On a bright and unusually warm Sunday the 24th February, members of the band once again set off on the annual trek across counties to play in the scaba Spring contest at the Hawth theatre in Crawley, West Sussex. Getting Ready It had been a somewhat fraught and problematic lead up to the contest with […]
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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.
On Saturday 8th December the Training Band performed in public at the Hawkhurst Christmas Fair, held in the forecourt of the Royal Oak, right in the centre of the village.
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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
Despite the difficulty in getting bandstand jobs these days with the cutbacks in spending from local councils, the band has still managed to perform a number of outdoor concerts this summer.
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