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Last Night of the Proms with guest singer Claire Helm - Saturday 28th September
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A wonderful audience attended St Thomas' Church in Batley for Birstall Luddites Rotary Club's Last Night of the Proms!
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We thoroughly enjoyed working with Claire who had the audience enthralled with her superb singing.
If you're disappointed that you missed out on this event, head over to our YouTube channel to hear full versions of Somewhere and Jerusalem and more besides!
Farnley Hall Park - 14th July 2024
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We hope you enjoy this snippets video from our performance at Farnley Hall Park.
Farnley Hall Park - 14th July 2024
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We enoyed playing at Farnley Hall Park, howver, we did have to compete with the constant threat of rain - hence the presence of raincoats and hats, and the absence of stand banners - oh, and we were also competing with a Wimbledon Final!
Thank you to everyone who came to support us!
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Batley Community Choir - 28th June 2024
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We were delighted to be the invited guests of Batley Community Choir at their Summer Harmonies concert in St Thomas' Church, Batley.
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Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves!
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Our programme had a Spanish theme.
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We hope you enjoy this performance of Fandango!​
Western Flatts Cliff Park - Sunday 23rd June 2024
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We had a wonderful time yesterday at Western Flatts Cliff Park, part of the Leeds International Concert Season Summer Bands series - in fact, you could say it was "thrilling"!
We gave our audience a musical feast including Eighties Flashback which begins with Thriller, Highlights from Oliver, Me and My Girl, Laughter in the Rain and much more!
We had a very appreciative and generous audience who loved our encore where the "Cops" aka the brass section chased the "Robbers" aka the woodwind section in Charles Williams' Devil's Galop which is perhaps better known as the theme tune from Dick Barton - Special Agent!
St Peter's, Kirkthorpe - 18th May 2024
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On Saturday, we had the great pleasure of performing for the fourth time at St Peter's Church, Kirkthorpe.
Thank you to everyone who gave us such a warm welcome and great words of support and encouragement.
Why not grab a cup of tea or coffee and sit down and enjoy this short video of snippets of our performance?
Thank you to friends and family for supplying audio and video clips. Please bear in mind that they were recorded on personal, not professional, devices.
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Come and Play day - Saturday 16th March 2024
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We held our fourth Come and Play day on Saturday. We were delighted by the response to our event and ended up with a band of 70 musicians. We enjoyed making music together and also a time of catching up with people over lunch.
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With around 40 minutes per piece we managed to rehearse 5 new pieces of music under the experienced baton of our MD - Colin Cranmer. The pieces he chose for the day were:- Laughter in the Rain, Partita II, Time to Say Goodbye, The Lion King and Devil's Gallop.
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The day ended with some refreshments with friends and families and a mini concert of all the pieces we'd been rehearsing during the day.
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Here are some photos. There are many more on our Facebook page and more content will be added in due course.
Colton Methodist Church - Saturday 24th February 2024
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On Saturday we had the pleasure of performing once again at Colton Methodist Church.
Our programme began with Philip Sparke’s “March Celebration”, included Mercadante’s “Concerto for Horn” played by our Principal French Horn player – Ben Percival, and concluded with a selection from “Me and My Girl”.
We would like to thank members of the church and the audience who gave us such a warm welcome, including some very lovely cakes!
Here are some photos from the afternoon.
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Onward Christian Soldiers - National Coal Mining Museum - Saturday 27th January 2024
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With the museum being so close to Horbury Bridge, we naturally included Onward Christian Soldiers in our set.
National Coal Mining Museum - Saturday 27th January 2024
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The band had a wonderful time at the National Coal Mining Museum on Saturday at the special event to celebrate the end of Kirklees Year of Music 2023 and the handover to Wakefield Council’s Our Year!
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It was a privilege to share the day’s musical entertainment with Hade Edge Brass Band.
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Thank you to everyone who organised this event and gave us such a warm welcome!
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Come and Play - Saturday 16th March 2024
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We're delighted to announce that we will be holding another Come and Play day!
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Experience tells us that this will be a great day of music making and will give you the chance to meet up with old friends and maybe make some new ones!
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Please get in touch to book your place or for further information.