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BAND LAUNCHES NEW SOLO COMPETITION

05/04/2012 14:27:00

NEW SOLO CHAMPIONSHIPS

The band is launching in partnership with the Brighouse Lions a new Yorkshire Solo Championship.

Both organisations have run their own solo contest for a number of years and after discussions it has been agreed to join together in a new contest called the Yorkshire Solo Championships.

This will be held on Saturday 6th October 2012 at Bailiff Bridge Community Centre, Victoria Road, Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse comencing at 10.00am

Sections include

Slow Melody

11 years and under

14 years and under

17 years and under

Open

Veterans (over 40's)

Duets

17 years and under

Open

Ensembles (3 to 10 players)

Own Choice Solo (Not Slow Melody)

17 years and under

Open

Fun Section

Entry fees: Solos £3.50 - Duets £5.00 - Ensembles £8.00 - Fun Section £2.00

Entry forms can be obtained from band secretary Jane Clay 260 Wakefield Road, Lightcliffe, Halifax HX3 8TY or e-mail john366clay@btinternet.com

Closing Date 22nd September 2012

New Newsletter

05/02/2012 16:12:00

The latest edition of the Bandroom News is available for download, or you can pick up your paper edition in the bandroom this week. Patrons can expect their newsletter in the post soon!

(PDF — 3 MB)

FANTASTIC RESULTS FOR BOTH BANDS

03/06/2012 09:21:00

SENIOR BAND WINS 2ND SECTION YORKSHIRE AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday 3rd March National Brass Band Championships Qualifying Rounds

We entered both our senior and B band in the qualifying rounds. Senior band in the 2nd section and B band in the 4th section.

The test piece for the senior band was Cross Patonce by Goff Richards a difficult but very interesting piece in three movements which is full of tricky time signatures and a beautiful melodic second movement all based on French tunes.

The band got the dreaded number 1 draw out of a possible 12 and started the whole weekend off at 10.30am on Saturday morning. We delivered what we thought was a good performance and hopefully set a good marker for the rest of the bands.

Result time:

6th Lindley

5th Barnsley Chronicle

4th Strata

3rd Cornerstone

2nd City of Bradford

1ST CLIFTON AND LIGHTCLIFFE

We are all delighted, fantastic news, all the hard work since Christmas paid off. We now have an invitation to compete in the National Brass Band Finals at Cheltenham on Saturday 22nd September.

The remarks from the adjudicators Phillip McCann and Philip Sparke were excellent and the final paragraphs from both of them said "A well directed performance by conductor and well played BE PROUD." Phillip McCann and "This was a really fine performance you have prepared this piece REALLY well. Lots of detail in evidence and technically sound. Very impressive. Thank you" Philip Sparke.

Our B Band then played in the afternoon with 12 bands in the section. They drew number 11 to play. They were performing Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite.

They gave a really good performance which was lead by William Rushworth to agreed to conduct the band a couple of weeks before the contest as we lost one of our front row cornet players so John said he would play if we could get someone to conduct.

The band responded well to William. THANK YOU WILLIAM FOR YOUR HELP.

Results:

6th Barnsley Metropolitan

5th CLIFTON AND LIGHTCLIFFE B

4th Maltby Miners

3rd Wilsden

2nd Armthorpe Elmfield

1st Linthwaite

A fantastic effot by our B band. This is only the third year they have entered the contest, first year they came 11th last year they came 9th and now 5th which is excellent steady progress through the section. You should all be really proud of yourselves and the hard work and commitment you have all given.

The remarks from the two adjudicators Colin Hardy and Mike Kilroy were very good and constructive ending "Lots to praise with some problems but the future looks bright for this band" Mike Kilroy "This was a good overall performance" Colin Hardy.

Congratulations too all the bands who competed over the weekend.

FANTASTIC WEEKEND !!!!!!

New CD ready for purchase.

