Open Day
In 1998 and 1999 before the creation of the Junior or training Bands, we held a couple of “open rehearsals” to showcase the band in the local community and attract new players.
Here are a few of the photos from the day in 1999.
Adele Proctor - 1st Horn
1999 Open Day - Press Photo
1999 Open Day
Andrew Ramsden and Amanda Lloyds on Flugel Horns
Guest Bass - Lucy Traves, daughter of Baritone player Robin Traves
Horns - M Hayman, A Proctor, A Ralph, A Smithers
Trombones: M Atherton, M Bryant, C Batt
Flugel Players
Front Row : S Pond, C Cannings, R Chatfield
The Band
This article was created in 2024 using archive photos together with some more recent scans of photos donated to the band in 2024 by Chris Cannings. As such some players present are not identifiable from the photos and are listed as ??.
Front Row Cornets
Sharon Pond, Chris Cannings, Rosemary Chatfield, ??
Backrow Cornets
Fred Smithers, Nick Wright (possibly) , Andrew Ramsden, ?? , Tony Smith, Trevor Westley, Philip Ramsden
Horns
Amanda Lloyds (Flugel) Alan Smithers, Andy Ralph (Guest), Adele Proctor, Mark Hayman
Euphoniums/Baritones
David Newsom, Viv Lovewell, Robin Traves, Laura Proctor
Trombones
Colin Batt, Miranda Bryant, Mark Atherton
Bases
John Hunt, ??, Jerry Pond, Lucy Traves (Guest), Mike Vickers
Percussion
Ben Bishop (Guest), Darryl Oliver, Charlie Everett