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Ealing's Pic 'n' Mix music festival

Calling all up and coming West London music acts!

Exciting news... My friend and business partner, Kim, (of NEN fame) and I are going to be putting on Ealing's first "Up and Coming bands" Minimix at the Drayton Court on Sunday, 25 September 2011.

This is a collaboration between NEN, ESC and Macmillan's Minimix and we are looking at 6-8 acts to perform in the events room downstairs which is famed for it's "Downstairs at the Drayton" comedy nights and will be perfect for showcasing brilliant music.

As this is our first big event and for charity, we will be reliant on ticket sales only - so we may not be able to pay the bands/singers who perform very much (if anything!)

However, the advertising should be a strong incentive to take part as we will be able to showcase the event through Macmillan's and Fuller's Brewery websites (with many thousands of visitors) and Kim's own music website which gets approx 35,000 visitors per month as well:

http://www.neverenoughnotes.co.uk/wordpress/

So - if you are a West London based music act and trying to get exposure - please get in touch; we'd love to hear from you...we really are looking at a mixture of styles and genres so everyone is welcome.

Just click on "Ask me something" at the top of this page.

Bryony x

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The amazing Clare Maguire cover of Aloe Blacc's I need a Dollar

Clare Maguire - I Need A Dollar (Aloe Blacc Acoustic Cover Live Down The Front Sessions) by vilain

Kim and I saw her at Macmillan's Big Mix yesterday at the Rich Mix centre in Brick Lane...she was awesome. A review of the rest of the event will follow soon!

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Lighter Later

Instead of emailing this letter, I thought I would post it on here and encourage all who read to get involved!

Save the planet and ENJOY MORE SUNSHINE!!! :-)

Dear all

As you may know, there is a proposal before parliament to move the UK's clocks forward by one hour throughout the year, effectively taking an hour of daylight from the early morning and moving it to the evening, when more people are awake to enjoy it.

I'm writing to ask if you could join me in supporting Lighter Later, the national organisation campaigning for this change.

Adopting the proposal could save 80 lives a year on Britain's roads, boost our economy by £2.5 – 3.5billion annually and improve general health and well-being. You can find a fully-referenced list of benefits below or at www.lighterlater.org/benefits.html.

Lighter Later is supported by a 60-strong coalition of organisations including everyone from the FA and SAGA to London Zoo, the Tourism Alliance and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.

We could really benefit from an extra hour of evening light, and all make a real difference by joining the Lighter Later coalition and speaking out in favour of the change.

If this is of interest, please do let me know. Alternatively, you can contact Lighter Later direct for answers to your questions and to discuss next steps – just email [email protected].

In the meantime, you can find more information on the website –www.lighterlater.org.

Best wishes,

Bryony Hamilton Kelly

Lighter evenings: 10 key benefits

Advancing the UK's clocks by one hour throughout the year could:

1 Cut at least 447,000 tonnes of CO2 pollution – equivalent to more than 50,000 cars driving all the way around the world – each year [1]

2 Save 80 lives each year and prevent hundreds of serious injuries by making the roads safer [2]

3 Lower our electricity bills by maximising the available daylight and reducing peak power demand [3]

4 Create 60,000–80,000 new jobs in leisure and tourism, bringing an extra £2.5–3.5 billion into the economy each year [4]

5 Reduce crime and the fear of crime [5]

6 Help make people healthier and tackle obesity by giving people more time to exercise and play sport outside in the evening [6]

7 Save the NHS around £138 million a year through reducing road casualties [7]