Thursday November 22, 2007
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CINDERFORD BAND CELEBRITY CONCERT
The band is working very hard with there musical director Clive Lewis for there programme to the forthcoming concert with the Rhymney Silurian Male Choir at the RFOD Theatre, Coleford on Saturday 3rd November 2007. We are very much looking forward to this evening and hope that you can join us for this wonderful evening.
This well known, established choir has been formed for over 50 years, and having formed in 1951 they swiftly established a reputation for the quality of there performance and variety of there repertoire. Balanced against this strive for perfection through the musical disciple of competitions the choir has also channelled it's energies into the promotion and support through concerts of various national and international charities, such as heart and cancer appeal funds.
The Fundraising Committee had organised a sponsored walk starting at the Beechenhurst Lodge, Speech House on Saturday 25th August 2007. The walk in the beautiful Forest of Dean departed on the Sculpture Trail, which took in all the new sculptures from the forest. The band's gave a great turnout and with a barbecue and games after the walk, and yes a few drinks everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. This was a great event that we all enjoyed and money donated on the day and collected exceeded our expectations. We all look forward to our next event and thank you to all that helped on the day to make this a great success.
The money that was raised through this event will go towards the Academy Band's new uniform. Watch this space for more details.
Cinderford Band would like to express there many thanks to the CINDERFORD RUGBY CLUB for there continued support in 2005 and into 2006, and also Wesley Church, Cinderford. This fantastic support enables us to continue rehearsing in there facilities, so that the band can move from strength to strength in the community.
Cinderford Rugby Club has been a valued supporter for the band for many years, for which we are very grateful for.
Thank you for your support once again
Cinderford Band's President Clive Bevan With The Fundraising Committee
As some of you are aware Nikki Smith, Tina Whitburn, and Jane Walding have volunteered to kick-start up our fundraising organisation. We are striving to raise money for instruments, music and uniforms for our new Academy band. Cinderford Band would like to take this opportunity to thank them for all there efforts in helping set this up, and we look forward to 2007's efforts. If you have any ideas or would like to help them fundraise then can you please contact them at rehearsal or email the band so that they can contact you further. Alternatively contact Nikki on 01452 723518 for more details. All donations or help would be very welcome.
On behalf of the band we would like to congratulate Mathew Kibble on passing his Grade 5 Theory Exam of music. Mathew plays front row cornet for the senior band and has come through the ranks from the junior band. This is a great achievement for him and we all wish him every success in passing future exams. Mathew Kibble would like to thank Rose and Clive Lewis for there help and support in achieving a pass. Well done.
Cinderford Band are proud to announce that during much hard work from the committee, we are now in a position to announce a successful application has been accepted from the National Lottery through the "Awards For All Scheme". Cinderford Academy Band was awarded a total sum of £10,000 pounds from this scheme which has enabled us to purchase much needed instruments for our players. The Academy Band has been recently re-formed with not only accepting young players, but we now in a position to cater for all ages and abilities. Please see our webpage for more details on the link above about the Academy Band. This is an exciting time for the band and this will give us a much needed boost to the Academy and with purchasing new instruments from the money, will give players a bigger choice in there musical ambitions. On behalf of Cinderford band we would like to thank all concerned that has made this wonderful news possible. Please click on the link above to see all about the Awards For All Scheme.
We would also like to thank the Forest OF Dean Council and the Acorn Trust for awarding us also £4,000 pounds towards new instruments for the Academy. As above we would like to thank all concerned for the award that was made to us, which has given the Academy a great start to 2007 and all it's ambitions for the future. Please click on the link above to see more on the Acorn Trust.
Kind Regards
Ian Tomlins (Press Secretary)
The Band was unfortunate in it's result held at Torquay this year with the band coming a disappointed 11th place at the Area qualifiers. However the band had an enjoyable weekend and the result did not dampen the spirits of the players with great weather as you can see from the picture above which always helps.. The supporters also enjoyed themselves and gave great support up to and during the competition. On behalf of Cinderford Band I would like to thank Clive Lewis for all his hard work in rehearsals in a short period of time since taking the band, and also I would like to thank Grindles Coaches for there support in the transport to and from the venue.
Pictures of the weekend will be added to our gallery in due course. The committee would like to thank all players and support staff for there hard work in organising and commitment during this time.
