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Commenting on the MMA Conference at St George’s College, Weybridge, which ended Sunday [May 18th ] Robert Dagger, Chairman of Black Cat Music summed up the event. "We were pleased that our products continue to be popular with music teachers - and deservedly so. No music stand for instance matches the Wenger Classic 50 for quality, durability and ease-of-use. Our choral folders continue to be hugely popular. Our sound-isolating music practice rooms and our Wenger staging and instrument cabinets help a music department to organise the space and the time they have available, so they can concentrate on teaching and making great music."

Sales Executive, Myke Millward added, "It was great to meet and chat to music teachers from across the UK. St. George's College Weybridge was a beautiful venue, and we loved the Douglas Fox Concert performed by students on the Friday evening. The standard of playing was incredible."

Discount Voucher offering savings when next buying products from the Black Cat Music range, plus free Conductor’s Batons proved popular with MMA visitors.

And a final word from Alice Dagger, Marketing Manager, "I particularly enjoyed this year's conference. It's always a pleasure to catch up with members of the MMA. I was also able to attend a few of the conference sessions and learn a bit about singing in schools, world music and songwriting. I'm still perfecting the lyrics for my 'Ode to an iPod plug'."

We want to let you into a secret. From time to time we have items we need to clear from our stock and these can be a great bargain.

Right now there are staging items, storage and chairs on offer – all at amazingly discounted prices. Check them out now.

But hurry. When they have sold that’s it!

Wenger Fixed Media Storage Cabinets, available from Black Cat Music, are designed to bring organisation, protection and secure storage to the increasing inventory of media and AV equipment being used in schools.

It is not just the main assets but the all important adaptors, interconnecting cables and anciliary devices that are part of the package; frustrating and wasteful on teaching time if just one item is missing. Something that can easily happen without a well thought out storage solution for diverse equipment put away between the classes for which it is required.

Wenger’s fixed cabinets can help transform a chaotic storage area into one to be proud of. Perfect for storage rooms or in-classroom lockable storage, they come in three types -Standard, Rackmount and Organizer. Each allows a high degree of customisation through choosing which shelves, drawers and other accessories suits the requirement.

The system offers considerable flexibility with different sizes available, mix and match interior with adjustable components, shelves, slide out shelves, file drawer, 4" drawer. Rackmount sections available for easy access to electronic components with an organiser option available for fixed storage. 
Later, should things change, other components can be ordered to reconfigure existing cabinets.

Thanks to full-length wood doors, secured with metal lockable latch the storage units offer secure storage too. Durability comes courtesy of the their made-to-last bolt through construction on hinges and doors, polyester laminate and tested tested to withstand institutional use.

If you are attending the MMA Conference at the end of this week, then be sure to visit Black Cat Music’s stand. And make sure you collect your Discount Voucher to enjoy savings when you next buy products from the Black Cat Music range, plus we are giving away Conductor’s Batons – be sure to get yours.

Members of the Black Cat Music team will be attending the MMA Conference at St George’s College, Weybridge, May 16th to 18th. Hosted by the Director of Music Tansy Castledine, together with MMA President Sandy Chenery and the team from St George’s, this year’s Conference promises an enjoyable and invaluable comprehensive progamme to inspire music teachers and practitioners.

Marketing Manager, Alice Dagger summed up Black Cat Music’s anticipation of the conference, saying, “We are looking forward to the MMA Conference this year, the splendid programme of events and renewing contact with conference delegates.”

Further details are on the MMA web site.

Alice Dagger, Brigitte Downs and Martin Loft of Black Cat Music reflect on the Independent Schools’ Bursars Association Annual Conference that took place at Harrogate, 7th and 8th May.

Marketing Manager, Alice Dagger said, 'We were very pleased to exhibit at the ISBA conference again this year. Bursars took great interest in our products and services - and our structured payments system is a useful way to spread payments and make savings for their school.”

Brigitte Downs added, “We enjoyed the ISBA conference in Harrogate - the conference dinner was especially enjoyable - a big thumbs up!'

Have you got 2 minutes? OK, how about 100 seconds then, because you just have to take a look at this!

Our friends at Wenger have set up a time lapse camera to record assembling a really big area of StageTek. Follow this link to YouTube now [and see for yourself how it is done. It will only take you a couple of minutes.

Impressed? Want to know the full story … then read on?

Portable staging that is easy to transport and store, yet is strong, safe and configurable into any combination is setting new standards thanks to the Wenger StageTek™ system, available from Black Cat Music, is a refined smart staging system resulting from extensive research, engineering and technical advancements in materials and manufacturing. These technical advances have resulted in a staging system that is 20% lighter, stronger, easier to handle and faster to set up.

Affordably priced, when it comes to stretching investment across multiple needs like seated risers and performance stages, this new system has it all. But there is no compromise on performance, comfortably exceeding required standards on three critical loading capacity measures for uniform load, point load and dynamic load. Plus it is easy to handle, lighter to lift and with nice smooth edges for safety it is really easy to set up too. Anyone can set up StageTek in minutes, all without the need for any tools.

Configurations including single or multi-level stages, thrust stages, choral risers, runways and many more options become possible in both scale and shape facilitated by a selection of different height, ‘plug-in’ legs. These simple to use, economical but strong plug-in legs secured by hand-turned locking knobs make hundreds of configurations possible to meet a wide variety of needs.

When it is time to dismantle, legs can be stored on the underside of the deck and panels quickly loaded on to a storage and transport cart that fits through standard door sizes. Designed to save as much as 50% in storage space compared to other systems, StageTek can be wheeled to a storage place or transported to another venue.

Share your Most Memorable Music Moment with Wenger and you could win $1,000 worth of Wenger products.

Wenger are looking for your video or a photo of your most memorable music moment and when you post to the Wenger Facebook page you are in the running to win the $1,000 gift certificate which can be traded for Wenger products. And it is easy to enter. Just visit theWenger Facebook page, ‘Like’, share their post on your wall, then upload your photo or video clip – don’t forget to say why this is your most memorable music moment.

The competition is open to all customers of Black Cat Music so why not share your favourite musical memory and enter the competition.

Here is a great opportunity to own a sound-isolating Music Practice Room. Previously a central feature of our exhibition stand at Music Education Expo 2014 this room is now available at a dramatically discounted price of £10,995 + VAT. Even better value, this one time only offer price, includes installation too.

Measuring a generous 2,610 x 2,045mm this model includes two ventilation panels and window door for security. Some Terms & Conditions apply.