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Training Band take first place at Ireland Contest
Thurcroft Welfare Band are very proud of their training band who took first place in the Ireland Colliery Band Battle of the Bands contest on 17th June 2012
under the baton of their musical director Ken Vernon. The band continue to go from strength to strength building up the trophy cabinet following their win at the Worksop Music and Drama
Festival earlier in the year.
The varied programme included:
“100 not out”, a march written especially for the band by Darrol Barry,
“Annie’s Song”, the solo played beautifully by principal cornet Louise Piper,
“Drunken Sailor”
“Jurassic Park”
“Bandalero Calipso Collapso”, a great favourite with the younger members of the band.
The band played really well and the adjudicator commented that the band had the best choice of programme. He said the general tuning of the band was good and had the best range of
dynamics, even though they were the smallest band in the group.
MD Ken Vernon was really pleased with the band’s performance and felt that the quality of playing by the band members, both young and old, was very
good.
Rotherham MBC Support the Training Band
Thurcroft training band are continuing to receive great support from their local councillors.
Cllrs Richard Russell, Geb Nightingale, John Swift and Denise Lettiott visited
the band room recently to hear the rehearsal in progress and to present the band with a new cornet. Tom Walker gratefully received the new instrument on behalf of the band.
Ken Vernon, Musical Director of the Training Band said “The band is very
grateful for the continuing support from local councillors. The band is going from strength to strength at the moment, and having new instruments means that more children or adults can join and learn
how to play without having the expense of providing their own instrument. This makes the band accessible to everyone who has an interest in learning to play an instrument and being part of a good
band.”
Training Band win at Worksop
The Training Band were placed first in the Ensemble Section at the Worksop Music and Drama Festival 2012 held at the Mountgarrett Recital Room Worksop College on 17th March.
Further success was acheived by Georgia Green who was placed first in the Under 12 Brass Solo Section and her sister Charlotte was placed 2nd in the Under 16 Brass Solo Section.
Well Done from all the Band
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