Who's Who?

Music Builds Communities

A Community project for Newmarket and Area

“.....bringing people together through music!”

John Saville (MBCMG Secretary, website Session Leader: Singing for Fun, Electric Guitars)

I’ve been playing guitar and singing since my mid teens (when the Shadows and Beatles were current!).
I’ve been involved with MBC since the early planning days and have been involved in a number of its activities
: I have helped to teach guitar and have accompanied Fun Singing on Saturdays;
On Wednesdays, monthly, I lead “Singing for Fun” and have taken that out to entertain an number of local groups.
I organise and play in the Electric Guitar sessions;
I have helped Clive with the Ukulele and “Guitar Jam” sessions
I am secretary of the MBC Management Group, develop the website and do a lot of general organisation for MBC..
I also play guitar in the Church Music Group
I provide the village website (Exning.Net) and the website for Exning Community Church Hall.
(My personal website has over 1600 pages.)
I also took over as projectionist for Exning Village Cinema..
Before moving to Exning in 2003 I took (very!) early retirement from Ford where I’d worked in IT for 30 years, including working in the US (in Detroit [“Motown”]) for 5 years, responsible for its CADCAM design systems worldwide, and finally back in the UK for 18 months as IT Director of the Jaguar Racing F1 team. Who could go back to a “normal” job after that?
In my “spare time” I enjoy playing Real Tennis in Newmarket (where I am secretary) and photographing old buildings around the country. I have 2 adult sons and 7 grandchildren, who live too far away to join MBC.

Let’s introduce the Leadership Team: Session Leaders and Members of the Management Group (MBCMG)

Who’s Who?

Clive Hook (MBCMG Chair “Electric Guitars” )
I’ve been playing guitar for 40 years and used to play electric guitar and bass guitar semi-professionally, playing many genres of music including Jazz, Folk Blues Rock and skiffle.
I had a part share in a recording studio and have been on tours as a session musician.
I taught guitar and ukulele at MBC and also taught Ukulele at Exning Primary school.
Both my daughters have learnt guitar at MBC and are now learning ukulele.
I am part of the Electric Guitar group and help accompany “Singing for Fun”

I have been living in Newmarket / Exning since 1989 and have been involved in a number of local charity / community projects.

Patsy Edwards (MBCMG Member)

Alice Haylock (MBCMG Treasurer, Session Leader “MBC Band”)

I started playing the piano when I was 7. Since then, my collection of instruments has gradually grown, and I currently have 8 in the house, which I can play to varying degrees of fluency!
I became a private instrumental tutor after finishing my Music degree, and since moving to Newmarket have also started working one day a week in Newmarket Academy as a Woodwind teacher.
In MBC I lead the Band, for which I’ve been compiling various arrangements, and enjoy every minute of it.
I am treasurer for MBCMG.

To learn more about private lessons, please visit my website: www.alicehaylock.co.uk.