CINDERFORD BAND NEWS AND INFORMATION

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Once again congratulations to all involved from the Academy Band that took there exams in the Spring for the Music Association Examining Board. We are all very proud of of your achievements, and keep the good work up! Well Done

The band travelled to Torquay after much hard work over the Winter months, to try and claim a good position in the Annual Area Contest at the Torquay Riviera Centre. The test piece was "The Circumnavigator" by James Cook.

The band travelled down early on Saturday 8th March to Torquay with high hopes, and we arrived at our designated Hotel. After unloading all the instruments and kit, and collecting our keys to our rooms, it was down to business. We had a rehearsal and awaited our draw for the contest.

"Would you believe it" was cried around the band, as once again we were drawn first to take to the stage. The band played very well on stage and we awaited our results which was at the end of the day.

Unfortunately for the band, the day did not go our way again for us and we had a very unexpected last place awarded to us. The band obviously were very upset, but even more determined than ever to do well next year.

The band then settled into the Hotel with a few good beers and very good meal, that was organised by the band and hotel for all of us to enjoy together. Apart from the result, we all had a good time and all agreed to put this behind us and to concentrate on our forthcoming engagements.

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE ON THERE GREAT MUSIC ASSOCIATION EXAMINING BOARD RESULTS

WELL DONE TO ALL THE ACADEMY BAND PLAYERS FOR A FANTASTIC 3RD PLACED RESULT AT THE GWENT YOUTH BRASS BAND FESTIVAL ENTERTAINMENTS CONTEST AT CROSS KEYS, WALES. WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS THERE VERY FIRST COMPETITION SINCE THE REFORMING OF THE BAND.

A MORE DETAILED REPORT WILL FOLLOW VERY SHORTLY. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL AND WELL DONE TO CLIVE LEWIS AND ALL THERE TUTORS, HELPERS AND THE BAND'S COMMITTEE TO MAKE THIS ALL POSSIBLE. THE BAND HAS A GREAT FUTURE AND ANYONE WANTING TO JOIN THE ACADEMY BAND.

THE BAND RECENTLY HELD A FUNDRAISING CONCERT FOR THE WESLEY HALL FUNDRAISING APPEAL. THIS WAS HELD ON SATURDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2007 AT THE WESLEY HALL, CINDERFORD. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE PLAYED TO AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE WHO ENJOYED ALL OUR ITEMS INCLUDING 4 SOLOIST ITEMS.

THE BAND ENJOYED PLAYING FOR THE AUDIENCE AND ALSO TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR THE WESLEY HALL FUND. THE BAND WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE WESLEY HALL STAFF FOR ALL THERE HELP THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THE BAND, AND TO WISH THEM EVERY SUCCESS IN THERE FUNDRAISING.

CELEBRITY CONCERT

CINDERFORD BAND UNDER THE BATON OF THERE MUSICAL DIRECTOR MR. CLIVE LEWIS CT, FVCM WERE PLEASED TO BE BACK AT THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN THEATRE, COLEFORD TO PLAY AT THERE ANNUAL “CELEBRITY CONCERT” ON SATURDAY 3^RD NOVEMBER 2007. THIS YEAR’S GUESTS AT THE BAND’S CONCERT WERE THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED “RHYMNEY SILURIAN MALE CHOIR” FROM WALES WITH THERE MUSICAL DIRECTOR MR. RALPH WILLIAMS AND PIANIST MR. ASHLEIGH POWELL.

THE EVENING STARTED WITH THE “CINDERFORD ACADEMY BAND” UNDER THE BATON OF MR. CLIVE LEWIS. THE ACADEMY BAND PLAYED A FEW OF THERE POPULAR ITEMS WHILST PEOPLE WERE TAKING TO THERE SEATS FOR THE EVENINGS MAIN ENTERTAINMENT. THIS WAS THE ACADEMY BAND’S SECOND SEASON SINCE RE-FORMING AND WE ARE VERY PROUD WITH THERE RECENT SUCCESS SO FAR. PLEASE SEE THERE LINK ABOVE FOR MORE DETAILS ON THERE RECENT TRIUMPHS.

A WARM WELCOME WAS GIVEN TO THE AUDIENCE BY OUR LONG FRIEND AND COMPERE OF THE EVENING MR. BILL JARRET. THE BAND STARTED THE EVENING’S ENTERTAINMENT BY PLAYING THE MARCH “THE CONTESTOR” BY MR T.J.POWELL. OUR FIRST SOLOIST OF THE EVENING WAS OUR PRINCIPAL CORNET PLAYER PHILLIP TURNER WHO PLAYED THE BEAUTIFUL CORNET SOLO “CARNIVAL OF VENICE” BY MR. DEL STAIGERS AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE BAND. THE NEXT ITEM WAS AN ENTERTAINING ARRANGEMENT CALLED “CHEEK TO CHEEK” BY IRVIN BERLIN.

AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SOLO HORN BY GORON LANGFORD CALLED “THE LARK IN THE CLEAR AIR” WAS NEXT PLAYED BY OUR PRINCIPAL HORN PLAYER BARRY WATKINS AND WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE BAND’S LAST ITEM OF THE FIRST HALF “THE LITTLE RUSSIAN” BY TCHAIKOVSKY.

THIS EVENING’S GUESTS THE RHYMNEY SILURIAN CHOIR WERE GIVEN A WARM WELCOME TO THE FOREST OF DEAN BY THE BAND AND THEY STARTED OFF THERE PROGRAMME WITH “THE BANDITS CHORUS” BY VERDI. THE NEXT ITEM SUNG WAS “HIRAETH” WHICH WAS ARRANGED BY ALWYN HUMPHRIES WHICH WAS ENJOYED BY ALL. “THE COURTIERS CHORUS” BY COMPOSER VERDI AND AN ARRANGEMENT ON “MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE” WERE THE NEXT ITEMS ON THE PROGRAMME FOLLOWED BY “GWINE RIDE UP IN THE CHARIOT” AND AN ARRANGEMENT CALLED “FY NGWALIA”. THE FIRST HALF WAS CONCLUDED WITH A JOINT BAND/CHOIR ARRANGEMENT CALLED “GWAHODDIAD” WHICH WAS VERY WELL APPRECIATED BY THE AUDIENCE.

THE SECOND HALF STARTED OFF AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ROUSING MARCH “THE SHIELD OF LIBERTY” BY DERRICK BROADBENT. THE BAND’S NEXT SOLOIST OF THE EVENING WAS OUR PRINCIPAL Eb BASS PLAYER MR. SIMON RIDLEY WHO ENTERTAINED THE AUDIENCE WITH HIS RENDITION OF THE “TEDDY BEARS PICNIC”. “AIR FROM THE SUITE No3” ARRANGEMENT BY HOWARD SNELL FROM THE COMPOSER J.S.BACH GAVE THE CORNET SECTION A TIME TO SHINE WITH THIS MUSIC AND WAS ENJOYED BY ALL FOLLOWED BY “CLASSICS-A-GO-GO” WHICH WAS ESPECIALLY ARRANGED FOR US BY OUR VERY OWN MUSICAL DIRECTOR MR. CLIVE LEWIS. ALSO FINISHING OFF THE BAND’S SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE WAS THE MARCH “CINDERFORD” WHICH WAS ESPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE BAND BY THE COMPOSER MR. T .J. POWELL.

THE CHOIR REJOINED THE STAGE AND STARTED OFF THERE SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE WITH A BEAUTIFUL MELODY CALLED “POKAREKARE ANA” ARRANGED BY RALPH WILLIAMS. “AFRICAN TRILOGY” WAS THE NEXT ITEM IN THE PROGRAMME WHICH WAS ARRANGED BY GWYN ARCH. “MY HEART WILL GO ON” AND THE MEDLEY FROM “LES MISERABLES” CONCLUDED THERE WONDERFUL SECOND HALF PERFORMANCE. THE BAND AND THE CHOIR FINISHED OFF THE EVENINGS CONCERT WITH THE WELL KNOWN ARRANGEMENT OF “CWM RHONDDA”.

THE BAND ALSO CELEBRATED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SOME OF THERE LONG SERVING MEMBERS BY GIVING THEM LIFE MEMBERSHIPS. THE FOLLOWING BAND MEMBERS RECEIVED THERE AWARDS IN RECOGNITION OF THERE EFFORTS OVER THE YEARS.

CHRIS WALDING
PHIL GRINDLE
MICHAEL WILKINSON
GORDAN GAMBLING
BARRY WATKINS
CLIVE LEWIS
RUTH DAVIES
ANTHONY MURRELL.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS CONCERT A GREAT SUCCESS, OUR COMPERE BILL JARRET, RFOD THEATRE, OUR DEDICATED COMMITTEE AND ALSO INCLUDING THE BAND’S DEDICATED FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE AMONGST OTHERS JUST TO NAME A FEW, WHO HELPED ORGANISE THE EVENING AND REFRESHMENTS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLAY A PART IN OUR FUNDRAISING PLEASE CONTACT MS NIKKI SMITH ON 01452 723518 FOR MORE DETAILS. A GREAT EVENING WAS ENJOYED BY ALL WITH PLENTY OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE AUDIENCE.

