Posted on Saturday January 1st, 2022
πHappy New Year!π We thought we'd start 2022 with a quick look back at all the things we got up to last year and we hope that you'll agree that it's a pretty impressive list!ππ΅ Don't forget to like our page to keep an eye on what we've got planned for this year...!
So proud of this band. Fabulous, dedicated musicians and brilliant resourceful, resilient people. Happy New Year everyone. ππ
You've come a long way since you started. Well done. From a founder member from Bernie Heaver days.
Posted on Friday December 31st, 2021
Our final post of 2021 is our last look back at WCB's 12 Virtual Days of Christmas from 2020. We finished off our online Christmas celebration in style with our biggest ever virtual performance - 35 band members, 13 different percussion instrumentsπ₯ and a whopping 48 separate audio tracks! Here's our amazing version of Happy Xmas (War is Over) - see you in 2022!πΆβ€οΈ
That was wonderful thankyou everyone. Happy New Year and see you at the next concert.
Posted on Thursday December 30th, 2021
Our Assistant Director of Music Owen is not known for being quiet and understated so when we asked him if he fancied making a video for our 12 Virtual Days of Christmas last year, we weren't quite sure what we'd get. What we certainly didn't expect was 4 of him in one room at the same time (in 4 different festive hats) playing our most-requested Christmas song! We're still not *quite* sure we know he did this...!π¦π·π
Fantastic Owen - superstar!
Oh I love this! Well done Owen Lloyd!
Well done to all involved
Wow amazing
Posted on Wednesday December 29th, 2021
Back in November last year, as it became clear that most forms of Christmas celebration would have to take place virtually, we scrambled a crack team of brass players and put no less than four different carols together in record time to help Woodley Town Council present their first ever online Christmas Lights Switch-On! Here are Gregor, John, Phil, Jon, Mark and Len playing Winter Wonderland...βοΈπΌ
Very nice π
Posted on Tuesday December 28th, 2021
The third performance we've chosen for our look back at our 2020 Twelve Virtual Days of Christmas is this lively little number from three of our flautists, Cath, Cathy and Sally - a vey jolly arrangement of Deck the Halls - enjoy!ππΆ
Well Done
Posted on Monday December 27th, 2021
Next up in our look back at last year's 12 Virtual Days of Christmas, here's multi-talented WCB saxophonist Sarah performing a wonderful rendition of festive classic Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - this is absolutely beautiful!β¨π·
Posted on Sunday December 26th, 2021
Around this time last year, with much of the country in lockdown, WCB decided to brighten everyone's Christmases with some virtual performances, recordd in our homes. We thought it would be fun to re-share a few of our favourites between now and the end of the year, so without furher ado, here's one of our whole-band epics: Pogues' Christmas classic Fairytale of New York!π
Posted on Saturday December 25th, 2021
From all of us at WCB - a very Merry Christmas! We hope you have a marvellous day with all your favourite Christmas music!ππ΅
Posted on Friday December 24th, 2021
Our final highlight from our Christmas concerts is our grand finale! Christmas Carol Fantasy starts with a beautiful chorale, features no less than seven well-known carols and finishes with a spectacular drum-filled rock version of O Come, All ye Faithful - what an amazing festive buzz! Sleigh bells at the ready!π
Sounds great everyone! Well played! π
Beautiful.
Posted on Thursday December 23rd, 2021
Here's another little gem from our fabulously festive Christmas concerts earlier this month!π· The troika is an ancient Russian vehicle pictured as a sleigh drawn by three horses harnessed abreast one another. Written as part of Sergei Prokofiev's Lieutenant KijΓ© Suite, this piece conjures up visions of dashing through the snow and is a favourite at Christmas concerts worldwide!
Very Good ππ
Can't find fault with it. Well played.
Irene Ferguson xx
Posted on Wednesday December 22nd, 2021
With just a couple of days to go until Christmas, we thought we'd spread a little bonus Christmas spirit with a recording from our Christmas concert a couple of weeks ago! Here's our spectacular opening number - a fanfare based on one of our favourite carols, O Come, All Ye Faithful!πΊ
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Posted on Sunday December 19th, 2021
A week ago, we were thrilled to perform our Christmas concerts - two brilliantly festive feasts of carols, Christmas songs and general merriment! We've received some wonderful feedback about the concerts, especially our first ever family-friendly concert in the afternoon, and we're genuinely touched by some of the kind words that people have written. If you came to either of the concerts, we hope that you really enjoyed getting into the festive spirit - we were delighted that they were able to take place this year and thoroughly enjoyed playing for you!β¨ππ΅
Well done to all
Posted on Saturday December 18th, 2021
We had a great time earlier today for our last outing of 2021 - playing carols in Woodley Town Centre seemed like an excellent way to round off our year and lots of people stopped to enjoy listening to a carol or two! If you heard us (or even made a donation!), thanks for listening and we hope we left you with a bit of a festive glow!π
Woodley Concert Band Well done to all involved, may we share this post?
Posted on Saturday December 18th, 2021
π¨Woop!π¨Woop!π¨ We'll be out playing carols in Woodley THIS MORNING (Saturday) from 10:00 to 12:00 (or until we get too cold)! Come and see us if you're around - we might even play your favourite if you ask nicely!ππ
Well done to all involved
We are coming to catch u guys! Good show!
Posted on Monday December 13th, 2021
Wow - what an amazing day! Two brilliantly festive concerts, a whole heap of everyone's favourite Christmas carols & songs and two wonderfully enthusiastic, warm and appreciative audiences! We had an absolutely brilliant time at our Christmas concerts and from some of the lovely comments we've received, it sounds like you did too! If you came along, THANK YOU - we really appreciate your support and we hope that you left with a festive glow and a jingling dose of Christmas spirit! Same time next year....?!π
We thoroughly enjoyed the concert, a great mix of music and carols and the sound was exquisite. Particularly enjoyed the minor alterations! A lovely festive evening thank you.
Lovely concert with a great variety of music πΆ and loved the black outfits in the first half and the Christmassy look in the second half πΆ
I really like the black outfits too!! And the music obvs π x
Woodley Concert Band May share this post?