June 2025

Flags fly as band brings patriotic cheer to the Shipston Proms

Shipston Town Band /

St Edmund’s Church in Shipston was transformed into the Royal Albert Hall on Friday as two brass bands performed on the penultimate night of the Shipston Proms. Union Flags flew and the audience applauded as Shipston Town Band and Stour Concert Brass played a joint concert which conjured up the spirit of the more famous […]

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7-YEAR-OLD RAFI WINS TROPHY AT BRASS BAND CONTEST

Shipston Training Band /

Rafi Gil-Keeling, aged 7, was the youngest competitor at the recent Oxford & District Brass Band Association contest where he was awarded this splendid trophy.  He is also the youngest member of Shipston’s Training Band and is receiving cornet lessons with Shipston Brass Academy.  The trophy, which has been engraved with Rafi’s name, age and Shipston Band’s

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