A splendid traditional style brass band concert with five stunning solo performances In the cosy surroundings of Boarshurst Band Club, Ryan Watkins’ Slaithwaite Band served up a delightful concert with traditional fare and a superb selection of solo performances. One of the five – the band’s youngest soloist – stole the show.
Category: Brass Bands
Whitworth Vale and Healey Band, 10 March 2019: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
Weather works in band’s favour as Binns and Co serve up a superb concert After last year’s concert date fell victim to the Beast From The East, Whitworth Vale and Healey Band finally got round to fulfilling their gig at Boarshurst Band Club. A year after that date, you could say last night’s concert was…
Thornton Cleveleys Brass Band, 03 March 2019: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
Well thought out programme by Stephen Craig and Co. makes for well received concert There are very few brass bands that could almost claim to return home with a trophy and another brass band from the Fylde peninsula. Give or take another week, Boarshurst Silver Band pulled that off. Seriously though, through happy accident, the…
A Saddleworth Sweep in the North West Regional Championships
Boarshurst Silver Band lead the way among Saddleworth bands in the 2019 North West Regional Brass Band Championships Blackpool’s Winter Gardens proved to be a happy hunting ground for some of Saddleworth’s brass bands. With thousands of brass band players and spectators descending on the iconic venue, the North West Regionals have a vibrant atmosphere…
Marsden Silver Prize Band, 10 February: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
Andrew Lofthouse and Co. takes the audience on a journey through stage and screen Royal Albert Hall, London, 7pm: the red carpet is rolled out for another star-studded BAFTA awards ceremony. All the greats from stage and screen pull into the palatial venue, used as the Championship Section’s National Finals venue each October. Boarshurst Band…
Thurlstone Brass Band, 03 February 2019: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
Thurlstone Brass Band deliver a delightful concert, warmly received by all audiences – live and on-screen In relation to competitive brass banding, the term Unregistered doesn’t do brass bands any justice. To the untrained ear, ‘Unregistered’ may be seen in the same light as a ‘U’ grade in GCSE examinations (as in ‘substandard’ or ‘dire’)….
Vernon Building Society (Poynton) Brass Band, 27 January 2019: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
Stig and Co.’s high octane performance and warm reception makes for a most delightful concert Consistency has been the order of the day for Poynton Band. Off the stage it has been their 30+ year association with the Vernon Building Society which has provided the band a solid base. On the stage, it has been…
Westoe Brass Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
South Shields band kicks off 2019 season of Boarshurst concerts in style Only three weeks ago, Boarshurst Band Club finished off its 2018 season of Sunday Brass nights in style with the Friends of Music For Youth Brass Band. That concert got us on a high for the 2019 programme, which has a tasty selection…
Friends of Music For Youth Brass Band, Boarshurst Band Club, 30 December 2018
How the Friends of Music For Youth Brass finished 2018’s programme of Sunday Brass concerts in great style at the Boarshurst Band Club Question: how do you end a phenomenal season of concerts at a band club in a southern part of Saddleworth? The answer is simple: pick the finest brass band players, create a…
A Brass Band Advent Calendar: 26. Toccata in D Minor
SECOND ENCORE: J.S. Bach’s seminal organ tune, in brass band form For the final door on this year’s East of the M60 Advent Calendar, we have decided to give you a right corker of a piece. Originally written for organ, this tune by Johann Sebastian Bach is one of his best known works.
A Brass Band Advent Calendar: 25. Santa Claus-trophobia
ENCORE: Sandy Smith’s Christmas medley Well, the people have spoken, and Christmas Day Means Christmas Day. As an extra to the previous 24 Advent Calendar windows, there is only one Christmas medley which depicts The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
A Brass Band Advent Calendar: 24. Procession to the Minster
If you really want to finish a brass band concert in style, this is the piece! After 23 days, we have come to the end of our Brass Band Advent Calendar. If you have followed all the windows, each and every one was chosen to make for The Mother of All Brass Band Concerts. For…
