Posted on Monday October 21st, 2019
NEWSFLASH! We're excited to announce that next month, we will be participating in the National Concert Band Festival for the first time! The NCBF Festival UK celebrates and promotes the music and activities of wind bands across the UK and provides a unique opportunity for us to perform with other similar bands and to receive constructive feedback on our playing from some of the most accomplished wind band experts in the country (apart from Claire, obviously - she's pretty expert but we get feedback from her *quite* often!).
Want to hear us play? The London Regional Festival takes place on Sunday 3rd November at the Royal Military School of Music at Keller Hall from 9:40am until 7:00pm with WCB performing at 4:55pm. Due to the secure nature of the location, tickets are ONLY available in advance and you'll need to allow time to get through security at the venue. You can get your tickets here: www.ncbf.info/festival-tickets/.
Coming to hear us? Let us know - we'd love to see you there!
Posted on Wednesday October 16th, 2019
Well, there's no rest for the wicked! Our Autumn Concert might be barely in the sidings but we're already got our eye on the rest of the year! Here's a quick picture of our music group who met last week to consider appropriately festive pieces for our fabulous Christmas concerts (on Sunday 15th December - box office opens on Saturday 16th November - more details soon!). As you can see, despite it only being October, they were feeling suitably Christmassy and found lots of music to ensure a truly magical musical Christmas for our audiences!
Now, anyone fancy a mince pie...?๐๐
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Posted on Sunday October 13th, 2019
Well, that was wheely epic! Thanks to everyone who came along to our Autumn Concert last night - it was terr-afic (get it?)! We had a great time and hope that you did too. We'll have plenty of photos from our transport-themed adventure to share in the next week or so but in the meantime, here's a quick picture of Brother Nicely Nicely Johnson (aka Ray Higgs) trying (unsuccessfully) not to rock the boat!
If you came along, let us know what your favourite piece was - we'd love to hear! ๐
Classy playing from John S in Apollo 13!
Pirates!
Posted on Saturday October 12th, 2019
OK, we're ready to take you on an epic adventure of transport-related delight! Look out for this moment - it's one of our absolute favourites!! ๐
Gorgeous Fred! ๐คช๐ฅ
Posted on Saturday October 12th, 2019
How are you getting to our transport-themed concert today? We were considering bicycles but in the end we decided that a van would be more practical for the staging, 3 timpani, drum kit, concert bass drum, glockenspiel, xylophone, cymbals, extension lead, keyboard, various assorted stands and an audience worth of cheese biscuits and fizzy fruit juice!
As you can see, we're all unloaded now - time to get it all set up! See you later!
Posted on Thursday October 10th, 2019
Just 2 days until our Autumn Concert!! We had a great final rehearsal last night and we're all set for our superb Planes, Trains & Automobiles concert on Saturday!๐ต๐บ๐ท We'll be sailing the seven seas, steaming along the tracks and even blasting off into outer space, all in pursuit of an amazing evening of transport-themed music and a fantastic evening's entertainment!
Tickets have been selling like hot cakes this week but there are still a few available to buy online (until 7:30pm on Friday night) or on the door! We look forward to seeing you on Saturday! Choo choo!๐
Full info & buy tickets online here: www.facebook.com/events/2087948224844539/
Posted on Monday October 7th, 2019
Only 5 days until our fab transport-themed Autumn Concert! We have a really exciting programme of music lined up and can't wait to share it with you on Saturday (particular favourites include Nigel Hess' Stephenson's Rocket, Malcolm Arnold's well-known Padstow Lifeboat and ever-popular film theme Pirates of the Caribbean). Here's a quick shot of a particularly intense moment from last week's rehearsal - we're sparing no effort in making sure that this is going to be a truly first class evening's entertainment!
Not got your tickets yet? More info, choose your seats and get your tickets here:
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Posted on Saturday October 5th, 2019
Just a week to go until our epic Autumn Concert! Entitled Planes, Trains & Automobiles, we'll be exploring a veritable cornucopia of transport-related music looking at roads, railways, space and one or two that you probably haven't thought of!
