Daniel England

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*************** Autumn Term 2008 ***************

Lessons restart on the week beginning Monday 8th September. I hope you've all had a great holiday & I look forward to seeing you.

*************** Vine Youth Ministry ***************

The new website is nearly ready.......watch this space!

************ Happy Holidays ************

The holidays are fast approaching & as I'm sure most of you know, I have decided to stop teaching in all of my schools. This extra time will allow me to concentrate on the assembly work (the mini mix) that I do in several primary schools in and around Yeovil. My home teaching remains the same and continues to be very busy.

I hope you all have a happy holiday & I look forward to seeing you in September.

*********************** INFUSION ***********************

Saturday 7th June 2008 @ St.Cleers Chapel - Somerton. For more information visit www.infusion-online.co.uk

******************** INFUSION ********************
the REPERCUSSION & Third Wheel @ The Gateway, Addlewell Lane, Yeovil. Saturday 3rd May 2008. Doors open at 7:30pm Cost £3.

Due to Somerset & Dorset being on different holidays this year I have decided that the easiest thing to do is take one week of each holiday. Therefore I will finish teaching on Friday 28th March & resume teaching on Monday 14th April. I will however be attending my Dorset schools on the week starting 7th April. Hope that all makes sense & that everybody had a good Easter.

Enjoy your holiday!!!

FEELING BETTER - FINALLY

Sorry to all for having to cancel all lessons for the past 2 weeks. I started with the flu & a throat infection. This ended up turning into a chest infection that left me extremely short of breath. I've been to hospital for chest x-rays & am now on some strong antibiotics to fix the problems. These have now started to take effect & I'm feeling much better. I hope to start teaching again on Monday (17th March) & will just see how i get on.

I will of course make up all missed lessons at school to ensure that everybody receives the number of lessons that they have paid for.

I look forward to seeing you all over the coming week.

Every Blessing,

Daniel.

BAND SHOWCASE featuring 'THIRD WHEEL'

Saturday 1st March @ The Gateway - Addlewell Lane, Yeovil. Entry is £3 and the doors open at 7:30pm.

For more info visit www.infusion-online.co.uk

DWEEB UK TOUR

This Saturday 2nd February at 'The Gateway' Addlewell Lane, Yeovil. Dweeb - as seen on BBC 'Singing With The Enemy' are coming to Yeovil as part of their UK Tour. Check out the 'God Slot' for more information or visit www.infusion-online.co.uk as featured in the links pages.

Hope to see you there!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I hope you all had a great Christmas & are enjoying a happy new year. Just a reminder that lessons begin again the week beginning Monday 7th January for both home & school pupils. I look forward to seeing you all.

The gift of our Lord is a treasure,
A gift to us all beyond measure,
This Christmas we pray,
To learn more each day,
How He is our Lord & our Saviour,

I have decided to expand the PA hire side of my business & so am in the process of purchasing a new rig. I have lots of my old rig for sale so if you need speakers, amps, mixers, microphones etc then please 'contact me'.

Equally, if you need to hire a large stage pa or have a requirement for stage lighting then please 'contact me'.

I hope you've all had a good summer holiday & are now looking forward to going back to school or work. Lessons start again the week beginning Monday 10th September for both School & Home pupils. I look forward to seeing you then.

RADIO DEVON INTERVIEW

I was ask to take part in a radio broadcast to discuss how music is used in Church & if there is room for modern contemporary worship music as well as the traditional Church organ. Visit my "Links" page & click on Radio Devon for more information.

Happy Holiday's

I hope everyone is enjoying the Summer & that you've not been to badly affected by the weather.

Teaching will recommence the week beginning Monday 10th September for both School & Home pupils.

I look forward to seeing you then.

Only 4 weeks to go until the summer holiday. I have to say that I'm looking forward to it. This year has proved to be quite difficult as it seems that if there's a sickness bug to catch then I've had them all. Never mind, I hope that next term will be more healthy!

I keep very accurate records of lessons given & so in the unlikely event that you haven't recieved the correct number of lessons this term I will carry them on into next term.

I hope everybody had a good Easter holiday having done lots of guitar or keyboard practice. Parents / Guardians please try and encourage your child to do 5 minutes practice each day, as little and often is far better than emergency practice once a week.

The Easter holidays are fast approching and I'm sure we're all looking forward to 2 weeks holiday. Please try and remember to do some practice over the holiday. Perhaps you could get together with some of your friends who play guitar or another instrument and have a Jam!

The website should have some new pictures loaded in the next few weeks and maybe even a change of backround.....watch this space!

The username and password changes should now be up and running. If yours doesn't work, or you haven't been given a new one then please let me know. Remember that they should not contain any spaces!

The new 8 level system is slowly taking effect so don't be suprised if songs change levels or you suddenly have moved up a level.

UPDATE:

I was hoping to have all changes completed by the end of November, however I think the end of December is a more realistic deadline.

I'll keep you posted..............Keep Practising!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope you all had a very happy Christmas & new year celebrations. But as they say, all good things must come to an end!

Music lessons restart for school and home pupils on Monday 8th January. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Mini Mix

The Mini Mix continues to be very popular and has just made it's first visit to Norton Primary School & Birchfield Community Primary School. It continues to visit monthly at Trent & Thornford. I am hoping to visit other schools this term subject to availability.

