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This weekend, we're packing up our instruments and taking a trip over to Stroud! Lydney Town Band will be performing at Stratford Park Bandstand on Sunday from 2:30pm! Bring a picnic and a blanket and settle in for an afternoon of music and entertainment! If you get there early, you can take the opportunity to visit the Stratford Park Arboretum - said to rival the nearby Westonbirt!
Enormous congratulations to our team who all successfully finished the Severn Bridge 10k! Thanks to all the marshalls and stewards who helped out along the way . We also managed to hit our fundraising target of £1,000!!! Thank you so much to everyone who donated to our fundraiser! Big thanks also to everyone who shared it online on our behalf! Your help means that the Band is one step closer to getting a storage unit which will allow us to better utilise our facilities to continue the brilliant work of Lydney Training Band in developing the next generation of brass players!  This Sunday, our team of intrepid runners from the band will be taking on the Severn Bridge 10k! For two members of the team - Kerry and Louise, our Principal Cornet and Flugelhorn player respectively, this will be their very first 10k race and a massive achievement after months of training! We’re over 60% of the way to our fundraising target of £1,000 to help fund a new storage unit at the bandroom, which will help us make better use of our tuition spaces for the benefit of our aspiring musicians in our Starter Group and Training Band! If you’d like to sponsor the team, head on over to:https://www.justgiving.com/.../lydneytownbandcontainerfund  Summer is nearly over but Lydney Town Band have got a great season of events planned to keep you entertained as the leaves turn brown and the evenings start to draw in! Our Autumn 2023 programme kicks off on Sunday 3rd September with a bandstand concert in Stratford Park, Stroud - a rare trip to the other side of the river for us! On Saturday 23rd, we'll be supporting a fundraising event for the Forest Foodbank at St Mary's Church, Lydney. Following on from the success of last year's 130th Anniversary Concert, Lydney Town Band and Lydney Training Band will be returning to Lydney Town Hall to celebrate all the successes of the last twelve months! And finally, in November, the Town Band will be competing in the Wychavon Brass Festival and the GBBA Own Choice Contest, where Lydney Training Band will also be returning for the first time since 2019!  Next month, we'll be bidding a fond farewell to our first trombone player, Alasdair, who is heading off to university. We've got a really exciting autumn programme of concerts and contests coming up, including our 2023 Celebration Concert at Lydney Town Hall! If you or someone you know might be interested in joining us, please get in touch! We'd love to hear from you.  There's just two weeks to go until the Severn Bridge 10k, where a team from the Band will be amongst the throngs of runners!
As part of the challenge, they're looking to raise money for a shipping container for the Band which will help us make better use of our bandroom and facilities. Anything you can give in sponsorship would be greatly appreciated! If you've already donated - thank you so much! If you'd like to give but maybe can't at the moment, you can still help out by sharing this link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lydneytownbandcontainerfund Enormous congratulations to Ben! Last week, he attended the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Summer Course in Norfolk and won the Con Buckley Award for Percussion, which recognises the best all round percussionist on the course! He's pictured here with Andrea Price, Musical Director of Wingates Band and former principal percussionist of Black Dyke Band. Previous winners of the award include Jordan Ashman, BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2022, and Mark Landon, Principal Percussionist at Foden's Band.  We had a fantastic time opening Scarr Brass Fest in the wonderful environs of Scarr Bandstand, this afternoon! It was great to see this event as well supported as ever! It was also lovely to be able to settle down afterwards with a cream tea and hear some cracking pieces from Severn Tunnel Band and Cinderford Band.  |
