Not sure where to put this but DS1 has just had a fab week on a music course at a place called Beauchamp house in gloucestershire. He is only 11 and it was his first week away from home w/o family, so it is a testament to the organisers that he had such a fab time. The tutors and welfare staff were all young and enthusiastic, they worked really hard covering grade 1-5 music theory in a week, but also took them bowling/themeparks and in the evenings after cocoa organised concerts/parties and barndances. Every time ds phoned you could tell how excited he was. At the end of the week they sit last years grade 5 theory paper and ds got 83% which is fantastic considering he went knowing nothing!
Only mentioning it as a friend saw a little ad for it in a local music shop and I thought more people might want to know about it.