Join Friary Guildford, the London & Southern Counties Region no. 1 ranked band, in their annual fundraising concert in support of the Alzheimer’s Society.
This year Friary will be joined in concert in Bournemouth by the Boscombe Salvation Army Band and guest soloist Dewi Griffiths, princiapl cornet of Tredegar Band, kindly sponsored by Besson. The evening will be expertly compered by guest MC, Radio 2’s Frank Renton.
Take a break from the ratrace or sight-seeing and enjoy a free lunchtime concert in the beautiful setting of the College Gardens at Westminster Abbey. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear the regional champions, Friary Guildford Band, in the heart of the city.
Admission is free, donations to the Abbey welcome.
Delicious hot and cold food, snacks and drinks are provided for sale.
Entry to College Garden is through the Cloisters, via Dean’s Yard.
(in wet weather the concert be held in St Margaret’s Church, at the West entrance to the Abbey)
Ruislip Lions will be returning to the Winston Churchill Theatre on the 1st September for their popular ‘Last Night of the Proms’ charity concert, once again featuring the award winning Friary Guildford Brass Band.
The guest Vocalist will be Ruth Fortey, a former BBC Choirgirl of the Year. Ruth has sung professionally for nearly 30 years and her credits include Songs Of Praise, the Birmingham International Tattoo, BBC schools programme Stop And Think and concert tours with goth-rock band Sarah Fimm and alternative-rock singer Chris Emerson around New York and New England. Recordings include the single Flying Free and albums Perhaps Love, Sweet Little Jesus Boy, an EP of originals Walk Me Home under the band name Shed Light and the Easter musical Born For This. Ruth writes and records with Wiltshire-based film composer Jason Chatwin and has penned songs for Spanish artist Pau Sastre. She leads six children’s choirs, arranges all their music, and conducts their numerous concerts in West London.
The concert will start at 7.30pm, tickets are £13.50 and £10.00 for Children/Students.
Come along and enjoy a terrific night out, quality entertainment and much flag waving!
One of the leading Arts venues in Gloucestershire, the Stroud Subscription Rooms’ Brass Seasons feature some of the country’s best brass bands including Black Dyke, Fairey, Flowers and Virtuosi GUS.
In 2018 this stellar line-up is joined by the London & Southern Counties Regional Champions, Friary Guildford.
Our Spring Contest is moving to a new venue and date in 2020!
The new date – 8th March – gives bands an ideal opportunity to run their set test pieces out ahead of the Regional qualifying contest, and our section structure and relaxed registration rules open the contest up to Ungraded and Youth bands too.
The new venue – the Attenborough Centre – is a purpose-built performing arts facility on the University of Sussex campus, close to the seaside town of Brighton and beautiful parkland. More info can be found on the ACCA Website
Watch the contesting page of this website and follow #scabaSpring20 for updates and entry forms which will be published in December.