Who are we?

We are a group of volunteer past members of Ananda College Senior Brass Band, or ACSBB as it is commonly known. We aim to raise funds to purchase new musical instruments for ACSBB which is a dire need.

ACSBB started with a handful of music loving students and a few instruments in 1992. Since its inception ACSBB was grown to be one of the prominent school brass bands in Sri Lanka winning many competitions and accomplishing some outstanding achievements.

To name a few,

• Winning All island championship of school brass bands in 1997 just 5 years after its inception
• Handpicked to welcome Price Charles, the Prince of Wales, to Sri Lanka in 1998 for the 50^th independence celebrations in Sri Lanka.
• Winning many other band competitions organized by various institutions and security forces.
• Gave life to one of the biggest interschool brass band festivals, Prashasthi, which stunned both music lovers and the brass band community in Sri Lanka.We have been staging Prashasthi annually from 2001 till 2015 in prestigious locations such as BMICH, Nelum Pokuna and Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.

There's no doubt that ACSBB played an immense role in making the calibre of men who we are today.

Difficult times are inevitable occurrences in any organization and ACSBB is no exception. The band is in dire need of new instruments and it has created a great opportunity for us to return the favor.

What do we need?

We want to fundraise to purchase new musical instruments by

• We have well used the existing instruments over many years which are now at the end of their life. As a brass band we used these instruments in both indoor and outdoor events performing drills and marching with them.
• Our instruments don’t sound the same as they did 10 years ago. We need to get the beautiful tones back in to the band.
• We want to purchase new instruments to make sure that the ACSBB functions properly to its full potential
• Our band is now growing again with the support of the teacher in charge and past band members. Most of the members don’t have an instrument to play and need to share one instrument among 4 students. This is giving only a marginal practice time for the band members

Current requirements are as follows.

• 4 x Trumpets
• 4 x Trombones
• 2 x Euphoniums
• 4 x Alto Saxophones

Instruments

Buying high quality brand new instruments from a reputed dealer will ensure that they are in top condition. New instruments will certainly be a morale booster for the students and will create a sense of responsibility in maintaining them properly.

Planned instrument models are as follows.

• YTR-2330 Trumpets

https://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/winds/trumpets/bb_trumpets/ytr-2330/index.html

• YEP-201 Euphoniums

https://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/winds/euphoniums/yep-201/index.html

• YSL-154 Trombones

https://au.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/winds/trombones/ysl-154/index.html

• YAS-280 Alto Saxophones
  

https://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/winds/saxophones/yas-280/index.html

These links are for reference of the model only.

Fundraising Campaign

We aim to reunite all band members and well-wishers in this hour of need and raise the funds needed to purchase the well required instruments for the band to function on its optimal level.

A crowdfunding page is created on gogetfunding.com and can be accessed via https://gogetfunding.com/?p=5978182. We aim to collect a sum of 30,000 SGD (Thirty Thousand Singapore Dollars) and will be running till 30th of April 2019.

For any inquiries regarding this project please contact Kalith (Band Leader Batch 2003) (+94 77 350 4627 / [email protected]) or Thilan (Band Leader Batch 2005) (+94 77 261 4013 / [email protected] )

Following are the pricing obtained from Singapore

Model	Description	Qty	Unit Price SGD	Total SGD	Total LKR (@ 135 LKR)
YTR-2330	Yamaha Trumpets	4	616.00	2,464.00	332,640.00
YEP-201	Yamaha Euphonium	2	2,772.01	5,544.02	748,442.70
YSL-154	Yamaha Trombone	4	982.97	3,931.88	530,803.80
YAS-280	Yamaha Alto Saxophone	4	1,848.01	7,392.04	997,925.40
	TOTAL for Instruments			19,331.94	2,609,811.90
Gogetfunding.com fees		4%		773.28	104,392.48
PayPal Fees for Withdrawal		5%		947.27	127,880.78
Income Tax		6%		1,159.92	156,588.71
Shipping (Estimated)					75,000.00
Clearance (Estimated)					50,000.00
TOTAL				23,138.32	3,123,673.87

All currency conversions are done @ 135LKR per SGD based on exchange rates by Central Bank of Sri Lanka in January and February 2019.

All prices are based on quotations obtained from Yamaha Music Center in Sri Lanka and Yamaha Singapore in January 2019. Final prices may change according to the market prices.

After the donation of instruments, remaining funds will be handed over to the ACSBB account at Ananda College Development Fund.