The Main Band performed 3 excellent sets at the Kent Garden Show on Sunday 25th May. Although the weather forecast was less than encouraging, it turned out to be a warm and pleasant afternoon, and the band responded to the appreciative audience with some with superb playing which was well received. All of the soloists […]
Sometimes a concert goes so well that it’s difficult to know where to start when writing about it!
Sunday 18th May 2005 was one of those days when all three of the Band’s groups played really well throughout the concert – not just well, but exceptionally so!
An afternoon at the Movies ! Read Post »
The band were saddened to learn of the death of one of our former players, the Rev. Dick Dengate in late January of this year. A small group from Cranbrook Town Band had the privilege of playing at the funeral in St. Peter and Paul’s Church, Peasmarsh on the afternoon of the 28th February. Dick
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The Band were joined by the Choral Society for the last big concert of the year in St. Dunstan’s Church on Saturday 14th December. The festive audience were treated to set pieces from each organisation together with some joint carolling. Silly hats and Christmas jumpers were adorned for the second half of a very enjoyable end
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The Band was delighted to, once again, be a part of this year’s Cranbrook Remembrance Celebrations. As always, it was an extremely moving occasion, and one which was extremely well supported by the town in general. The Band played before and during the Church Service as well as providing the Last Post and Reveille in
The Band gave its annual concert in aid of Demelza Hospice on Saturday 12th October. The venue, as usual, was St. Dunstan’s Church in Cranbrook and it was attended by a sizeable and very enthusiastic audience. The first half of the concert consisted of a trip down memory for me with many of the MD’s
All of a sudden the Band has come to the end of its summer engagements and we’re left wondering where the time has gone! In May, the Band played at its annual concert to end the St. Dunstan’s Festival where all three groups gave excellent performances. The Foundation Band and Training Bands outdid themselves to
Cranbrook Town Band and Cranbrook Choral Society combined once again to present a Christmas concert in Cranbrook’s St. Dunstan’s Church on Saturday, December 16th. The church was delightfully decorated and jam packed with a congregation looking forward to a festive mix of traditional and some “less traditional” Christmas music. Both groups featured a number of
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Two years on from our fantastic concert with Trombone Maestro, Chris Thomas (See report), it was time once again to feature a guest soloist for our annual fundraiser concert supporting Demelza. This year we were very excited to announce that our guest for the evening of the 14th October would once again be from the world famous Cory band, and this time would be their Principal Cornet player, Tom Hutchinson.
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The band were delighted to play at the wedding of our own flugel player Emma Pettifer and her other half of 10 years, Charles Barsley on Sunday 10th September. Emma joined the band way back in 1999 with her father Dave, and has played her way up through the back row positions before moving to
