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We’ve just returned from a weekend ‘band camp’ with our fellow Fire&Rescue band members from Devon & Somerset, West Midlands and Lincolnshire. The event was held in the neutral half-way point of the Fire Service College in the Cotswolds and was much enjoyed by those who attended.

And so to our concert season:

June sees our annual Charity Concert, which this year will be held at Saltford Village Hall, on Saturday 17th June. For details click here

In July we’ll be playing at the Combe Down Primary Summer Fair, in the grounds of Combe Down Rugby Club, on Saturday 15th July

In September we have two concerts:

Keynsham Bandstand on the 2nd of September
and

Bathampton Village Show on the 9th September

For our Jubilee charity concert. It’s on Saturday June 11th, at the Roper Theatre (Hayesfield School, Bath BA2 3LA), starting at 7.30pm. We’ll be playing a selection of Jubilee-linked music titles, plus an assortment of show tunes and pop classics. We’ll be welcoming guest players from our neighbours, in the Devon & Somerset Fire&Rescue Service Concert Band, plus the Devon & Somerset Corps of Drums .

Come along and enjoy the show – advance tickets are now on sale (£10 adult, £5 to age 16) and proceeds will go to the Firefighters Charity. To book by phone, contact the Bath Box Office on 01225 463362 or use the direct link to the booking page for our concert https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/jubilee-charity-concert/about

We’ve spent the winter months in practice at the Weston Moravian church in Bath, and despite individual absences as a result of Covid alerts, we’ve managed to keep going and prepare for the 2022 Concert season.

Our first public performance is a Jubilee Charity Concert, to be held at the Roper Theatre in Bath, on Saturday 11th June. More details nearer the time.

We’ll be at the bandstand in the park at Keynsham on Sunday 31st July, from 2pm – and hope to see you there!

We are able to do a couple of public concerts this year, subject of course to Government guidelines:

There’s a chance to hear and meet the band at Cribbs Mall on the morning of Saturday 4th December. We’ll be playing carols and other festive pieces. To find us, follow the music – or go to the first floor, near one of the food corridors at the top of the stairs.

We’ll also be playing at the Christmas service on Sunday 19th December, at St Mary’s church, Yate. The service begins at 6.30pm, and all are welcome.

We’ve got a temporary new home for our Monday practices, whilst our bandroom in the Fire & Rescue services building is out of action, due to Covid precautions. We have managed to do a couple of practice sessions al fresco, in the car park, but our ‘Summer’ weather has made this a hazardous undertaking. At last we have been able to move indoors, as some restrictions on premises and group numbers have eased.

Our grateful thanks to the Weston Free Church for letting us use their premises and practice with a roof over our heads. As the photo shows, (and not all the band is present) we have to maintain our distances, which makes for an unfamiliar sound balance (to us at least). But if the BBC Symphony Orchestra can do it for the First night of the Proms, who are we to complain?

The site has been temporarily unavailable for technical reasons; not malware, just a plugin that went wrong when it updated itself. There will be a couple of changes in the next few days, as the band resumes ‘normal’ service. Look out for news of concerts.

Band – the ‘calendar’ page has been removed from the website, partly because it stopped working (see above) and also it’s been replaced by our Muzodo diary and messaging service.

We are beginning to see the opening of practice opportunities and even concerts later in the year. Currently we have one public concert planned, which is to be in aid of NHS front-line workers, at the beginning of September, in Bristol.

More details to come in later posts.

Band members – welcome back soon! Details of practice timetable and future gigs to come via the Muzodo diary service.