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ENGAGEMENTS
2015
7th
June - Jubilee Park Donington
21st
June - Ayscoughfee Gardens, Spalding
4th
July - Holbeach Food Festival
18th
July - Concert at Crowland Abbey
25th
July - 2nd Music Cafe
12th
September - Holbeach St Mark - Proms
19th
September - Holbeach W.I. Hall - Proms
26th
September - Cowbit Clock
8th
November - Remembrance Service
11th April -
Music Cafe
Our first Music Cafe was very enjoyable and successful. Band
members, family and friends made cakes to sell, served in
the cafe and washed up/cleared up.
We had a table of cakes to sell; and a separate tablle with various
instrumnets for visitors to try.
There were tables and chairs for the visitors. And the band played for
two hours, and ate cake!
3rd May -
Moulton Chapel Tuliptime Parade
We were happy to return to Moulton Chapel for their annual
Tulipttime Parade. The heavy rain in the morning was worrying, but it
cleared up for a mainly sunny afternoon. There was a short sharp shower
during the parade; the roof on the trailer protected most of us, but the
leaky roof found some players!
The Parade stopped outside the Jolly Farmer pub for 10
minutes so we could entertain them. We also stopped for 15 minutes outside
the Community Centre at the end of the parade to play again. When we
played Highland Cathedral, a Scottish Piper joined in.
We set off from a farmyard about half a mile from the
Community Centre down a single-track country road. As we played at the
Community Centre at the end, the other participants passed us and returned
to the farmyard. After we finished playing we were stuck for 20 minutes -
a float was left in front of us and when that finally moved, there was a
constant stream of vehicles coming towards us carrying the other
participants.
4th May -
Holbeach Flower Festival
We returned, again, to play at the Holbeach Flower Festival. It was a
lovely, sunny day and we played on the lawn outside the church during the
afternoon of this Bank Holiday Monday. We had a good audience. And we sold
some more tickets for our Spring Concert next week.
10th May - Spring Concert with afternoon tea
We were back in the W.I. Hall Holbeach for our Spring Concert.
Following the success of our Music Cafe, we tried something different for
this concert - we provided an afternoon tea of sandwiches and cake for the
audience.
We had a good turn out and a good audience. All in all a very enjoyable
Sunday afternoon. So much so that we are planning another one at Christmas
time.
We took the opportunity to take a formal photograph of the band, but
the lighting was not good on the stage!
There wasn't enough room on the stage for the band. The back of the
stage, behind the curtain, has been used for the storage of chairs. On
each side of the stage there was an upright paino and stacked tables. So
we played on the hall floor among the audience - and close to the
food!
7th June -
Jubilee Park, Donington
Our regular visit to Fun in the Park at Jubilee Park Donington. The
event is organised by IDEA (Improving the Donington Environment For
All).
A lovely sunny day (as it seems to be evry year) but rather windy -
careful use of pegs and magnets to hold the music in place.
We played in the bandstand, which is quite a tight fit! We had a couple
of players absent, which made it easier to fit in.
21st
June - Ayscoughfee Gardens, Spalding
A welcome return to one of our favourite venues as part
of the Music in the Gardens series of concerts.Thw weather was kind to us,
and the audience - quite sunny but a few clouds and a bit windy.
We had a good turnout and the concert went very well.
But the wind made it difficult for the sound to carry in the quiet
bits.
4th
July - Holbeach Food Festival
Lovely sunny (and hot) afternoon at the 2nd Holbeach Food Festival;
great to be invited back. We invited some of our Training Band members to
join us on back-row cornet. They performed very well. The future is
looking good!
Pity there were no chairs, but we took some of our bandroom chairs for
the infirm and the basses. Nice to play at a venue a few minutes walk from
the bandroom.
18th July - Concert at Crowland Abbey
An excellent concert at Crowland Abbey - one of the
nicest venues of the area. it's 2 years since our last visit. We had an
enthusiastic audience to our concert with a Britishness theme. The
programme included Fanfare Britannica, Marching Through Wales,
Fame and Glory March, Lovely Jubilee. Major items were Pirates of the
Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and An American Trilogy.
Our Bass Trombonist, George Brown played the solo King of the Road.
25th July - 2nd Music Cafe
Following the succes of our first
Music Cafe our 2nd one was equally enjoyable and successful.
Band members, family and friends made cakes to sell, served
in the cafe and washed up/cleared up.
We didn't have quite as many visitors this time, but the press coverage
before the event was not as strong! We held this one as a way of promoting
our Learn to Play Week and a number of the visitors said they would be
coming along.
We took with us some spare instruments for visitors to try.
We started with a 15 minute session from the Training band then the
senior band took over. We played 15-20 minute sessions with breaks for the
viitors to try instruments, and to eat cake! It also became a social
occasion for the band.
12th September - Holbeach St
Marks
A return visit to the Holbeach St Marks Community Centre
at the request of the Holbeach St Marks Royal British Legion for the
annual concert. this year we performed a Last Night of the Proms Concert
with a touch of Britishness and remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the
Battle of Britain and 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
We had three guest players to cover the absences of
principal cornet, solo trombone and a bass player.
Programme:
Fanfare Britannica
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger
Tides
Myfanwy
Marching Through Wales
Baggy Trousers
Highland Cathedral
Aces High - -
75th aniversary of the Battle of Britain
Keep Smiling Through
- - 70th anniversary of the end of WWII
Interval
Fame and Glory
American Trilogy
Lovely Jubilee - - Queen longest reign
Jupiter's Theme
Nimrod
Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Jerusalem
Pomp & Circumstance
Always a pleasnat concert and very enthusiastic
audience; and excellent half-time refreshments!
19th
September - Holbeach W.I. Hall
Another Last Night of the Proms concert! This one was
for the Holbeach Rotary Club. We played the same concert as the prvious
week toa very enthusiastic audience. We were made very welcome by the
Rotary Club. We provided song sheets for the audience; and they sang along
with the band (including music where we did not provide the words)
We had a nearly full attendance - 29 present (2 absent)
with no guests.
The Rotary Club were very complimentary about the
band.
26th September - Cowbit Clock
A very pleasant time at Cowbit for the
inauguration of the new Church clock. There were activities over the
weekend and we were very happy to be a part. It was a Saturday lunchtime
and we had a smaller band than usual, but it was nicely balanced and we
were well-received by the visitors to the church. We played outside.
8th November - Remembrance Service
Our regular visit to Holbeach St Marks for their Service of
Remembrance. It was a very windy day and not too warm!
We played incidental music and the Last Post at the village war
memorial before going in church for the service and played Last Post
again.
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