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Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band is a member of the Snowdown Welfare Club, which is a Registered Charity (Charity Number: 302675)Band News
THIRD in the Folkestone SCABA Contest.
Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band competed in the Southern Counties Amateur Band Association's (S.C.A.B.A.) annual Folkestone contest today.
Pieces played:
- Hymn: Hyfrydol (R H Prichard)
- Test Piece: Anglian Dances (Alan Fernie)
The band played well to a full audience and were placed THIRD by the contest adjudicator, Philip Harper.
Full contest results will appear on the SCABA website later.
Rotary Club Concert
The Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band performed along with The Canterbury Orchestra and Singer Rachel Gillingham in the Charity Concert organised by the Rotary Club on the 3rd Oct 2009.
The Concert was held at The Kings Hall in Herne Bay.
Tickets for this concert and others were/are available from their online website at www.kingscaterers.co.uk.
Contest Pieces Announced
- English Heritage (George Lloyd) – published by R. Smith & Co.
- Moorside Suite (Gustav Holst) - published by R. Smith & Co.
- Kingdom of Dragons (Philip Harper) – published by Harper Music
- Labour and Love (Percy Fletcher) – published by R. Smith & Co.
- Saint-Saëns Variations (Philip Sparke) – published by Anglo Music Press.
Band and Choir perform at Joint Concert
The Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band and the Snowdown Colliery Welfare Male Voice Choir performed together at a joint concert on the Saturday 12th September 2009 at the Tower Theatre in Folkestone.
Tickets were available for this event and others from the Theatre box-office. Telephone (01303) 223925
SCABA Spring Contest 2009
The band worked hard and played well during this years Southern Counties Amateur Band Association Contest in Brighton and attained a well earned 2nd place.
Keith Pritchard, our Principle Cornet player also won the `Best Instrumentalist` prize. Well done Keith.
The full results can be found here
New Musical Director.
The Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band is extremely pleased to announce that Mr. Kevin Spencer LLCM, LRSM, NABBC, has accepted the position of Musical Director. The band hopes he has a long and successful time with the band.
A Big Thank You!
Ths band sends a big SHOUT OUT of thanks to Terry Green, for guest Conducting the band at the joint Snowdown Band and Snowdown Choir Christmas Concert on the 19th
Conductor Bows Out
After just over 3 years of directing the Snowdown Colliery Welfare Brass band, Keith Twyman has decided to step down as Music Director of the band.
During his leadership the band have grown stronger and have performed at many, many local and some not so local musical events, concerts, fetes, bandstands and contests.
The band wish Keith all the very best in life and all his future endeavours.
News Bites
18 Feb 2010 - Thanks to Keith for a good practice last night06 Feb 2010 - Stevenage Contest is back on. Jan is coming back to play percussion. Thanks Jan :-)
05 Feb 2010 - Dont forget peeps... Band Christmas dinner (early or late - you decide!) NEXT SATURDAY! 7:30pm - Sportsman, Cliffsend.
13 Jan 2010 - New Engagement dates added for 2010 here
19 Nov 2009 - There is a photo and write up on the recent contest at Folkestone in this weeks East Kent Mercury....
30 Oct 2009 - The dates for the 2010 National Finals have been confirmed by Kapitol, Lower Sections at Harrogate 25th/26th September and Championship Section at the Royal Albert Hall on 9th October 2010.
Next 3 Gigs
20 March 2010Stevenage Contest. All Day.
18 April 2010
Hove Contest
09 May 2010
Broadstairs Bandstand
Band Humour
Q. How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb?A. None. They have a machine that does that now.
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