Wadhurst Brass Band

Pirates of the Caribbean and Pirates the Panto

John — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:53:17 +0000

This Januray, Wadhurst Dramatic Club produced “Pirates the Panto” and the Band helped out by recording “Pirates of the Caribbean” for them to play prior to the start of the show. We were pleased to help out and here is a clip of the credit roll from their video with our . . . → Read More: Pirates of the Caribbean and Pirates the Panto

Gresford – The Miners’ Hymn

John — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:13:27 +0000

A recent BBC Radio 4 programme, “Soul Music”, featured the Miners’ Hymn, Gresford. This hymn was written by Robert Saint, a miner himself, to commemorate the mining disaster in 1934 at the Gresford Colliery in North Wales. It has been played at mining events ever since. Trevor Sutherland and the Llay Welfare Band play their . . . → Read More: Gresford – The Miners’ Hymn

The Band and Lawnmowers!?!

John — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:09:05 +0000

Back in 1984 the BBC’s That’s Life programme came to Ticehurst in Sussex to shoot a clip of some local blokes performing a “ballet” whilst cutting the lawn. David Jacobs hosted the clip. The Band were in attendence to provide the music though this was dubbed when the programme went out. The clip is a bit . . . → Read More: The Band and Lawnmowers!?!

Mark Landon

John — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:20:52 +0000

I’m sure you’ll remember our summer concert last July when John Doyle and Mark Landon came to spend the day with us and entertain us at our summer concert. Mark enthralled us all with his lightening quick playing of the xylophone. Well we weren’t the only ones to be impressed, 4barsrest (a leading website on the . . . → Read More: Mark Landon

Listen to the band

John — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:15:45 +0000

Every Wednesday at 9:30pm on Radio 2, Frank Renton presents his half hour programme “Listen to the Band”. It is always a good show if you remember to tune in, but it is available on the listen again button for week (but unfortunately not as a podcast due to rights issues). Anyway, click away for the . . . → Read More: Listen to the band

Happy New Year

John — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:40:13 +0000

Happy New Year! ‎2011 has come to a close, but what a sucessful and busy year the band has had. We are already looking forward to 2012 with the Queen’s Jubilee and the Olympics in the summer, such a lot going on, and the bookings are already coming in. We are also looking ahead to a . . . → Read More: Happy New Year

Thanks for all your support

John — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:47:59 +0000

We were amazed with the support given to us at our Christmas Concert last Saturday, 3rd December. The Commemoration Hall was almost overflowing. It feels so good the play to a full house and we hope we got the festive season off to a great start. We were also pleased to say thankyou to Jean and . . . → Read More: Thanks for all your support

It’s all go in December!

John — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:44:53 +0000

Here we are in November and the weather is still relatively mild even though some days are misty and damp. It is difficult to think of Christmas coming soon but the odd carol on the radio and festive ads on the telly show we are not far away.

The Band has a very busy period ahead, starting . . . → Read More: It’s all go in December!

Remembrance Sunday

John — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:02:34 +0000

On a bright and sunny day the village gathered at the war memorial for a short service and then at the parish church for the Service of Remembrance. We especially remember those from Wadhurst who fell in both wars and recently in Afghanistan, and it is a special moment for us all to reflect on those . . . → Read More: Remembrance Sunday

Musical Quotes

John — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:38:52 +0000

For just a bit of fun I browsed the web and came up with these musical quotes!!

“It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself” – J.S. Bach

“He played like he was in jail – behind a . . . → Read More: Musical Quotes