A Country Garden Party The band were looking forward to visiting the rural village of Egerton just outside the busy market town of Ashford. We were playing as part of a local music festival and had not visited the venue before. Set in some beautiful private gardens the audience and band enjoyed the best of […]
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Article from the Courier News Paper Alan Mallion, one of the bands Bass players CRANBROOK will be alive with music next weekend in an epic attempt to raise money for the town’s band. It will be a feat which will leave many holding their breath to see if it can be done, as Cranbrook Town
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Band members attend the Brass Band Summer School While most people start to think of holidays and breaking up from school in the summer, five dedicated band members decided to do the reverse and go back to school for a week as part of the renown Brass Band Summer School. A few pictures from their
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Aled Jones with Good Morning Sunday Having sent the BBC a copy of our latest recording a little while ago, the band were delighted to hear that they would receive some air time on Radio 2 during the “Brassed Off” section of Good Morning Sunday presented by Aled Jones. The hymn “Be Still For the
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One Final Sandpaper Duet On Saturday the 15th of May the band played their annual concert at St. Dunstan’s Church in Cranbrook. Starting with “Pastime with Good Company” the band and audience enjoyed music of many different genres. Soon however it was time for the second half and something a little different ! For Sharon
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2010 SCABA Spring Contest Sunday the 19th of April, saw the band travel to Hove for the annual SCABA Spring contest. Despite the competition clashing with the Brighton Marathon this year, everyone made it to Hove Town Hall on time, even Soprano Bob Turner who likes to make a late entrance most of the time,
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The Maestro Returns The weekend of 19th-21st of February saw eminent conductor and cornet maestro John Hudson visit the band from Norway. John kindly agreed to take the band through our next contest piece which is to be chosen from Darol Barrys Prelude and Jubilate or Goff Richards Hollywood. Snow the previous week had meant
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Pomp & Circumstance [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-72JQJc1v0&hl=en&fs=0&rel=0] “Jerusalem” bringing the concert to a close 19th September 2009 saw the Band at All Saints Church in Staplehurst for the first time in four years. We were performing in a joint concert with a scratch choir that had spent the afternoon rehearsing their programme. The choir, conducted by Bryan
A visit from Ivor the Engine & Friends For the second year running Ivor the Engine and many characters including Jones the Steam, Mrs Porty, PC Gregory and even Idris the Dragon made the long trek from the top left-hand corner of Wales to visit the K&ESR for a weekend of fun activities. The famous
A Rehearsal for all the Family In May the band once again ran a rehearsal for young players, some of whom had not had a chance to play in a band before. Transcript of Press Article : Children who play brass instruments were given the chance to play in a band at Benenden Hospital. A