Half Term

Half term is approaching fast and I will be taking 2 weeks off from home teaching but will continue to visit some of my schools on the second week. Please contact me if you are not sure when you will be having a lesson.

BACK TO SCHOOL

I hope you all had a great summer holiday and are now looking forward to going back to school.

Music lessons start week commencing Monday 4th September for my home pupils and the following week for my school pupils.

HAPPY HOLIDAY

I hope you all have a very happy holiday. However, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO PRACTICE!

Home lessons will start again from Monday 4th September & School lessons will start the week after on Monday 11th September.

If you are a year 6 and have asked to change from school lessons to home lessons I will contact you over the holidays.

WORLD CUP - mini MIX

The World Cup mini Mix is proving to be very popular. See The God Slot for more information.

The issuing of new passwords is taking a little longer than expected. But don't worry, the old ones will still work until the new ones are all in place.

Remember to practice. The England Football Team didn't get to where they are today by not practising!!!

NEW SEARCH ENGINE & PASSWORDS

As you may have noticed, there are lots of little changes being made to the website. These are being done not only to improve the appearance, but to keep the information current & easy to use. There is now a new search engine in the Pupils' Material page that should help you to find what you're looking for.

Over the next few weeks each pupil will be issued with their own username & password. If you have any problems then revert back to your old password until you see me next & I can fix it.

BACK TO SCHOOL - Well at least you've got your guitar lesson to look forward to!

My new band had it's first gig on Easter Saturday and it was a real success. Everybody said that they had a great time and that we sounded really good. The bands called "STRAIGHT SIX" and over the next few weeks there will be a new page on the website. In the mean time if you need a band for that special occasion then just "Contact Me"

Some of you will already know that I have now started to learn how to play the drums. It's something I've always wanted to do but never seemed to get round to. Anyway, I have now purchased a Mapex kit which I'm sure my neighbours are delighted about! Progress is good with regular practice every day. I'll keep you posted.

Update:
Rowan is now out of hospital & is back in training to become the next big ROCK STAR!!!

GET WELL SOON ROWAN.

Rowan is an up and coming Rock Star from Chilthorne Domer VC Primary School who has unfortunately had to put his career on hold for a brief trip into hospital. Hope you get well soon & don't think that being ill allows you to miss your practice!!!

I hope everybody had a very Happy Christmas & that 2006 is a very happy & successful year for all of you. Lessons start again on the week beginning Monday 9th January.

G.F.I Sunday was again a great success this month. We had 25 young people who enjoyed fireworks, bar bq & lots of fun & games. Unfortunately Decembers ice skating trip to Taunton is now fully booked. However it's business as usual in January. Remember, if you're 10+ and at school or college then you're very welcome to come along. Hope to see you there.

It's a Boy!!! Amanda & I are very pleased to announce the arrival of Joseph Henry England who was born at 05:12am on Friday 14th October at Yeovil District Hospital weighing 7lb 6 1/2oz. Joseph was 5 weeks early just like Robert, however mum & baby are doing fine & Robert is as pleased as punch to have a little brother.

Website is go!!! It's finally gone live after many long hours of hard work writing, loading, unloading & rewriting songs, tabs & many other things. None of which could have been done without the enormous help & support from my good friend Neil. I must also say a big thankyou to Rachel (Neil's better half) who has put up with me ringing him & spending ages on the phone all hours of the day & night. Thanks Guys.

Please enjoy the website & feel free to add any comments or feedback on the "Contact Me" page.

New Red Van. Just call me Postman Pat. I've finally decided that with petrol prices being so high, I can no longer warrant smoking around in my somewhat thirsty V8 any longer. It's got to go! The replacement being an oil burning Ford Escort van. That's a diesel to all you non-petrol heads out there. I'm planning to sign write the van with my logo, so give me a wave if you see me on your travels.

New monthly youth group started at St.Mark's Methodist Church (Chelston Avenue) 1st meeting was a great success & if you are aged between 11 & 18 & would like to come to the next one then check out "The God Slot".

Guitar pupils from Trent school make the front page of the Sherborne edition of "The Western Gazette".

St.Mark's toddler group SUNBEAMS took part in The Big Toddle to raise money for Banardo's. They raised over £200. (See "The God Slot").

The young people's service held at Preston Road Methodist Church called "The MIX"; has it's first birthday celebration. (See "The God Slot")

Guitar pupils help to raise £3300 for Babes Big Appeal which is for a new children's hospice near Bristol. Over 60 of my guitar pupils did a week of sponsored practice for this very worthwhile appeal. Picture feature in the Yeovil edition of "The Western Gazette".

St.Mark's toddler group SUNBEAMS 1st anniversary. Picture hits the front page of the Yeovil edition of "The Western Gazette".

RADIO DEVON INTERVIEW

Amanda & I were interviewed for part of there Faith broadcasts to explain how God had called me to leave Westlands & get out there & share the Love of Jesus Christ with all sorts of people on my travels as a Professional Musician. Visit my "Links" page & click on Radio Devon for more information.

Border Music Service launches it's second CD featuring me playing Bass Guitar. Click on "Links" & select "Border Music" to download some sample tracks.