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ENGAGEMENTS 2013
20th April 2013 - Holbeach W.I.
28th April 2013 - St George's Weekend, Long Sutton
25th May 2013 - 80th Birthday, Sutton St Edmonds
9th June 2013 - Flinders Park, Donington
22nd June 2013 - Music from the Musicals, Holbeach St Marks
23rd June 2013 - 90th Birthday, Shouldham Thorpe
29th June 2013 - Drumhead Service, Market Deeping
5th July 2013 - Festival of Brass
13th October 2013 - Concert with SADOS
26th October 2013 - Autumn Extravaganza at Terrington St Clement
10th November 2013 - Remembrance at Holbeach St Marks
20th April 2013 - Holbeach W.I.
A great start to the season. A very pleasant afternoon playing for the Open Day of the Holbeach Women's Institute. We opened with Jerusalem then played incidental music.
We played on the stage which is not over-large; and we had to remove lots of stacked chairs to make more room.
28th April 2013 - St George's Weekend, Long Sutton
We were invited to return again to Long Sutton for their St George's Weekend organised by EELS (Entertainment and Events in Long Sutton). We played two sets on the back of a trailer; for the first set half the trailer was taken up by an Elvis tribute singer and we were very squashed in the other half. 'Elvis' left before our second set so we had much more room.
Our first set was due to start at 1.00pm - but just before that time there was a parade of vintage cars so we did not start until 1.15. The second set was due to start at 3.00pm - again their was a parade of vintage cars just before; then there was a display by an English Civil War re-enactment group; we eventually started playing again at 3.30.
It was cold and windy, and quite chilly waiting to play. The band played well in difficult conditions.
25th May 2013 - 80th Birthday, Sutton St Edmonds
We were delighted to be invited to play at the 90th birthday party for Norman Smith, who is the grandfather of one of our younger members.The birthday celebration took place at a private house in Sutton St Edmonds. A marquee had been set up for us in the garden. As we arrived we were invited to have a drink from their bar (a good start); at the break we had a hog-roast (their home grown pig); and as we left there were ice-creams all round. A thoroughly enjoyable day.
We played 'Happy Birthday' as Mr Smith arrived, to his total surprise. We invited Mr Smith to conduct the band as we played 'March of the Cobblers'.
9th June 2013 - Flinders Park, Donington
Our Musical Director was on holiday for this return visit to Fun in the Park at Flinders Park, Donington. Bass trombonist George Brown kindly took the baton for this event. We hope the organiserswon't mind us publishing their thank you letter:
"I'd just like to say a big thank you to The Holbeach Town Band and conductor George Brown from all of us in IDEA (Improving the Donington Environment for All) for the wonderful entertainment provided at our fun in Flinders Park event last Sunday afternoon. As ever, everyone was very well turned out and with all the gleaming instruments our bandstand looked a picture. Their 2 sets went down a treat with everyone in the park and so helped to make it another successful fundraiser for us".
22nd June 2013 - Music from the Musicals, Holbeach St Marks
A lovely evening playing music from the musicals. We had brass band arrangements for the muicals Mary Poppins, Oliver, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat ('The Essential Joseph'), Oklahoma!, Mama Mia ('Best of Abba'), Grease and The Sound of Music.
The band had prepared a booklet of the songs from each of the musicals for the audience to sing along to. The audience made a brave attempt at sining but some of the songs were quite tricky to fit the words to the music, such as "Grease Lightning:
We'll get some overhead lifters and some four barrel quads, oh yeah" and "We Go Together: We go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong" both from Grease
23rd June 2013 - 90th Birthday, Shouldham Thorpe
Another birthday. This was for the celebration of the 90th birthday of farmer R H G Hoff of Shouldham Thorpe, near Kings Lynn.It was a very high-class affair (we were very impressed by the luxury portable toilets). We had a small band of MD with 8 players; after a shaky start, we were well received.
We were booked to play for an hour at lunch-time and they asked us to play a selection of hymns and marches. During the second hymn they said it was too boring and what they wanted was music from the shows! Fortunately we had the music with us from the previous day.
