I took my Music Teachers Certificate (the equivalent of today’s Post Graduate Certificate of Education) at the Institute of Education in 1970. After a few years I wanted to update my music teaching skills and so I attended the Orff Summer School course held in Wimbledon . This caught me and so, throughout my teaching life, I continued to attend Orff Courses for development and inspiration. When I retired I wanted to give something back to the society as a thank you, and so volunteered to be Membership Secretary when the position became vacant.