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NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE 2008 AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD NOW

SPRING CHARITY CONCERT 2008
Our Spring Charity Concert in Ringwood Parish Church supporting the National Childrens Home was well attended, the theme this year was Music from Stage and Screen, there were solos from Sue Griffin with By The Time I Get To Phoenix on Flugel Horn, Rachel Bartlett on Cornet with Through The Eyes Of Love and Jonathan Griffin on Tenor Horn with music from the Wizard of Oz. Click Here to view photo

NEWSLETTER FOR DECEMBER 2007 AVAILABLE NOW

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THE BAND’S SUMMER ENGAGEMENTS

On Sunday 20th May the band was due to play for the Blessing of the Sea Ceremony on Mudeford Quay, in recent years this has been a regular engagement for the band, unfortunately for the second year in succession the weather was too bad, we were unable to fulfil this engagement.

Sunday 8th July we were on the quayside at Southampton to play the cruise liner Arcadia away on a trip to the Caribbean, again Lloyd Bartlett assisted the band by standing in for our MD.

On Saturday July 14th on a bright summers day the band was in the Market Place in Ringwood taking part in the Ringwood Festival.

Ringwood Carnival on Saturday 15th September, a fine late summer evening the band was on duty outside Greyfriars entertaining spectators as they waited for the evening procession to pass by.

Due to an accident at home in which he suffered a double break to his arm David Randall relinquished his position as Musical Director.

Mr. Randall was succeeded by Mr. Lloyd Bartlett, his first engagement was on Sunday September 30th when the band was at the Holiday Caravan Show at Beaulieu, the band has fulfilled this engagement for several years it is a long day for the band, we play at intervals throughout the day between 11 m and 4 pm.

Saturday October 6th, the last engagement of our summer programme, was in the Barrington Theatre Ferndown, for a concert organised by the Ringwood branch of the Royal Air Forces Association, the tenth year we have performed a concert for them, it was a most successful evening with a large and appreciative audience who enjoyed the band’s performance.