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Blewbury and District Brass Band; Registered Charity Number 1161561

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0 Father Christmas comes to Blewbury Playclose

  • Dec 24th
  • by martinholliss
  • · Bandstand · Events · News

The band will be playing carols and other Christmas music on the Playclose in the very heart of Blewbury from 1815, welcoming Father Christmas on his sleigh pulled by a merry team of local elves.  If you can’t find the Playclose, just listen for the band and follow your ears (and the crowds)!

If it’s pouring with rain (or if the Playclose is cut off by 10 foot high snow drifts), Father Christmas is quite likely to take cover in the Blewbury Village Hall.

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0 Huge thanks – bbb break carol fundraising record

  • Dec 22nd
  • by martinholliss
  • · Events · News · Sponsorship

Huge thanks to everybody who gave so generously during our caroling this Christmas.  We received a total of just over £900 – an all-time record.  These funds will enable us to buy several more learner band instruments, to enable more youths and adults to start playing a brass instrument (see https://blewburybrassband.org/learners/learner-band/).

The £932 total included a generous donation from Infineum for playing at their annual staff Carol Concert (attended by more than 50 people…and followed by delicious non-alcoholic mulled wine and stunningly-good mince pies made by talented Infineum pastry chef).  We also came away with heavy collecting tins from the Goring and Streatley Golf Club Christmas Lunch, two caroling events at Waitrose Wallingford (where more mulled wine and mince pies were on offer) and two more caroling events at Sainsburys Didcot.

Thank you to Infineum, Goring and Streatley Golf Club, Waitrose and Sainsburys for having us – if you’ll have us, we’d love to return next year.  Thank you also to all members of the band for playing, to Andrew for tackling several parts on his trombone in both treble and bass clef, to Claudia for both playing and shaking a collecting tin in time and most successfully, to Dave and Martin for playing at every caroling event, to Rosie and Sophia for making it back from school and music college, and to everybody who supported us and ferried players to & fro (you know who you are!).

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0 bbb playing carols at Sainsburys Didcot

  • Dec 22nd
  • by martinholliss
  • · Events · News

Blewbury Brass Band will be playing carols outside Sainsburys Didcot, on Sunday 22 December.

Adorned in bobble hats and tinsel, our aim is to raise money to buy new instruments for our growing number of enthusiastic learners.

We plan to play from 1000-1200…and for longer than that (eg over lunchtime and during the afternoon) if at all possible.

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0 bbb playing carols at Sainsburys Didcot

  • Dec 21st
  • by martinholliss
  • · Events · News

Blewbury Brass Band will be playing carols outside Sainsburys Didcot, on Saturday 21 December.

Adorned in bobble hats and tinsel, our aim is to raise money to buy new instruments for our growing number of enthusiastic learners.

We plan to play from 1000-1200…and for longer than that (eg over lunchtime and during the afternoon) if at all possible.

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0 bbb playing carols at Waitrose, Wallingford

  • Dec 19th
  • by martinholliss
  • · Events · News

Blewbury Brass Band will be playing carols outside Waitrose, Wallingford, on Thursday 19 December.

Adorned in bobble hats and tinsel, our aim is to raise money to buy new instruments for our growing number of enthusiastic learners.

We plan to play from 1700-2100, if at all possible.

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0 Blewbury Church Christmas Concert

  • Dec 18th
  • by martinholliss
  • · Church · Events · News

The band will be playing at the annual Blewbury Church Christmas Concert on Wednesday 18 December, which will start at 2000 (following a 1900 rehearsal).

Do come along – Christmas in the village starts today, the church will be packed and the atmosphere will be relaxed, informal and fun.

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0 bbb at Hagbourne Church

  • Dec 15th
  • by martinholliss
  • · Church · Concert · Events · News

A small group of players from Blewbury Brass Band will play carols and other seasonal music in the East Hagbourne Church, as part of the Christmas Tree Sponsorship event.

Come along (and sing along) on Sunday 15 December at 1630 for about 45 minutes.

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0 bbb at Goring and Streatley Golf Club

  • Dec 15th
  • by martinholliss
  • · Events · News · Private Event

An intrepid group of players from Blewbury Brass Band played carols to accompany the annual Christmas Lunch at the Goring & Streatley Golf Club on Sunday 15 December.

Adorned in bobble hats and tinsel, we added to members’ seasonal cheer (to accompany their seasonal gastronomic and liquid cheer)!

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0 Blewbury Brass Band raises £184.63 at Waitrose in Wallingford

  • Dec 14th
  • by martinholliss
  • · Events · Learner Band · News

Huge thanks to the hoards of generous customers at Waitrose in Wallingford for donations while we played carols today.  While a bit cold, a chilly wind, and with only occasional sunny spells, Waitrose very kindly plied us with mulled wine and mince pies!

A total of £184.63 was raised, and this will go towards buying instruments for our burgeoning number of learner players.

Youth and adult learners are most welcome to join our Learner Band (Wednesday evenings from 1830 – 1930; usually 10-15 players, of all ages) and, yes, we can provide an instrument (for a very small annual fee) if you don’t already have one.

 

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0 bbb playing carols at Waitrose, Wallingford

  • Dec 14th
  • by martinholliss
  • · Events · News

Blewbury Brass Band will be playing carols outside Waitrose, Wallingford, on Saturday 14 December.

Adorned in bobble hats and tinsel, our aim is to raise money to buy new instruments for our growing number of enthusiastic learners.

We plan to play from 1000-1200…and for longer than that (eg over lunchtime and during the afternoon) if at all possible.

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