Woodley Concert Band is delighted to be sponsored by a number of local businesses – we’d very much like to acknowledge the valuable part that they play in enabling the band to bring you great music and exciting performances.
Every WCB concert requires a plethora of equipment, instruments and all manner of paraphernalia – in order to get all of that to the concert venue, we frequently need to hire a vehicle. MCH provide a friendly and helpful service with an extensive fleet of vehicles of all sizes from cars to HGVs (ok, we don’t have a use for articulated lorries very regularly) so it’s no surprise that when we need a van, we turn to them!
http://www.mchvehiclerental.co.uk/
When the percussion section get excited, everyone knows about it! When WCB need some new percussion instruments to keep them happy, we speak to our local percussion shop, DrumWright. Drumwright is a family business, based in Woodley, that has expanded through its web shop to be one of the biggest percussion retailers in the UK thanks to their friendly and professional advice and very keen prices.
These days, you’re no-one if you’ve not got a smart, stylish website to tell the world who you are and what you’re up to this week. Our website comes courtesy of the lovely team at Mass Media Design who created the site that you’re looking at now (and very smart we think it is too). They’re also kind enough to provide the hosting for the site. If you need a snappy website at a very reasonable price, get in touch with them – they’d love to hear from you!
http://www.massmediadesign.co.uk/
WCB can frequently be found out and about all round the local area (and beyond) and you never know when someone may be taken unwell or suffer a minor injury. ABC Medical Services have kindly provided First Aid kits for the band to carry with us. Established in 1998, ABC have gained an excellent reputation for providing training, supplies and ambulance services nationwide.
http://www.abcmedicalservices.co.uk/
With over 40 musicians on stage, not to mention an awfully big percussion section, making sure that WCB is showed off in its best light is no easy logistical challenge. The optimum solution requires a carefully crafted tiered stage that raises different sections of the band so that their sound carries out to the audience better and the audience gets a better view! For this reason, we’re extremely grateful to the very generous folk at Akznobel whose community fund generously gave Woodley Concert Band a grant to enable us to buy our own staging and prevent us from having to hire it from other groups all the time. Akzonobel are the company behind all manner of paints and coatings including Dulux and we’d like to say a huge thank you to them for their generosity.