Photo courtesy of Barrie Harnett.
In no particular order: Bob Dixon, Sue Goodare, Mark Drabble, Russell Turner, Mike and Amanda Greaves, John Ludlow, Norman Brookes, Mike Topping, Trevor Cooke, Malcolm (surname??), Nikki Moss.
This was a Stockport Silver Band job and Reddish Prize helped enormously.
Debdale park on St George’s Day weekend, the wind got beneath that canopy so the band played one handed,the other hand trying to prevent the bandstand becoming a danger to civil aviation!!
A huge congratulations to our principal Euph, Mark Drabble, and our principal Bari, Sarah Boyd, who got married yesterday. It was an honour for us to play for you both. What a wonderful day!
Getting ready to march at Stalybridge Labour Club
Tameside have finally released their results for Whit Friday!
We’re really pleased to have come the 2nd highest 4th section band at both Broadoak (where we also came 2nd highest local band) and Carrbrook!
We were the 5th highest 4th section band overall out of 12 qualifying 4th section bands and came 32nd overall out of 41 qualifying bands in Tameside! All in all a very good night!
A big thank you to David Hodgkinson for taking us on the night!
http://www.tameside.gov.uk/brassband/whitfriday
It was the first time we’d contested in 25 years and approximately a third of the band members had never contested before.
We had a lovely relaxed day, drawn 7th so no need to rush and not too much waiting about. We were all very nervous on stage but played our best.
When the results for the 4th section came in, we were really pleased as we came 12th!!!! We think this is a fantastic result and we’re looking forward to improving as we continue to contest over the coming years. We’re now looking forward to playing at the Buxton Contest in May.
http://www.4barsrest.com/news/detail.asp?year=&criteria=Results%3A&id=21658#.VuHwe5yLTIU
Stockport Silver Band are performing the 4th section test piece at the Areas preview event hosted by Hawk Green Band on the 21st Feb. Click on poster for info. Come down for a listen and support us and the other bands taking part!