A Bandstand By The Sea After a July and August filled with cloud and near constant rain, it was a relief to finally see the sun in September. On Sunday the 14th the band set of for Broadstairs Bandstand determined to take full advantage of this change in the weather. While it was a new […]
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Cranbrook Town Band has just returned from a very successful and highly enjoyable May Bank Holiday tour to Belgium. 2008 – On Tour in Leuven, Belgium
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Mike started his bass playing career relatively late in life, his first forays into playing the bass were while he was teaching at Angley School in the late 1980s. He played with the school wind band and later with the 10 piece Saturday morning group run by music teacher and then town band conductor Nick Carter.
Entirely self taught Mike picked up the bass very quickly and it wasn’t long before he was persuaded into coming along to the town band with the rest of the Saturday brass players. From there he never looked back and quickly became a key (and sometimes only) player in the bass section.
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A recent photo of the band at last years SCABA Autumn Contest Front Row (left to right): Jerry Pond (Bass), Geoff Collins (Bass), Robin Traves (Baritone), Andy Hill (Cornet), Ian Lanceley (MD), Yvette Huchin (Baritone), Viv Lovewell (Euphonium), David Newsom (Euphonium), Allan Mallion (Bass) Middle Row: Rose Chatfield (Cornet), Dave Pettifer (Cornet), Emma Pettifer (Cornet),
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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