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Cinderford Band were back to there winning ways again, when they took the 2nd Section crown by winning at the 41st Weston Entertainments Contest on Sunday 18th May 2009. The contest was held at the Winter Gardens at Weston-Super-Mare Pavilion.

The band dominated the field with a fine display on stage. This was also added by the Fred Trego Memorial Trophy for the Best Euphonium Award, and this was given to our very own Anthony Murrell as best of the section. In all there was seven band's in total in our section, and the band came 1st with 187 points by taking "The Bailey Trophy".

In second place there was City of Bristol with 186 points, and third place was Phoenix Brass with 185 points.

The adjudicator for the 2nd section was Mr Steve Pritchard-Jones, who in his mind picked "a well deserved win" for Cinderford.

Well done to all involved in making this a great success for the band. It was going to happen sooner or later, and it was great for it to happen at a new contest that the band has not visited for a long time.

The band is pleased to announce that an award has been given to it's website. The bronze award has been given to us in recognition of all the hard work, and quantity of information available.

The company involved that has given us this award is a prestigious company that is involved in professional websites and hosting. The award is on the band's homepage, and it has also listed the band in it's list of recommended websites. To view this just click on the award logo below!

This year the band played at the Forest Hills Golf Club's annual St. Georges Charity Concert which was held at the golf club's clubhouse on Sunday 19th April 2009. The band and the audience were full of St. Georges cheer, and of course the flag waving to Rule Britannia always helps. Our guest vocalist for the band was Mrs. Christine Turner. This was the programme the band played on the day.

A great concert in which the audience enjoyed very much and participated in, which is a very typical Cinderford Band Concert I may add. We hope to see you very soon.

The band was proud to organise it's annual open day which was being held on Saturday 21st March 2009 at the Foxes Bridge Centre, Cinderford. With the percussionists from Tredegar to come and help out, and with Clive Lewis and his helpers doing there bit, everyone enjoyed a action packed day!

With new players joining us, we hope that next year will be as successful as this year!

The band had a very good weekend, but unfortunately it was not to be the band's day regarding the results. Having played well, the band came a lowly tenth place. Having worked hard at the test piece obviously this was a very disappointing result for us.

However, the band will continue to provide excellent music at it's concerts, and the band will endeavour to come back next year to rectify this years disappointing results at the area.

The band will also be competing at this years Weston-Super-Mare contest in May and the Wychavon Festival Contest in September also.

A great day by all was had with the Academy Band on the above date. Under the direction of Mr Clive Lewis, the band came home placed in a brilliant third place at the Cross Key's contest in Gwent, with a strong 9 band contest.

The adjudicator Mr. Philip Harper, gave the band good remarks on there performance.

More photos of the day can be found on the gallery 2 page link which is on the toolbar above.

Well done to everybody with this great result. We are very proud of you, and putting a Forest of Dean band on the map once again!

CINDERFORD BAND IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE EXCITING NEWS THAT THE BAND HAS A NEW REHEARSAL VENUE AS OF THIS DATE FORWARD. THE NEW VENUE IS THE FOXES BRIDGE DAY CARE CENTRE IN VALLEY ROAD, CINDERFORD. WE THANK THEM FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY, AND HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.

WE HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE CINDERFORD RUGBY CLUB AND WESLEY HALL FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS AND WE WOULD LIKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM FOR THERE EXCELLENT SUPPORT OF THE YEARS.

Tim has played with us previously before, a few years ago now but just to say a warm welcome awaits Tim and we hope you enjoy your stay with us. We are sure you will.

Congratulations to all below who achieved there worthy grades in the Autumn and Winter for 2008/2009.

This is also great news for the Academy Band who are going from strength to strength.

NAME	GRADE	INSTRUMENT	RESULT
ABBEY HARRISON	G4	TENOR HORN	124 MERIT
DAVE SHEPPARD	G4	FLUGEL	115 PASS
LEIGH DEMPSTER	G3	EUPHONIUM	120 MERIT
ELODIE GWYNNE	G6	CORNET	123 MERIT

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