Tickets cost £4.00 (Children accompanied by an adult: £1.00), and includes refreshments during the interval.  Tickets are available from Christ the King Catholic Church or Telephone (01323) 760048.

scaba are pleased to welcome RICHARD MARSHALL as Tutor for the 2010 workshop.  Richard is one of the finest cornet players of his generation, he began playing the cornet at the age of 9 and it was in 1996 that he became principal cornet of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, a position he held for 10 years.  During this time Richard gained a BA (Hons) in Band Studies and an LRSM in Bandmastership.

Richard is a regular tutor with the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain, Yorkshire Youth Brass Band and the International Brass Band Summer School. He is also a cornet tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire.

He is currently principal cornet of the world famous Black Dyke Band, a position that is known as the “hottest seat in banding”!.

As anyone who has attended one of our previous workshops will know, there has always been an equal amount of entertainment and education, and this year promises to be no different.  We shall be treated to some wonderful playing from Richard, receive tips and advice on improving ability and playing performance, and there will be plenty of opportunity to flex our own musical muscles and ‘have a blow’.

Once again our normal team of caterers will be keeping us refreshed and we will of course be in the Cranleigh Bandroom, (Village Way, Cranleigh, GU6 8AF), which has the perfect facilities.  For those without the assistance of sat navs, turn off the High Street (the main road through Cranleigh) into Village Way which runs beside the Village Hall.  It is sign-posted Leisure Centre.

The cost of the workshop will be £30 which includes lunch.  For those in fulltime education the fee is only £20 inclusive.

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]]> http://www.scaba.co.uk/2010/09/calling-all-cornets-flugels/feed/ 0 http://www.scaba.co.uk/2010/08/champions-concert/ http://www.scaba.co.uk/2010/08/champions-concert/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:19:51 +0000 admin http://www.scaba.co.uk/?p=420 A joint concert featuring three brass bands who have qualified in their sections for the National Championship Finals next month is to be held at Connaught Leisure, Aldershot on Sunday 12th September at 1.00 p.m.

London & Southern Counties First Section winners Friary Guildford Band will be joined by Fulham Brass (winners, 3rd Section) and LGB Brass (runners up, 4th Section), each playing a short programme to include their respective Finals test piece.  Presenter of BBC Radio 2’s ‘Listen to the Band’ programme, Frank Renton, will be in attendance to adjudicate each performance, and interval entertainment will be provided by youth band players.  Light refreshments will also be available.

“It’s a great way to hear some of the best bands from the region who should be at the top of their game in readiness for the National Finals at Harrogate later in September,” explained Friary Guildford’s PR officer, Tim Straker.  “We are offering free admission for those aged 18 and under:  after all, young players are the lifeblood which keeps the tradition of brass band music alive today,” he added.

Tickets will be available at the door and will be priced at £5 for adults and £3 for senior citizens.

The Virtuosi GUS Band will be making a welcome return to get the new season off to a flying start on Sunday 26 September at 3pm. The band has been renowned for its high standards for over 75 years and they will be demonstrating why on their visit to Crawley. The band has won no less than six national titles, the British Open Championships and the World Champions, not bad for a band from a small Northamptonshire shoe factory!

The season continues with one of the most famous brass bands in the world, the Black Dyke Band (Sun 24 Oct), followed by the highly-regarded British Army Brass Band (Sun 28 Nov), a first time visit from the Rothwell Temperance Band (Sun 16 Jan) and City of London Military Band (Sun 13 Feb) made up of serving and ex-serving military bandsmen. The season finishes in style with the world class Fodens Band (Sun 27 Mar).

Tickets for each concert are priced are £11.50 (discounts £9.75). If you want to enjoy more than one of the concerts you can save £££s by booking them at the same time – 2 events for £9.50 each, 3 events £9.25 each, 4 events £9 each and all 5 for just £8.75 each.

To book your tickets for The Hawth Brass Season call the box office on 01293 553636 or visit our website at www.hawth.co.uk.

• Soprano Cornet
• Principal Cornet
  
• Front & Back Row Cornets
• Tenor Horns
• Kit Percussionist
• Timpanist

We are a friendly 2nd Section scaba band and our Musical Director, Steve Winter is keen we fill these vacancies to enable us to attain our full potential.  The band has a busy schedule of engagements and we are currently preparing for a trip to Burgess Hill’s twin town of Schmallenberg in August.

Please contact band Secretary, Paul Homewood on (01444) 454824 or e-mail phomewood@msbb.fsnet.co.uk

We rehearse on Thursday evenings in Cyprus Hall, Cyprus Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex from 8.00pm to 10.00pm.  For more information visit: www.msbb.net

Having historically been held over two days and suffering dwindling numbers in recent years, the new structure will witness a one-day event featuring an impressive 34 bands and the appointment of two judges.

Commenting on the impressive and quick response of bands, Jane said: “scaba is delighted at the response of its competing bands to this change in format and we look forward to running a vibrant and rejuvenated contest in the Autumn. Originally we set a limit of 30 bands and this has been surpassed, to the degree that we will now be appointing a second adjudicator for the event.”

A full list of competing bands and further information will be released soon.

Jenny was diagnosed with a non-smoking related lung cancer in 2007 and sadly lost her fight in January 2009.  At the request of her family, all the proceeds from the concert will be donated to Cancer Research.  We are delighted that the Kings Church have given the hall free of charge and that the local branch of Cancer Research will be there to support us.

Tickets cost £5.00 and includes a complimentary drink during the interval.

Tickets are available by post or in person, from:

Brass for Life, Kings Centre, 27 Edison Road, Eastbourne, BN23 6PT or by telephone on (01323) 521125 (Credit Cards Accepted).

For more information, please telephone Jane Stewart (Secretary, LGB Brass) on (01403) 750493.

As part of the celebrations, AVB are contacting ex members of the band and hoping to see them during 2011. If there are any ex members of the band who would like to be kept up to date with the plans, please contact Brain Balls (brizie@btinternet.com). Members of the band would also especially appreciate stories and photographs from ex members of the band for inclusion in a souvenir brochure of the band’s long history.

A number of events are planned during 2011 and, in particular, AVB will tour Switzerland in January, record a brand new CD (due early in 2011) and a host a gala concert on 3rd July 2011 at the Princes Hall in Aldershot with Gordon Campbell, principal trombone of the BBC Big Band, as guest artiste. Following this concert, there will be a formal reunion to which all ex members are invited.

2011 will also see Alder Valley Brass promoted back in to the First Section having represented the London and Southern Counties region at the National Finals in Harrogate back in 2008 and again later this year in September.

Website – www.aldervalleybrass.org.uk

Facebook – www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93809113982

Friary Guildford Band, L&SC first section champions, are looking to appoint a tuned percussionist to complete our line up for the forthcoming 1st section National Finals. The band will be Championship section from January 2010.

Apply in confidence to Band Secretary Lauren Cave on 07974 804 394 or secretary@friaryguildfordband.co.uk

The band delights in playing in such an historic and beautiful venue, and has already enthusiastically accepted an invitation to be part of next year’s season in 2011 for what has become a popular fixture for both band members and with audiences alike.

The Cobham Band will be next performing in London on Sunday 1st August at St. James’s Park.  For more information please visit: www.thecobhamband.org