THE CINDERFORD ACADEMY BAND IS ALSO LOOKING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO HELP JOIN THERE RANKS. FREE PERSONAL TUITION ONCE A WEEK AND FREE HIRE OF INSTRUMENTS, MAKES THIS AN IDEAL START FOR ANYONE WANTING TO START TO PLAY A BRASS INSTRUMENT. IF YOU NEED TO START PLAYING AGAIN AFTER A BREAK AND WOULD LIKE TO START AGAIN YOU ARE ALSO WELCOME. WE HAVE A GREAT FAMILY ATMOSPHERE AND QUALIFIED TEACHERS MAKES THIS AN IDEAL PACKAGE.

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL THERE SUPPORT OF BOTH BAND’S THIS YEAR. BY SUPPORTING OUR ACADEMY BAND ENSURES THAT NEW TALENT IS ENCOURAGED TO THE SENIOR BAND AND ENSURES THE BAND TO STRENGTHEN AND KEEP GOING FOR ANOTHER 128 YEARS!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THE BAND, OR WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR AN ELEMENT OF THE BAND PLEASE EMAIL US AT CINDERFORDBAND03@AOL.COM . WE ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US TO FUNDRAISE FOR THE SENIOR AND ACADEMY BAND. IF YOU CAN HELP US IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM PLEASE CAN YOU PHONE NIKKI ON 01452 723518.

THE BAND’S NEXT EVENT IS THE SOS CHARITY EVENING AT CINDERFORD RUGBY CLUB ON SUNDAY 9^TH DECEMBER, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY OUR VERY OWN CHRISTMAS CONCERT WHICH IS BEING HELD AT THE WESLEY CHURCH, CINDERFORD ON SATURDAY 15^TH DECEMBER STARTING AT 7:30PM.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR BAND, THEN WHY NOT SIGN UP TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER WITH THE BAND? WE SEND OUT PERIODICALLY A NEWSLETTER TELLING YOU ALL ABOUT THE NEWS AND UP AND COMING CONCERTS IN BOTH OUR BANDS. THE NEWSLETTER IS CONTROLLED BY THE BAND AND IS TOTALLY SAFE. YOU CAN UN-SUBSCRIBE FROM THIS AT ANY TIME. PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW AND CLICK "SUBSCRIBE" AND THEN "GO". IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE NO LONGER PART OF THIS SERVICE PLEASE CLICK "UN-SUBSCRIBE" AND CLICK "GO"

The Music Panel of Kapitol Promotions, which presents the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, has announced the test-pieces for next year’s series of Regional Championships. The Test pieces are as follows:

Championship Section: Festival Music (Eric Ball)

First Section: James Cook – Circumnavigator (Vinter)

Second Section: Three Part Invention (Kenneth Downie)

Third Section: The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper)

Fourth Section: Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton)

Yorkshire: St. George’s Hall, Bradford, 1 March - 4th & 3rd Sections, 2 March - 2nd, 1st & Championship Sections

Midlands: Civic Hall, Bedworth,
8 March - 1st
9 March – 2nd & Championship

Nicholas Chamberlain Technical College

8 March – 3rd
9 March 4th

Scotland: Rothes Halls, Glenrothes

8 March - 2nd, 4th & 3rd
9 March - 1st & Championship

North-West: Winter Gardens, Blackpool

9 March - All Sections

Wales: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea

8 March – 3rd, 2nd & 1st
9 March – 4th & Championship

West of England: Riviera International Conference Centre, Torquay

8 March – 4th, 2nd & 1st
9 March – 3rd & Championship

London & Southern Counties: Arts and Leisure Centre, Stevenage

15 March – 1st & 3rd
16 March – Championship, 2nd & 4th

North of England: Dolphin Centre, Darlington

29 March – 3rd & 2nd
30 March – 1st, 4th & Championship

If you are unsure of the location can you please contact us or if you would like to join our Academy Band please see our contacts page or email us for more information.

To get to rehearsals for the Senior Band please follow signs to Cinderford, turn off A40 or A48. Once in the Town Centre turn left towards the CO-OP County Store at the mini roundabout into Dockham Road, and we are on the left hand side. Everyone is welcome to come along and listen

All details are kept confidential and are not forwarded to any third party as is our policy.

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Danny Hume	(Theory)	3	71 Pass
Jacob Sheppard	(Theory)	2	71 Pass
Leigh Dempster	Baritone	2	117 Pass
Christopher Dempster	Eb Bass	5	116 Pass
Mathew Kibble	Bb Cornet	7	128 Merit

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