We're really excited by the programme we've got lined up for you and we've been working extremely hard on ensuring that it's going to be a truly first class evening's entertainment so make sure you've got your tickets! Full info and box office details (either online or telephone) at the link below - we'll see you there! Choo choo! ๐
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Posted on Thursday October 3rd, 2019
It's time for our last clue! Here's your final snippet of rehearsal to help you identify one of the pieces that singer Ray Higgs will be performing at our brilliant Autumn Concert next week. Hopefully this one makes it fairly easy to name the song!
Still not got it? You'd best get a move on and book your tickets now so that you can come along and find out what the song is! We'll see you there!
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Posted on Wednesday October 2nd, 2019
OK, here's clue no.3! If you've been keeping an eye on our feed, you'll know that we've been giving you musical hints about the identity of one of the songs that we'll be performing in our brilliant Autumn Concert next week with singer Ray Higgs. This is our penultimate clip and we reckon that it's getting relatively easy to work out now - it's a man on (well, in) a mission! Still stuck? Come back tomorrow for the last clue!
Want to hear the whole piece with a singer (instead of like a backing track)? Make sure you book your tickets via our online box office to come along and enjoy the ride!
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Jingle Bells?
Posted on Tuesday October 1st, 2019
Right! Here's the second snippet of last week's rehearsal to see if you can identify one of the songs that we'll be performing with singer Ray Higgs at our transport-themed concert next week. This one's slightly longer but if we're honest, it's still not that easy! Would it help if we told you that it's a well-known song from a musical?
If you've worked it out, make sure you post a comment below (look away now if you don't want to know the answer yet!).
PS - it's not too late to get your tickets for the concert - we've got some brilliant toe-tapping music lined up, plus one or two pieces that we're pretty certain you'll *never* guess if you don't come along!
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Posted on Monday September 30th, 2019
We're incredibly excited to be able to announce that we're going to be joined for our Autumn Concert by singer Ray Higgs who you may remember from last year when he narrated The Night Before Christmas for us. This time round, he'll be singing two transport-related songs for our Trains๐, Planesโ๏ธ & Automobiles๐ concert and we thought it'd be fun to give you some clues as to what one of the songs is! So, here's a little (OK, tiny!) snippet from last week's rehearsal of us practising the song accompaniment - see if you can identify it! We've got 3 more snippets coming this week so if this is a bit too cryptic for you, come back tomorrow for another clue!
PS - recognise it already? Why not share this with your friends to see if they can work it out!
PPS - if you've not already got your tickets for the concert, you can find more info and choose your seats at our online box office here:
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Don't miss out - it's going to be a fantastic evening's entertainment!
Well done, Ray xx
Posted on Saturday September 28th, 2019
2 weeks to go! We've been working flat out on the music for our Autumn Concert and we're really looking forward to showcasing all our hard work on 12th October. We've got a brilliant programme lined up with some fabulous music - here's a sneaky rehearsal shot of our diligent euphonium section getting their fingers round a particularly fiddly bit in Coronation Scot (the Paul Temple theme for our older listeners!).
If you haven't got your tickets yet, take a look at our new online box office where you can pick your perfect seat and get your tickets emailed to you!
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Posted on Monday September 23rd, 2019
Are you ready for a musical adventure?! In just over 2 weeks, we'll be taking to the skies, rails and roads for an evening of music inspired by transport! ๐๐ขโ๏ธ The train now standing on platform 2 is all set to whisk you away (in first class, naturally) to enjoy music including film hits, classic musicals, swinging jazz and much more with tunes such as Fly Me to the Moon, Spitfire Prelude and Take the A Train. Grab your driving gloves (or firemanโs coal shovel) and join us for a fantastic eveningโs entertainment.
For more info and to pick your seat and book your ticket (which you can now do online), take a look here:
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Posted on Saturday August 24th, 2019
Bank holiday Saturday saw us back at the most English of village events. We loved every minute of it. We have to say that we really have never seen a marrow so huge, but in truth the llamas were much prettier. And as always there were so many cakes....
Looks a great day
