The Final Post

  Bowel Cancer, Fields of Dawn, Fundraising, Music   2   26 April 2023

The Final Post is a very special release from my musical project Fields of Dawn. Four very special and emotional songs raising awareness about bowel cancer and funds for three bowel cancer charities. Bowel Cancer UK, Bowel Cancer Australia and The Bowel Movement. The songs are written about and dedicated to the memories of two beautiful young ladies recently lost to bowel cancer, Nicole Cooper and Monique Buckingham. During bowel cancer awareness month in April over £300 has been raised for the three charities.

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A New Dawn – The Debut Album from Fields of Dawn

  Bowel Cancer, Fields of Dawn, Fundraising, Music   Comments Off on A New Dawn – The Debut Album from Fields of Dawn   25 April 2023

The debut fundraising album from my music project Fields of Dawn was released last September and so far has raised over £1300. A New Dawn is available on vinyl, CD and digital download. Two tracks were recorded with Steve Smiley Barnard of The Alarm at the helm and the other other 9 songs all self-produced. The songs were written by myself and have a punky, alternative, melodic perhaps power pop sound to them. The one track that is the exception to this is No Man’s Land, which is a piano ballad about that legendary football match during World War 1, which also featured on the Reflections EP that came out last Christmas.

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The Final Post – Community

  Bowel Cancer, Fields of Dawn, Fundraising, Music   Comments Off on The Final Post – Community   7 April 2023

I have been fundraising and raising awareness about bowel cancer since 2012, the year Mum was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer and had her first bowel operation. It all began with the Beating Bowel Cancer book. I had come across the Beating Bowel Cancer charity and and rather naively thought that after a successful operation Mum had indeed beaten the cancer. So I thought what a perfect title for a book. One thing that has never changed since that book was published has been the numerous friendships that I have made and continue to make. I began fundraising as a bit of a loner and the bowel cancer community and the support and friendship, if I am being totally honest, took me by surprise.

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