Old Time Music Hall

Every year the club

organises a free event for the area's Senior Citizens. This year an Old Time Music Hall was arranged which took place in the Methodist Hall. The Optimists provided hilarious entertainment!

YOUNG MUSICIAN

COMPETITION NEWS

Well Done!!

To ALL our Young Competitors!!

You helped to make this year another resounding success!!

The Winner of the competition was Christopher Huggon -Vocal

And the Runner-Up was Joseph White - Piano

Christopher now goes forward to the regional finals held in Chelmsford

next year on 28th February 2009 . Christopher is no stranger to this as he has won our competition for the last FOUR years! Our good wishes go with him for his success.

This is the first year that Joseph has entered the competition and he now aims to match Christopher's record.

Our Ensemble Class Winners were:

Chase Lane School Big Band

with Emma Fiely & Anne Franks' Flute Duet, as runners-up.

Our Class C Winner was:

Stephen Rodwell - Piano

with James Pearson - Accordion, as runner-up.

The Young Musician Competition started in 1979, and has uncovered more up and coming musicians that

any other competition.

We look forward to seeing many

young competitors enter the

competition again next year………

Don't forget SEPTEMBER 2009

It's YOUR chance to shine!!

FRIENDSHIP VISIT FROM OUR

PARTNER CLUB UDINE-NORD

As part of Rotary International,

members from our partner club in

Italy, Udine-Nord, came on a

Friendship Visit to us on Friday

October 3rd 2008 for a three-day

stay in Manningtree.

Members of MSV together with their partners met our guests as they

arrived at Stansted Airport. Then it was on to a 'Welcome Dinner' at Craft Nurseries, which was

enjoyed by all.

A visit to Cambridge was

organised for the day on

Saturday. A Blue Badge Guide took us for a walking tour around

Cambridge and lunch was served at a traditionally English restaurant 'The Cambridge Chop House'. There was free time left to explore this lovely city before spending an

nformal evening together with their host families. Our thanks go to Terry Dean for his exceptional

organisational skills, which made the day so enjoyable!

The next day, Sunday, was our friends' departure day.

Each of them were presented with a beautiful brochure as a memento of their stay with us, again courtesy of Terry Dean.

MSV members are looking forward to their return visit to Udine-Nord

Rotary Club next year.

Paul Harris Fellowship Awards.

The Paul Harris Fellowship is awarded to those whose contribution to Rotary and their Local Communities is considerable and it was with great pleasure that FOUR members of the Rotary Club of

Manningtree Stour Valley received these awards this on Charter Night in May 2008. These Rotarians , all Past Presidents of the club, whose contribution to Rotary has been considerable over the years are Peter Kirby, Neil Stocks, John Bishop and John Cox.

The awards were made by District Governor Brian Piccolo on his recent visit to the club Charter Night and at a club meeting by Past President Roger Griffiths.

V-Festival Tent

Collection

For the third year running Rotary District 1240 has been invited by Virgin, the

organisers of the V-Festival in

Chelmsford to collect the tents and sleeping bags abandoned by the festival goers after their weekend of Rock Music.

The tents are collected for overseas aid and community use.

In the two days we collected 650 tents, 200 sleeping bags and 100 folding chairs. More than half of these have already gone to charities and youth organisation across the South East of England.