Members of Shipston Town Bands bid farewell to one of their longest-serving members this week when stalwart David Birch retired after 65 years. David performed as principal euphonium of Shipston Town Band for the final time at Sanders Park bandstand in Bromsgrove on Sunday afternoon, after more than six decades of brass banding. And on […]
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Yesterday Shipston Town made its annual visit to Sanders Park Bromsgrove for its regular performance on the bandstand. The band gave a varied programme with excellent performances from its outstanding soloists with David Hunt playing the Soprano cornet solo Demelza and Cornet Soloist Luke Barker of Flowers Band who was making a guest appearance with
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On Saturday July 1st, Shipston Town Band conducted by Howard Gibbs performed at the prestigious Pershore Midsummer Brass where 25 bands performed at 4 different venues in a feast of music making beginning at 10.00 a.m. and finishing 12 hours later. They performed at the famous Pershore Abbey to open proceedings at 10.00 a.m. and
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The sounds of brass heralded the beginning of a busy summer season for Shipston Town Band at performances to mark the Coronation in Shipston and at Stratford bandstand. The band’s newly formed brass ensemble delighted crowds at Coronation celebrations in Shipston High Street on Sunday 8 May. The ensemble, led by bass player Ken Smith,
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Two of our former players had a very successful time at the European Brass Band Championships held in Malmo Sweden last weekend. Luke Barker, who has been studying in Switzerland for 12 months, has been playing for Brass Band Treize Etoiles. They won the Swiss National Championships and qualified to represent Switzerland at the European
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The funeral of David Stanley took place at Redditch Crematorium on Friday. David was the conductor of Arrow Valley Brass which he founded but was also involved with many other local bands including Shipston which he conducted a number of times when we were between conductors. In the wider band movement David alongside Major Peter
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A charity quiz in Shipston has raised a thousand pounds and donated the money to support the town’s much-loved brass band. Thirst Edition, a micropub in Church Street, raised the money through collections at its regular Thursday quiz nights. The funds raised are donated to a local charity once they hit the £1,000 target – and
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The sounds of brass filled St Edmunds Church, Shipston, on Sunday as the town band provided the music for the annual civic service. At the invitation of the mayor, Cllr Marianne Westwood, musicians from Shipston Town Band and Stour Concert Brass performed throughout the service. The event was hosted by Shipston Town Council and Churches
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A festive magic engulfed the Townsend Hall in Shipston earlier this month when the town’s very own brass band gave its most magical Christmas concert in memory. The performance proved the ideal kick-off to the festive season for the band, which will be seen in and around South Warwickshire this December with a variety of
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At 11.00 a.m. there was not a sound to be heard apart from the odd leaf fluttering to the ground as the people of Shipston remembered the fallen from the two great wars and conflicts since. Their names were read out by the prefects from Shipston High School before Last Post and Reveille was sounded
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