29th June 2013 - Drumhead Service, Market Deeping
A pleasant afternoon at John Eve Park where we played for a drumhead service organised Langtoft Royal British Legion in the early evening. This was a late addittion to our summer programme - we only had a couple of weeks' notice and we had some key players away. The organisers used recorded music to parade the standards on to the field, and they had their own bugler, so we just played one hymn and the National Anthem.
The drumhead service took place in the centre of the arena and the band were placed at the end with the wind blowing in the wrong direction!
5th July 2013 - Festival of Brass
This was a wonderful concert at the Gedney Church (known as the Cathedral of the Fens due to its size). We arranged the concert in conjunction with the Kirton Brass Band and invited Swineshead Silver Band to join us. The Combined Holbeach Victoria Training Band and Kirton Youth Brass band also took part.
The Church was full and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the concert.
The concert opened with three pieces by the combined Youth/Training Bands conducted by Mel Hopkin. This was followed by the three senior bands each plaiing two pieces. After the interval, the three senior bands combined forces to play seven more pieces.
PROGRAMME
Joint Training Bands Musical Director Mel Hopkin
'Prince of Denmark’s March' – Jeremiah Clarke, arranged; M. Greaves
'Largo' from the 'New World Symphony' – Dvorak, arranged; Erich Siebert
'Marche Religieuse' – Mozart, arranged; Eric Siebert
Swineshead Silver Band Musical Director Baz Starbuck
'Glasnost'- Dizzy Stratford
'Farandole'- Bizet arranged, Drake Rimmer
Holbeach Town Band Musical Director Mel Hopkin
'Slaidburn Festival Overture'- Beverley Ann Stoll
'Crazy Little Thing'- Freddie Mercury; arranged, Cameron Mabon
Kirton Brass Band Musical Director Nick Tudball
'Fanfare and Soliloquy'-Trevor Sharpe
'Little Suite for Brass'- Malcolm Arnold
Interval
Massed Bands
'Aces High'- Ron Goodwin; arranged, Frank Bryce conductor; Mel Hopkin
'Ticket to Ride'- arranged; Alan Fernie conductor; Baz Starbuck
'The Blue and the Grey'-trad, arranged; C.Lewis conductor; Baz Starbuck
'Gershwin For Brass' arranged; S. Duro; conductor; Nick Tudball
'Second Suite in F' (extracts) -Holst; arranged S. Herbert conductor; Mel Hopkin
'Deep Harmony', arranged, Roy Newsome conductor; Nick Tudball
' Lincolnshire Poacher', arranged, D. Broadbent conductor; Nick Tudball
13th October 2013 - Concert with SADOS
A wonderful evening playing Music from the Musicals (plus a few other bits and pieces) with SADOS (Spalding Amateur Dramattics and Operatic Society).
We played for the first set of 45 minutes, then SADOS did a 45 minute set, and we ended the evening with another 45 minutes where the band accompanied SADOS performing medlies from 'Mary Poppins', 'Oliver', and 'Oklahoma!'.
We had a very appreciative audience.
Musical Director Mel Hopkin was presented with a baton by the band to commemmorate his 50 years in banding, complete with press photographer.
26th October 2013 - Autumn Extravaganza at Terrington St Clement
A welcome return to Terrington St Clement for their Autmn Extravaganza which we also did in 2011. We were put on a portable stage which the organisers had got for the evening's rock band performances. Ideal, no doubt, for a 4 or 5 piece rock band; very 'compact' for a full brass band! We were asked to keep the front 3 feet of the stage clear so they could make announcements from the stage but we would have lost 3 or 4 players chairs. as it was, there was no room for the musical director and he had to stand on the steps.
We played two sets. It was quite windy and there was a short spell of very heavy rain just as the first set was finishing. |
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10th November 2013 - Remembrance at Holbeach St Marks
A great performance by the Band at our annual trip to Holbeach St Marks for their Remembrance Service.
We played incidental musicat the war memorial (Colonel Bogey and 3 hymns). Adam Reece played Last Post very nicely.
We then go into the church and play the hymns for the service. There is a second War Memorial inside the Church and Kevin King played Last Post there extremely well.
We ended the service with Deep Harmony.
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