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Dragon sets Hamfatter on fire
Two local Tommy told Viewpoint, Peter has many contacts in
musicians, 19 “Our manager, Jamie Turner, the music business and offered
year-old trumpeter pitched the idea of Dragons’ Hamfatter the full £75,000 in
Jack Coward
Den to us. We weren’t sure exchange for 30% of future
from Verwood
whether it would work, but takings. And with the band
and 20 year-
thought we might as well give it recently appearing on GMTV
old saxophonist
a shot because if nothing else, and Radio1, it’s not going to be
T o m m y
it would give us fifteen minutes long before they top the charts.
Andrews from
on prime time tv.” Jack added, “It was pretty
F o r d i n g b r i d g e ,
To their delight, four of the nerve-wracking performing in
have recently
dragons were impressed and front of the Dragons, but once it
appeared on the
new BBC 2 series
together made three offers. became obvious that they liked
‘Dragons’ Den’.
But it was the knowledge and our music we relaxed a bit. Eoin
Their Indie pop
contact book of investor Peter is a very talented songwriter
band, Hamfatter,
Jones that swayed the band in and performer and this music
had the daunting
his favour and he will assist in should appeal to everyone.”
task of convincing
the launch of their latest single, Hamfatter was formed
the panel of five
‘The Girl I Love.’ The song five years ago by 29 year-old
‘dragons’ that their
features on the album, ‘What Eoin O’Mahony - also another
music warranted
part of Hamfatter do you not local musician originally from
a £75,000
understand?’ due for release on Fordingbridge. The band is
Tommy Andrews and Jack Coward of Hamfatter
investment. 18 August. now based in Cambridge.
Brownies to the rescue
Chairman of Wimborne Rotary’s ShelterBox Appeal, Brian Dryden, accepting the cheque
for £490 by the 5
th
Brownies of Wimborne
The 5
th
Wimborne Brownies and his wife Pat first saw this
Pack has generated the sum ShelterBox demonstrated at the
of £490 thanks to a sponsored Rotary Conference in Guernsey.
walk to raise money for the “I am absolutely delighted
ShelterBox appeal. This money that these young ladies have
will shortly be on its way to buy taken up the challenge in such
the fortieth box coming from a positive way,” said Brian. “It
Wimborne. just goes to show that they are
Every lifesaving box has an thinking about the struggles
ID so those who receive them other people face.”
can acknowledge where they Full details of the ShelterBox
came from. project can be found on their
Rotarian Brian Dryden web site www.shelterbox.org.
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