Committee

Our AGM is took place on Saturday the 7th of June 2025. For the first time ever, we did this via Zoom.

Congratulations to our newly-elected Committee, consisting of:

• Chairman: Antony Pepper
• Vice-Chairman: Quentin Bryar
• Secretary: Charlie Dyson
• Treasurer: Bob Littlefair
• Membership Secretary: Charlie Dyson
• Meetings Organiser: Antony Pepper
• Publicity Officer: Ian Bradley
• Archive Officer: Pedro Cravinho
• Artistic/Academic Adviser: Frank Griffith
• Blue Light Editor: Gareth Evans
• George Duncan

Former chairman Michael Coates will continue to advise the Committee regarding the DESUK Archive..

Our AGM is took place on Saturday the 1st of June in central London. Congratulations to our newly-elected committee, consisting of:

• Chairman: Antony Pepper
• Vice-Chairman: Quentin Bryar
• Secretary: Charlie Dyson
• Treasurer: Bob Littlefair
• Membership Secretary: Charlie Dyson
• Meetings Organiser: Antony Pepper
• Publicity Officer: Ian Bradley
• Archive Officer: Pedro Cravinho
• Artistic/Academic Adviser: Frank Griffith
• Blue Light Editor: Gareth Evans
• George Duncan

Farewell and many thanks to our outgoing chairman Michael Coates.

Our much-delayed Annual General Meeting 2021 took place at the Model Railway Club, London, on Saturday the 16th of October. There was unfortunately no AGM in 2020 due to the pandemic.

Congratulations to our newly-elected committee, consisting of:

• Chairman: Michael Coates
• Vice-Chairman: Antony Pepper
• Secretary: Charlie Dyson
• Treasurer: Grant Elliot
• Membership Secretary: Michael Coates
• Meetings Organiser: Antony Pepper
• Archive Officer: Pedro Cravinho
• Artistic/Academic Adviser: Frank Griffith
• Blue Light Editor: Gareth Evans
• George Duncan
• Quentin Bryar
• Roger Boyes

We’re all particularly delighted to see Gareth Evans take over the reins as editor of Blue Light.

Post-meeting entertainment

After the formalities, members were entertained by the Frank Griffith Trio with Frank on tenor sax and clarinet, Colin Oxley guitar and Dave Green on bass. Jazz Journal’s Leon Nock was there and you can read his review here.