Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the flooding in Lydney over this weekend, particularly our nearby neighbours at Lydney Town AFC, Lydney Cricket Club, Lydney Tennis Club and Lydney RFC.
We hope everyone manages a swift recovery! Enormous congratulations to our fantastic percussion team (incl. Jenny, not pictured) who won the Haydyn Evans Trophy for Best Percussion Section for the second year in a row at today’s GBBA Contest!
In addition, as the sole Third Section band in the contest, we also retained the Maxie Cup and the A.R. Watkins Cup for Best March and Best Test Piece. Massive thank you to organisers for a brilliantly run contest day! Congratulations to our fabulous Training Band!
They were awarded a Gold standard certificate for their performance at the 2024 GBBA Own Choice March and Test Piece Contest. The band performed True and Trusty and Christopher Bond's superb Neverland. With Christmas looming ever nearer and thoughts turning to picking out those perfect gifts for friends and loved ones, if you're doing any shopping online it would be incredible if you would consider signing up to easyfundraising and selecting Lydney Training Band as your chosen cause
It won't cost you anything extra and the band will receive a small percentage of your purchase as a donation! For more information, head to: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/lydneytrainingband We kicked the carolling season off early this week following a special request from the Azalea Memory Cafe in Lydney! It was an absolute pleasure to perform for their group. Thanks to Julia and Duncan for stepping in to help out!
We’re incredibly proud of our Principal Cornet, Kerry, performing the Last Post at the Armistice Day commemoration in Lydney this morning.
A few ‘behind the scenes’ photos from last weekend’s incredible experience at the Wychavon Festival of Brass. Thanks to Louise, Emma, Kay and River for helping capture these lovely shots of the day!
What a weekend!
Our win in the Third Section of the Wychavon Festival of Brass on Saturday represented the band’s first outright win at a contest in 22 years! We can’t thank our Musical Director, Thomas Dunne, enough for all of his hard work over the last few weeks and months in developing The Tale of the Princess and the Dragon and working with the band to create a musical fairytale! The set featured three original arrangements and compositions. Wild Mountain Thyme and Princess and the Dragon, both written by Tom, gave our flugel player, Louise, and our bass trombonist, Matt, a chance to demonstrate their incredible talents, as well as showcasing those of our bass and percussion teams. Massive shout out to Malcolm, who wrote There Will Come Soft Rains, a superbly emotive piece that set up the story’s finale, which featured a trombone solo from Adrian! Huge thanks to the organisers of the contest and everyone who came to support us on the day and who have been supporting the players in the background Thanks also to Emma, Mark and Neil for these great photos It’s not long until we present The Tale of Princess and the Dragon at this weekend’s Wychavon Festival of Brass! Here’s a couple of shots from last night’s rehearsal courtesy of Tom.
These five superstars, alongside their playing for Lydney, have been busy helping raise money for new instruments for the band.
In August, Dougie, Kerry and Tim ran in the Severn Bridge 10k; whilst Mark and Rory took part in the Portishead 10k at the end of September! They absolutely smashed through the initial fundraising target of £400 and ultimately raised more £800! (…and they gained some snazzy medals along the way!). A huge well done and thank you for all their efforts We would like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who came along to our Celebration Concert on Saturday evening at Lydney Town Hall!
A massive shout out to Louise and Matt, who delighted us with The Tale of the Princess and the Dragon. We also heard a fantastic performance of The Acrobat by Adrian and a sublime version of The Shepherds Song from Dougie. We’d also like to thank Krysten, Sarah and Wayne for their help on welcoming the audience and managing the raffle! Here’s a few photos from Saturday - if you were able to come along, we hope you had a great time It was great to be able to also have a joint rehearsal with the Town and Training Bands at Lydney Town Hall last night, all in preparation for our Celebration Concert on Saturday evening!
There’s only two days until the big day! In exactly one week's time, we'll opening the doors at Lydney Town Hall and welcoming everyone to our 2024 Celebration Concert! You might remember that last year's concert (see below) featured a swashbuckling adventure filled with sea shanties and trombone playing pirates!
This year, the Lydney Town Band will be debuting 'The Tale of the Princess and the Dragon' - a story of bravery, betrayal, hope and desire, showcasing the talents of our incredible Flugelhorn player: Louise Bayfield. Alongside this, we've got a whole host of original compositions and arrangements written by our Musical Director, Thomas Dunne, and players from within our ranks: David, Idris and Malcolm! Lydney Training Band will also be there highlighting the range of upcoming talent within their ranks before both bands come together for a massed band finale. It promises to be an incredible night and we would absolutely love to see you there! Tickets are £8 for adults, £5 for concessions - you can pay on the door (cash or card accepted). There will also be a raffle and the Town Hall bar will be open for refreshments! Fortunately the weather held its nerve yesterday and Lydney Training Band were able to entertain the attendees of the Forest Showcase Food Festival!
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