12/01/2011 15:43:00

The new CD the band recorded on 4th and 5th November will be available in the next few days. If you would like to reserve a copy then please contact the Secretary Jane Clay on 01422 201875 or e-mail john366clay@btinternet.com

The CD is called The Lost Chord and features our Senior Band, B Band and Neil Taylor who is the Director of Music at Sheffield Cathedral.

Amongst the items featured are: Blue John Soloist Michael Rogers on Trombone, Grandfathers Clock Soloist Alex Crisp on Horn, The Way we Were Soloist Graham Cass Euphonium.

Suite Gothique featuring band and organ as well as Philip Wilby's new arrangement of March from Scipio. The B band is playing a four items including the film music Rocky, Jurassic Park and I Will follow Him.

The CD will make a great Christmas present and at £9.00 plus postage is good value.

The band has also produced a calendar for 2012. Look out for a sample copy on our web-site very soon.

Success for B Band

10/27/2011 16:15:00

Best 4th Section title for B Band

On Sunday 21st October the B Band along with the Senior band entered the Pogson-Bray Trust Entertainment Competition at Berties Banqueting Rooms Elland.

9 Bands entered the new re-vamped contest each playing a 20 minute programme which was judged by Stuart Fawcett.

Results:

1st Elland Silver

2nd Lindley

3rd Slaithwaite

4th Clifton and Lightcliffe Senior Band

Best 3rd Section Elland Silver

Best 4th Section Clifton and Lightcliffe B Band

Best Unregistered/Youth Sellers Youth Band

Best March Lindley

Great day at a great venue. Thanks to Berties who gave the rooms free of charge to the Pogson-Bray committee and they also provided fantastic refreshments throughout the day. Watch out for next years date.

Quiz Night Fundraiser

10/27/2011 16:07:00

Fundraising Evening

Friday 11th November at the Old Coloniel Club Mirfield we are having a quiz and would like to invite everyone to come and support. Tickets £5.00 including curry or corned beef hash supper (veggie curry to order) 8.00pm for tickets let Jane Clay or Holly Crawford know.

Come along for a night out with real ales. Only restriction ages must be 16 years upwards.

Jane 01422 201875

Busy Season Ahead

10/22/2011 14:06:00

Bookings have been coming in steady for the Winter Season and we have plenty of Christmas concerts. For full details of our bookings visit our Engagements page.

Bands record a new CD

10/22/2011 13:46:00

The Senior band along with our B Band are recording a new CD on the 4th/5th November at the Central Methodist Church Brighouse. Along with the bands we have asked Neil Taylor Director of Music at Sheffield Cathedral to join us in a couple of items. He was our guest at our Annual Concert in September which proved popular with our audience so it has been decided to record Neil with the band playing Suite Gothique and March from Scipio.

It is hoped that the CDs will be ready for Christmas.

Awards at Annual Dinner

05/19/2011 11:59:00

Band Awards

At the Annual Dinner the following awards were presented.

Senior Band - Players Player Alex Crisp Tenor Horn

Section of the year - Trombone Section

B Band - Players Player Joe Ridler Tenor Horn

Most Improved Player - Tom Silson Euphonium

Training Band - Most Improved Player - James Ormondroyd Cornet

Band Person of the Year - Andy Shaw

Congratulations to everyone

The dinner was held at the Cedar Court Hotel Huddersfield and was attended by 65 members and friends.

Bands do well at the Area Contest

03/15/2011 14:31:00

After promotion in January to the second section the band competed in the area contest at St Georges Hall, Bradford on Saturday 5th March.

After an early draw of number 2 the band took to the stage to perform Eric Ball’s Resurgam. We were all pleased with our performance and hoped we would do well in the results. We were delighted to learn that we had been given 6 place out of 12 competitors, a good result for the first time in a higher section.

Full results

Congratulations to South Yorkshire Police and Barnsley Chronicle Band who have qualified for the finals in September.

The B Band also took to the stage from a number 1 draw to play John Golland’s Prelude, Song and Dance, they played well and improved on their position from last years 11 out of 12 to 9 out of 12.

Full results

Again congratulations to Dinnington and Dronfield.