Welcome to the Home Page of
Holbeach Town Band where we will keep you informed of the band's activities.
Please leave a message in our Guest Book.
Email us for further information and for all enquiries - enquiries@holbeachtownband.org.uk
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We were delighted to hear from Clyde E. Hunt, trumpeter, cornetist,
teacher, and composer from America whose Great Great Great Grandfather,
Amos Hunt, was a blacksmith who resided in Holbeach c.1800 - 1880.
Please visit his website www.bflatmusic.com
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Maps:
We have added location maps
to assist our members and followers:
Congratulations to the following Band members and learner group members, trained by Musical Director
Mel Hopkin, for their successes in the ABRSM music exams:
July 2010 Calvin Bishop - Grade 3 Cornet
Steven Butter - Grade 8 Cornet
Jimmy Hammon - Grade 1 Euphonium with merit
James Hedges - Grade 2 Cornet with Merit
Jasmine Latka - Grade 1 Baritone with Merit
Ruby Latka - Grade 1 Horn with Merit
William McKay - Grade 3Cornet
December 2009 James Hedges - Grade 1 Cornet with Merit.
Calvin Bishop - Grade 2 Cornet
Autumn
2008 Steven
Butter - Grade 6 Cornet with Merit
William McKay - Grade 1 Cornet with Merit.
June
2008 Steven Butter - Grade 5 Theory with Merit.
Rehearsals started on 3rd November for our Christmas concert on 18th December at All Saints Church, Holbeach. We will be out and about carol-playing throughout December.
We rehearse every Wedensaday evening from
7.30pm to 9.30pm at our band room in Back
Lane Holbeach.
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Learners:
We hold group learner classes on a Wednesday evening
from 6.30 to 7.30pm. As learners progress they are encouraged to
stay laetr to join the main band.
In addition, individual lessons are available by arrangement where
we train learners in the ABRSM music grades and theory. Band members
pay reduced rates for these individual lessons.
The learners who started in summer 2008 are making good progress
and many of them have progressed to the main band..
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Visitors:
We welcome visitors to our band rehearsals.
We are particulalry pleased to see former players who may be interested
in returning to banding.
We would like to hear from anyone with information
about the original Holbeach Town Band:
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Fundraising:
The Band's Bingo sessions have started again under new management. The new sessions are organised by Kim and Dennis and the first one was on Friday 20th August. It was a modest success. The next session will be on 24th September.
Thanks to the band's fundraisers Les and Brenda for all their hard
work raising money for the band throughout 2009. They arranged
monthly bingo sessions, weekly bric-a-brac stalls and regular
table-top sales. At their Christmas bingo
in December 2009, where the band provided incidental festive music,
they presented the band with a cheque for £3,100 representing
the proceeds of their fundraising during the year.
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Visit
our band shop.
All clothing has a treble clef on the front and wording on the back
- click the image in the shop for full details.
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Donations
Many thanks to the following
for their kind generosity in making donations to the band:
2008 - Bryan Thompson Windows
of 27 Boston Road, Holbeach for the purchase of music stand lights.
2009 - Flashback Charity for
new instruments (2 baritones and 2 tenor horns) for he band's learner
group
2009 - Lincolnshire Co-operative
Ltd., Funeral Services for new band jumpers
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created and maintained by Mel
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