New Sponsorship for 2020 – 2021
27 February 2020
Melstrum Ukulele Orchestra is pleased to announce that its chosen charity to support for the next two years will be LOROS Hospice.
27 February 2020
Melstrum Ukulele Orchestra is pleased to announce that its chosen charity to support for the next two years will be LOROS Hospice.
LOROS Hospice is a local charity, who every year cares for over 2,500 people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
LOROS's aim is to enhance the quality of life of adult patients with cancer, progressive neurological conditions and end-stage organ failure for whom curative treatment is no longer possible. Patients are treated at the Hospice and in the community based upon clinical need, regardless of background and the ability to pay. For further information please follow this link https://www.loros.co.uk |
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Farewell to Bruce
25 February 2020
25 February 2020
Members old and new gathering for Bruce’s last day with Melstrum Ukulele Orchestra
Today was sadly Bruce’s last day with Melstrum Ukulele Orchestra. About eleven years ago Bruce along with Paul, two of our founding five members, were the driving force into getting Melstrum Ukulele Orchestra on the road.
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In the early days, meetings were held at the Crown in Melton. Bruce soon took control of the group leading us forward. He organised everything from bookings, rehearsals, music, song lists and was our very special unique frontman. We all loved his imaginative links between songs, always keeping us guessing how he was going to seamlessly bring things together, (although we are all still trying to figure out that Spartacus link).
Whenever we perform our audiences always comment that, not only are they having a great time, but it is obvious we are too. That has been down to Bruce and his infectious sense of fun. Over the years under Bruce’s leadership Melstrum has raised over £20,000 for various charities. A fond farewell to Bruce, our big man in the middle. |
Bruce and his ever-supportive wife Judith
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The Melstrum Ukulele Orchestra’s family
New email address
17th February 2020
We have a new contact email address. Check it out on the Contact page
17th February 2020
We have a new contact email address. Check it out on the Contact page
Contact form problems
25 November 2018
We have been having problems receiving and replying to requests via the contact form which was on our contact page so we have removed that facility for the time being. We must apologise for any inconvenience this has caused you. If you are still waiting for a reply from us please send us your request again using our contact email address, which you can find on the Contact page, stating that you have tried to get in touch before.
25 November 2018
We have been having problems receiving and replying to requests via the contact form which was on our contact page so we have removed that facility for the time being. We must apologise for any inconvenience this has caused you. If you are still waiting for a reply from us please send us your request again using our contact email address, which you can find on the Contact page, stating that you have tried to get in touch before.
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New Sponsorship for 2018 – 2019
January 2018 
One of our aims is to sponsor local charities and, after a very successful two years collecting for Home-Start Horizons (Melton & Rutland), we are extremely pleased to announce that our chosen charity for the next two years is Age UK Leicestershire and Rutland. The money will be going directly to Gloucester House in Melton Mowbray to be used for elderly people and their carers in and around the town. Gloucester House is a community centred building in the centre of Melton, offering a range of services, predominately for the over 50’s but across the whole of the age spectrum. The specially trained team of staff and volunteers provides facilities and support services for people with special life challenges and needs, both at Gloucester House and in the surrounding local communities. See here for more details.
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Simply the Best!
October 2017
We very much enjoy performing together and we like to think that our enjoyment comes across to our audiences and gives them that feel good factor. We really appreciate all the wonderful comments and support we get from the local community for our performances, and it is through that support that we can provide a little help for charities to achieve all the good work they undertake.
So you can imagine how thrilled we were to be nominated by our current charity, Home-Start Horizons (Melton & Rutland), for the 2017 Melton Times Achievement Awards in recognition of our support for local charities for the past six years. We were therefore “over the moon “ when we were declared joint winners with Shopmobility in the Community Champion category at the award ceremony at Melton Theatre on 27th October 2017.
We could not have achieved this without your enthusiasm and support. Many thanks to you all. Our trophy and certificate
October 2017
We very much enjoy performing together and we like to think that our enjoyment comes across to our audiences and gives them that feel good factor. We really appreciate all the wonderful comments and support we get from the local community for our performances, and it is through that support that we can provide a little help for charities to achieve all the good work they undertake.
So you can imagine how thrilled we were to be nominated by our current charity, Home-Start Horizons (Melton & Rutland), for the 2017 Melton Times Achievement Awards in recognition of our support for local charities for the past six years. We were therefore “over the moon “ when we were declared joint winners with Shopmobility in the Community Champion category at the award ceremony at Melton Theatre on 27th October 2017.
We could not have achieved this without your enthusiasm and support. Many thanks to you all. Our trophy and certificate
Enjoying the after-awards buffet prepared by Brooksby Melton College students
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Collecting our certificates with Shopmobility
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