Area Test Piece Preview

This Thursday (23rd), the Band are proud to host an Open rehearsal for the upcoming Area Contest this Sunday at Blackpool. The event is being held at the Dobcross Band Club and will have a band representing each section.

The Bands performing will be:

4th Section – Dobcross Youth Conducted by John Parkes – English Folk Song Suite

3rd Section – Eccles Borough Band Conducted Mareika Gray – Olympus

2nd Section – Dobcross Siver Band Conducted by Kenny Pain - Cross Patonce

Championship - Milnrow Band Conducted by Mareika Gray – Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

We are delighted that Russel Gray and Colin Hardy will be on hand throughout the evening giving their thoughts and comments on the performances.

The Concert starts at 8pm, we hope to see you all there!

Message from the Chairman

Its been a year of change at Dobcross Silver and for 2012 we have welcomed four more new players bringing the Band almost to full strength for the Contest season ahead!
Our recent recruits are:
Ken Smith  Soprano Cornet
Paul Towle        Solo Cornet
Mike Brooks     Second Horn
Tom Welling  Bass Trombone
A warm welcome to all the new faces who had a grand baptism recently at the Catenians ‘Beer and Brass’ event on a snowy Altrincham night! Once again a superb event and thankfully everyone arrived and returned safe and sound!
This followed another successful ‘Viennese’ concert at Shaw Playhouse 2 and now its down to the serious work of Test Piece practice for the 2nd Section Contests ahead!
We would like to remind you that we will be running the Test Piece, ‘Cross Patonce’, at two upcoming Open Rehearsals on the run up to Blackpool.
Sunday 19th February – Boarshurst Band Club, 7:30pm
Thursday 23rd February – Dobcross Band Club, 8:00pm
MD Kenny Pain continues to work tremendously hard with the new team which includes some very talented players and we are all looking forward to the year ahead!
There’s plenty of smiles around the Silver Band once again and its a great place to be!
Andy Black
Chairman & Treasurer

Shaw Playhouse New Years Viennese Concert

This Friday, the band will be playing the first concert of the year at the Shaw Playhouse with ‘A Night of Viennese Music’.

There will be waltz’s throughout the evening along with soloists and features from around the band.

The Concert will be starting at 8pm. Anyone wanting to buy tickets can be bought for £8.50 from:

Interiors, Shaw
01706 840400
www.WeGotTickets.com

New conductor, new players and a new website … A new era at Dobcross begins!

After three successful years with the band including North West Area 3rd Section Champions, a ticket to the Nationals and great results throughout the years in all contests, Dobcross would like to wish all the best to Grenville Moore as he puts lip to mouthpiece once again.

We are now pleased to announce that the conducting vacancy has been filled by Kenny Pain. Kenny, former player of the Band of the Coldstream Guards and more recently Soprano Cornet at United Co-op Milnrow, says:

“The opportunity to conduct Dobcross is huge for me and I am thoroughly looking forward to working with the band, continuing the good work that Grenville has done over the years.”

Since Kenny’s appointment two weeks ago, there has been a staggering ten players that have signed up to the band. We would like to welcome the following members:

  • Richard Sutcliffe – Solo Horn
  • Kara Sutcliffe – 1st Horn
  • Jake Gordon – Principal Euphonium
  • Bradley Barnes – 2nd Euphonium
  • Keelan Sutcliffe – Percussion
  • Steph Coward – Assistant Principal Cornet
  • Alice Thompson – Solo Cornet
  • Hollie Sutcliffe – 3rd Cornet
  • Janet – 2nd Cornet
  • Elliot Waters- 2nd Cornet

With a full band once again, the Band is now looking forward to the Durham Miners Gala tomorrow (9/7/11), where we have been given the rare honor of playing in the Cathedral for the third time in five years.

Future Events include a Concert at the Uppermill Conservative Club next Sunday (17/7/11), Bolsover Entertainments Contest (11/9/11) and also a Night of Film Music at Shaw Playhouse (17/9/11). We hope to see you there!

Welcome to the new website!

Welcome to the new website of the Dobcross Silver Band!

This is just a test run to see how people like it as it so far.

Please note the site is still in the design stage and some parts are unfinished. I have not had chance to change certain aspects yet (like the banner at the top!). This is just an idea of how the website is going to look in terms of the layout.

Please comment on the Band’s Twitter page (found to the right) or the Band’s or my own (Dan Wilson) Facebook page. Any feedback will be gratefully received.

You can even start to use the site now by clicking on the “leave a reply” below.

Many thanks, Dan :-)