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A Concert Review, St. John's Church, Birkby |
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St. John's Church, Birkby, presented a Fund Raising concert last Saturday
(5th May 2012, 7.30pm) featuring their guests, Meltham and Meltham Mills Band.
A good sized and most appreciative audience enjoyed an excellent program of music from the band and their M.D. Norman Law. Soloists Paula Spittlehouse (cornet), Alison Eastwood (horn) and Chris Farrington (euphonium) delivered outstanding solos interspersed with music from the shows, ballet and Sousa as well as the wonderful overture “Poet and Peasant”, and the concert concluded most appropriately with John Miles “Music”.
This was an excellent concert and over £400 was raised towards repair of the
East Window, and the Church and Band, thank everyone for their support.
Stuart Fawcett |
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Meltham and Meltham Mills Band were contacted by a lady living in Dalbeattie recently about a medal she had come across in a charity shop whilst visiting family in Surrey - looking at it more closely she could see it had been awarded to an Allen Avison, a member of our band when they became Champions at the Zoological Gardens in Belle View in 1878.
She was saddened to see it in a miscellaneous trinket box, and bought it for 25p!
After searching for the band on the Internet, she was delighted to find the band was still in existence and flourishing and made contact.
Recognising what a proud day it would have been for both the band players and the village and how important the medal was to the band's history, she donated it back to the band. We were amazed and truly grateful to this lady for returning the medal "home". |
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We currently have vacancies for the following positions:
- Baritone
- Front Row/Repiano Cornet
- Percussion (Kit)
- Percussion (Tuned #2)
Please contact the band secretary if you are interested in any of the above positions by clicking on Contact Us. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 April 2012 10:09 |
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