Protected: 2019/20 – AGM Documents
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Spring Contest at Brighton
Bands from across the South East including Cranbrook, enjoyed a change of date and venue for the annual scaba Spring contest with a visit to the Attenborough Centre on Sunday 8th March. The building is part of the University of Sussex which seems to span across a large part of the area. The Adjudicator for…
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St George’s Church at Christmas
The band played at its annual concert in Brede again on 5th December. This year, as last year, the concert was held in the lovely St George’s Church and was well attended by a lively and enthusiastic audience. The programme, which was well received and is shown below, consisted of a mixture of Christmas music, audience participation carols and light concert music. The four soloists performed really well as did the rest of the band.
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Soggy Saturday at Sissinghurst Castle
Despite the wet weather, the band enjoyed their first Christmas Concert of the season at Sissinghurst Castle on Saturday 23rd November. The band felt that it was a real shame that the marquee wasn’t quite big enough to fit band and conductor and so by a majority of 30 to 1, it was decided that…
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Remembrance Day
Stepping out in Front Cranbrook Town Band were both honoured and delighted to once again play in the Service of Remembrance at St. Dunstan’s Church and lead the Remembrance Parade through the town to the War Memorial, where we played hymns during the laying of the wreaths. Given the recent stormy conditions, the weather was…
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In Aid of Demelza at St. Dunstans
Saturday the 5th October saw the band once again perform in St. Dunstans Church, a fantastic venue for our annual charity fundraising concert in aid of Demelza. In another packed programme the undoubted highlights included the debut performance of Richard’s new solo. A stunning but difficult piece, the theme from the 1960s serial the “Green…
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Parish Cake Feature
The band were featured in the September 2019 issue of PARISH CAKE , the free regional magazine for Cranbrook and Sissinghurst.
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Macmillan Fundraiser – Tonbridge Castle
Sunday, September the 15th was the date of our final outdoor concert for this season and saw the band performing on a lovely sunny afternoon at Tonbridge Castle in Kent.
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Hythe Bandstand
Hythe Bandstand on 14th July proved to be an interesting and challenging prospect for the band for a number of reasons. When the engagement was accepted, Ian Lanceley, our MD was unable to be there due to a prior commitment with the Southern Counties Youth Band and he asked John Groves to deputise for him…
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