The band was delighted to once again play for the Wealden Times Summer Fair on June 8th. As usual, we were well catered for with a small marquee for the band to perform in – in some year this might appear to be something of a luxury but not this year! The wind was very […]
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Once again the band was delighted to play for the St Dunstan’s Church Festival on 19th May this year. In an astute change to the long established festival timetable, the Vicar requested that the band perform on Sunday afternoon rather than the previous evening. This turned out to be a remarkably good move, as it
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The band was delighted to play at Deal Memorial Bandstand on 12th May. Arguably the best in the south East, Deal Memorial Bandstand was built and is administered by the Deal Bandstand Memorial Trust in memory of the Royal Marines who were killed by an IRA bomb in September 1989. Our programme, which was thoroughly
Saturday 22nd December saw a section of the band performing at the Halfway House in Brenchley. This was the band’s final appearance of 2018 and marked the end of a busy and very successful Christmas season with numerous concert and carolling engagements throughout Kent and East Sussex.
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The 14th December saw a first for both Cranbrook Town and all of its members when we too part in a concert with the Rye Wurlitzer Academy.
The band once again enjoyed their annual concert in aid of Brede British Legion’s Poppy Appeal during the evening of Thursday 6th December.
The band had a hectic schedule during the weekend of 24/25th November with engagements at two new venues.
Cranbrook Town Band and Wealden Consort Choir shared the stage at St Dunstan’s Church in a joint celebration to mark the centenary of the end of the 1st World War.
This year we again sought the services of a world renown guest soloist for our charity concert in aid of Demelza Hospice Care for Children. We were both fortunate and delighted to secure the services of the tenor horn virtuoso, Owen Farr.
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The band thoroughly enjoyed playing outside the Vestry Hall during the morning of Saturday 1st September. We were blessed with good weather and, although there wasn’t a standing crowd (there’s very little room for one!), we were able to advertise our upcoming annual concert to a large number of passing shoppers as well as to
