SUNDAY 29th. AUGUST 2010

COMMENCING 12:45 p.m.

Llanelli Music & Jazz Festival is held every year during the August Bank Holiday at The Diplomat Hotel in Llanelli, South Wales.

The Diplomat Hotel is known for providing live music throughout the year, and therefore is the perfect venue to host this very popular event.

Every Friday and Saturday evening, you will find The Diplomat’s resident band entertaining audiences, with the cream of local talent and hotel guests taking the spotlight with the band.

The first Llanelli Music and Jazz Festival was held in August 1997. This was the brainchild of saxophonist Alan Williams, a local and well respected musician who during his career, played with many great bands throughout the UK. In his later years, Alan played with the resident band at the Diplomat Hotel. Unfortunately he passed away in July 1998. His legacy lives on through the annual Llanelli Music and Jazz Festival.

The Festival serves to promote all types of music appreciation to the public within the Llanelli and surrounding South Wales area, and particularly encourages young people and groups from various ethnic origins to perform their music.

The Llanelli Music and Jazz Festival is a non-profit registered charity, and is run by a committee of volunteers and helpers. I t is not as some may think run and funded by the Hotel

The committee meets throughout the year at The Diplomat Hotel, which provides the venue free of charge to the Festival – without such a gesture, the Festival would not be able to survive.

Funding for the festival comes predominantly from private sponsors. The Bands and Artists performing during the day give their time freely, and receive only limited expenses for their performances. Each year The Llanelli Music and Jazz Festival donates money raised to local charities.

In the past we have supported "The British Heart Foundation", "The Local Hospice", the" Breast Cancer Unit" at the Prince Of Wales Hospital, When You Wish Upon A Star,(who’s aim is to grant the 'Wishes' of children suffering from a life threatening illness), Little Hearts Matter and Leukaemia Research.

This years festival is on Sunday 29th August 2010, commencing at 12:45pm.

Once again, the charity being supported is

LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH

Leukaemia Research is the only UK charity dedicated exclusively to funding research into all blood cancers and disorders including leukaemia, Hodgkin’s and other lymphomas, and myeloma;with the aim of finding a routine cure and improving the quality of life for people affected by these diseases.

Anyone, at any age can be diagnosed with a blood cancer. 24,500 people in the UK are diagnosed every year. Leukaemia Research is committed to giving every one of them the best chance of survival.

Their scientists and doctors work in over fifty top research centres across the UK; seeking to improve diagnosis of blood disorders and treatments for patients, and to find a cure for blood cancers.

They support patients, their families and friends by providing a free information service including a range of over 40 publications.

They need to raise more than £100 million over the next five years to sustain their investment.; receiving no Government grants depending entirely on voluntary donations.

A passionate and determined approach to research is mirrored in fundraising, spreading a family of supporters across the UK which includes 140 voluntary branches.

The Llanelli and District Branch
4, Highmead Avenue, Llanelli, SA15 3SP
Telephone 01554 773349

Branch committee :-

Carol Jones - Chairperson
Sandra Davies - Secretary
Darryl Benjamin - Treasurer
Meriel Davies, Pat Howells, Ann Jones, Aleatha Williams,
Lynnette Spencer, Christine Thomas, Lynne Colman
Laura Trinkwon, Jayne Davies and Lowri Johnston