Remembrance Day Parade Following on from Saturdays concert, there was no “lie-in” and the band were up early to get to Cranbrook. It was of course, Remembrance Sunday and the band played as usual the service at St. Dunstans Church before leading the procession the three quarters of a mile up to the War memorial where […]
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Children in Need Concert The annual Children in Need concert took place on Saturday 10th November and started a bit of a hectic weekend for the band. As with last year the event was well attended and saw both the band and Hawkhurst Primary School children perform in the evening’s concert. The programme for the evening
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SCABA Autumn Contest Report Saturday the 13th of October saw the band play in the SCABA Autumn Contest at the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone. After last year’s cancelled event and no entry in the Spring, the band were keen to get back in to contesting and had spent numerous rehearsals on Goff Richards “Aeronauts”,
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Swale Music Festival Concert Sittingbourne – Friday 29th June 2007 This concert was a first for the band and represented a big step into the unknown – a new venue and a new area. The evening weather had improved from a poor start in the day leading to expectations of a reasonable turnout from the
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Another Historic Venue Sunday the 9th of September saw the band play at yet another Castle. Tonbridge this time, and as you can see from the photo’s the band played in the grounds in front of the Castle. Despite road closures in the area which cost the band a horn player on the day (who
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Sunday the 2nd of September saw the band play at Leeds Castle (Kent) for the first time. Inspired by the historic location, the band played well despite the overly warm and sunny weather and managed to rouse the appreciative audience on a number of occasions. As usual a varied programme of music featuring numerous solos
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A Concert for the Parkinson’s Society On the evening of 21 June, the band played at what is becoming its annual outdoor concert for the Parkinson’s Society. Despite severe worries about the weather during the previous few days, everything was ready and a good sized audience duly turned up. Last year the event raised £2500
A Welcome to all It is very encouraging to see the arrival of several new younger players within the band, either playing on a regular basis or when school and other activities permit. We would therefore like to extend a big welcome to :-Chris Thorpe on Cornet, Natalie Barden on Baritone, Jack Farris on Trombone,
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A Problem Solved For Our Injured Repiano. Cranbrook Town Band’s repiano cornet player, Dave Pettifer had a nasty accident at work recently which resulted in him severing the tendon that makes the middle finger on his right hand work. After an operation at the local was hospital, the tendon was stitched back together but Dave
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