BMG Festival & Rally 2010

5th - 7th March 2010

Edgbaston High School for Girls,

Birmingham

Hosted by Midlands Fretted Orchestra

Download the 2010 Rally Syllabus Booklet by clicking here

Edgbaston High School is a lovely venue; this is a private girls school with excellent facilities, situated a mile and a half from the city centre of Birmingham in the leafy suburb of Edgbaston. Its neighbour on Westbourne Road is the Birmingham Botanical Gardens and visitors should follow the brown signs to this attraction to find the School next door.

We have negotiated rates with a hotel very close to our venue at EHS; it should be easily accessible by foot.

We have reserved a limited number of bedrooms, so we strongly recommend that you book your room as soon as possible.

It's The Apollo Hotel, Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. B16 9RA telephone 0121 455 0271

Please quote “BMG Federation Rally” when you book your room, a deposit of £20 will be taken by the hotel to reserve your accommodation.

Room rates: Twin/Double for two nights £110.00
Double or twin for one night £90.00

(there are also some family rooms for 3 or 4 people available; the rate for these rooms will be as above plus £15.00 for the third / fourth person.)
Single rooms £70.00 per night.

All room rates include Full English Breakfast.

NB Please confirm your rate with the hotel upon making your reservation, any queries regarding accommodation etc should be dealt with by Christina at the Apollo Hotel .

MFO Rally organisers contact numbers:
Gethin Davies 07895 416 539
Elwyn Griffiths 07887 818 039
Danielle Saxon Reeves 07947 168 192

Friday Evening Concert

The Friday night concert will feature guitar legend Gordon Giltrap. Gordon has worked with an amazingly broad range of artists, from rock musicians such as Brian May, Rick Wakeman and Midge Uret o the jazz virtuoso Martin Taylor the classical guitarist Raymond Burley and the London Symphony Orchestra. In 1996, Gordon realised a dream of playing guitar alongside Cliff Richard on stage in Cliff's West End musical Heathcliff. He has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award and has just been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Friday 5th March, 7.30pm
At The Old Hall, EHS, Westbourne Rd, Edgbaston. B15 3TS Midlands Fretted Orchestra & British BMG Federation presents:
"Gordon Giltrap in Concert" with support : Malfunction
'Giltrap's technical skill and wide ranging compositional output make him one of the British guitar scene's foremost class acts and one of the most able acoustic guitarists of our time.' Classical Guitar Magazine
"Gordon's lyrical touch is as forthright and stunning as ever .... every offering here demonstrates the touch of a master" Guitarist Magazine                        http://www.giltrap.co.uk
Tickets £15 non members, £12 BMG Federation members (discounted to £10 if booking before 30th September 2009), £6 all under 18s available from 0121 422 7884

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