The Cinderford Band will now concentrate on the busy forthcoming concert season which will incorporate a summer concert at the five acres college, Coleford. More details will follow very shortly. We would like to congratulate all local band's that have qualified for the finals and wish them every success in the finals.
Regards
Ian Tomlins (Webmaster and Press Officer)
CINDERFORD BAND NEWSLETTER
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On Sunday 26th November 2006 the Senior band competed at the local entertainments contest at the Royal Forest of Dean College, Five Acres, Coleford.
The band finished in third place overall, and they are now looking forward to competing again at the Regional Area Contest in Torquay on March 11th 2007.
The Cinderford Senior and Academy Band had there annual xmas concert at the Wesley Church, Cinderford on the 2nd December. It was the Academy band's very first public appearance and they did an excellent job to a full and appreciative audience under the baton of our resident conductor Mr Clive Lewis. Our other guests were the Forest Of Dean Youth Choir who also gave us an excellent evenings entertainment. This was the band's very first xmas concert at the Wesley, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all there help and support in making this such a great success! We have only a few remaining jobs in our calendar for this year, then it is heads down for the up and coming contests as listed below. The band will be training very hard for these contests and we will keep you posted on the latest news. You can also visit the site for more information on the contests and the results. We would also like to thank the Acorn Trust also for the much needed money, that will help us achieve a great deal in strengthening our Academy Band with new instruments. Thank you once again!
The members of Cinderford Band are on a high after winning the prestigious Wychavon Entertainment contest by 4 clear points on Sunday the 17th September. They managed to beat many bands from the North West, Midlands and Wales to take 1st prize.
The band’s chairman Anthony Murrell was delighted by the success and said this result reflects the culmination of a lot of hard work through the year by all the members, committee, musical director Bill Jarret and professional conductor Dave Lea.
The band played an entertaining 20 minute programme to suit all musical tastes. The opening march “The Waltonian” got everything off to a flying start, with images of the Big Top and trapeze artists. This was followed by “Napoli” (Funiculi, Funicula), a cornet solo that is fiendishly difficult to play, however the band’s principal cornet Mr Philip Turner gave a brilliant rendition. The band then changed the mood entirely, with a very solemn and expressive performance of Kenneth Downie’s arrangement of “In Perfect Peace”. To end the programme the band chose to play the very exciting finale from Tchaikovsky’s 2nd symphony which uses melodic themes borrowed from Ukrainian folksong, commonly referred to as the “Little Russian”. This tour de force for band had the audience on the edge of their seats and brought the programme to a successful close.
It was clear that both the audience and the adjudicator Mr Brian Buckley had enjoyed the band’s programme. In his summary, Mr Buckley stated there was a clear winner today and he awarded the band 192 points, which was 4 points clear of the second placed band, he also awarded the band with the prize for the best percussion section delighting Rikki Miller and Gareth Davies.
The Cinderford Band is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Clive Lewis as their new Musical Director following the retirement of Mr Bill Jarret. The band has made a lot of progress under Bill, and he leaves the band on a real high after winning the Wychavon 1st Section entertainment contest by 4 clear points! The band would like to publicly record its sincere thanks to Bill for all his hard work and dedication over many years.
The band is now looking forward to exciting times ahead under Clive who is renowned for his entertaining concert programmes and he fully intends to maintain this tradition and ensure the band retains its status as one of the top bands in the area.
Chairman, Anthony Murrell says the band has a very bright future under Clive. He is a highly respected musician and teacher across the Forest of Dean. Clive has been a member of the band for over 25 years and he has many years of successful experience behind him both as a player, teacher and conductor.
Talking with Clive, he is very excited about the future and having the opportunity to conduct such a talented group of local musicians. He is already busy preparing programmes for the Armistice and Christmas concerts. Clive plans to feature the Training Academy Band at the Christmas concert on the 2nd December at the Wesley Chapel. This band has made fantastic progress under his guidance since the group was formed in May, with over 20 new members. They are really enjoying themselves both musically and socially and this was evidenced at their very successful summer school held at Soudley, where they gave their first concert performance. Clive believes some of these players will soon be challenging for positions in the senior band, so the future looks very bright indeed.
The Cinderford Band is always looking to strengthen its ranks and offers a warm welcome to anyone interested in joining them.
Clive would be very interested to hear from any cornet players or other instrumentalists interested in becoming a member of the band and he can be contacted on 01594 843966.