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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Society introduces covenanting scheme ...
Now that Islington Choral
Society is a registered charity, members who pay income tax can help
the society to raise more income, without paying any more
themselves, by covenanting their subscriptions. Chairman Susanna
McGibbon explains
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September 1998 -- The society is now a registered charity
which allows us to take advantage of certain tax benefits. Many of you
will already contribute to a covenanting scheme in respect of other
charities.
The good news is that for individual members it is
really quite simple – a matter of filling in a form relating to your
subscription amount. I will be happy to answer more detailed queries you
may have, but 1 thought it worth while describing how the scheme will work
and perhaps shattering a few myths and allaying a few fears.
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Early
in the new term, forms will be
available for completion which will need to be returned to the
membership treasurer (Imogen McGavin). The information required is
quite minimal: name, address, subscription amount and a calculation
of the basic rate tax you pay on that amount. |
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As
a formality, all those contributing to the scheme need to
sign up for a period of 4 years. However, this does not mean that
you must remain a member of the Society for 4 years. In practice it
means that for as long as you remain a member of the Society, you
will pay the appropriate subscription. Upon leaving the Society, for
whatever reason, there is no continuing commitment. |
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At
no time will you need to declare your income to anyone in the
Society. |
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All
the administrative arrangements involved in reclaiming the
tax will be undertaken by the committee. |
More detailed information leaflets will
be available with the forms. Please consider joining the scheme because
although on an individual basis the tax paid might appear small, the
cumulative amount will be a great help to the Society's funds.
First performance at Christmas concert
The committee has approved a proposal by former chairman, Keith Barton,
that Islington Choral Society should commission a new work. As
a result the Society's accompanist and assistant conductor, Philip
Godfrey, is in the throes of composing a new work for us to perform at the
Christmas 1999 concert.
Philip has worked extensively in West End musicals,
including Into the Woods and Sunset Boulevard, and his
choral music, often written for young people, is becoming increasingly
popular. His Ode to Living Things, written for the English
Schools Youth Orchestra and Choir, had its premiere under Robert Pepper at
the Symphony Hall in Birmingham last year, and Philip's work has been
performed by New London Children's Choir, National Youth Music Theatre and
London Choral Society, as well as many schools around England. Philip also
composes instrumental and television music.
Aim to repeat Paris success with trip to Caen in Normandy
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Intrepid tour organiser Catriona Hunter has firmed up
plans for the choir's next overseas singing tour. Based on the
majority views of choir members who completed her questionnaire last
term, the tour will again visit France, but this time the port town
of Caen in Normandy, home of William the Conqueror, will be the
centre of operations. |
| The pretty harbour of Honfleur, the Bayeux Tapestry
which chronicles the exploits of William the Conqueror, Claude
Monet's gardens in Giverny and the world-famous Mont Saint-Michel
with its breathtaking views from the ramparts are just a few of the
sites of Normandy. |
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(More about Caen
and Normandy )
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