Band News
new deputy
Published: 12 January 2012
BAND’S NEW DEPUTY CONDUCTOR
The Ringwood and Burley Band are pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Block BA, LRAM, LGSM as the Band’s Deputy Conductor,
Steve studied trumpet and composition at Royal Academy of Music before embarking on a career of teaching music in secondary schools. After teaching for 30 years in North London, West London and the West Midlands, he became Music Adviser for the London Borough of Enfield for 8 years. In 2005, Steve took early retirement and continued his work as an independent consultant.
Alongside his teaching career Steve has always conducted amateur groups, including operatic and choral societies, and youth and adult orchestras, and also composed and arranged for many of his groups. He has had commissioned works performed at Birmingham Town Hall, the Barbican Concert Hall in London, and at Dudley Castle in the presence of H.M. The Queen.
Most of Steve’s brass playing and teaching has been on trumpet, but since moving down to Bournemouth in 2010 he has taken up the cornet again, and now plays Soprano Cornet with Ringwood & Burley Band as well as Christchurch U3A Vintage Brass.
Steve is married to Cindy, and they have a 27-year-old daughter who also teaches music.
Steve is absolutely delighted to be appointed as Deputy Conductor to Ringwood & Burley. He feels he can learn from the wealth of experience that the band members have, and especially from their conductor Bernard Lawson. Steve looks forward to a happy conducting, playing and social relationship with them all.
Bernard Lawson the band’s Musical Director said “I am delighted to welcome Steve Block as Deputy Conductor of the Ringwood & Burley Band. I am fortunate to have a man of his musical and personal stature to work along side me. As a result of the the new leadership team I am confident that the band’s good progress of recent months will develope at an even greater rate.”
Friday 24th February at 8 pm
Published: 31 December 2011
The band Annual General Meeting will be held at Greyfriars on Friday 24th February at 8 pm, all welcome.
Events to 24th December 2011
Published: 24 December 2011
SATURDAY 29th OCTOBER, the launching of the Ringwood British Legion Poppy Appeal, a large audience for this opening event.
SUNDAY 13th NOVEMBER, as usual a well attended Remembrance Day Service in Burley village centre.
SATURDAY 19th NOVEMBER, another visit to Broadstone Methodist Church for a well attended concert.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 2nd, a Christmas Concert in the New Milton Conservative Club, a successful first appearance for us at this venue.
SATURDAY 3rd DECEMBER, carol playing outside the Meeting House in Ringwood, a long session but appreciated by the many Christmas shoppers.
SATURDAY 10th DECEMBER, another new venue for the band, A Programme of Christmas Music in St. Francis of Assissi Church in Charminster, a well attended and very successful evening at a first class venue.
TUESDAY 13th DECEMBER, an appearance at the Conservative Club in Ringwood for their Annual Christmas Draw event.
SATURDAY 17th DECEMBER, Our Annual Christmas Concert in Greyfriars, a well attended and enjoyable evening.
MONDAY 19th DECEMBER, our yearly visit to play carols in Burley village, this year in the Queen’s Head, as always a well attended evening.
SATURDAY 24th DECEMBER, our final event of the year, the Rotary Club’s Annual Father Christmas event in Ringwood Market Place.
NEWSLETTER FOR CHRISTMAS 2011 AVAILABLE NOW
Published: 01 December 2011
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Band Events up to 13th October
Published: 01 September 2011
Saturday 13th August we spent all day playing at the Ellingham Agricultural Show.
Sunday 14th August a concert on the cricket ground at Burley for the Burley branch of the British Legion to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the British Legion.
Sunday 11th September, Carnival Songs of Praise in Ringwood Parish Church.
Saturday 17th September, we were in our usual spot outside Greyfriars for Ringwood Carnival.
Friday 23rd September, we presented an invitation concert for all the sponsors of players and the band also our Vice-Presidents.
Sunday 25th September, we were playing throughout the day on our annual visit to the Caravan Show at Beaulieu.
Saturday 8th October, the band assisted by the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Lions Club and Ringwood Tuesday Club promoted a Concert in the Barrington Theatre in Ferndown, a well attended event and successful evening for the band.
Saturday 15th October, Oceana sailaway at Southampton.
NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE 2011 AVAILABLE NOW
Published: 01 June 2011
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A BAND FOR ALL OCCASIONS
Published: 29 March 2011
A new sponsorship deal was set up in their offices in Ringwood High Street by the Ringwood Branch of the Co-operative Funeral Service with the Ringwood and Burley Band on Tuesday March 29th members of the branches staff, Funeral Co-ordinator Mr. Yorky Tuke, Funeral Director Mr. Ray Chalmers and Funeral Co-ordinator Ms. Tracy Witt presented the Band Chairman Mr. Tony Mist with a cheque for £500, other members of the band at the presentation were John Tamplin, John Haywood, Noel Smart, Ray Alexander, Peter Harris and the Secretary of the band Mrs. Christine Harris.
When presenting the cheque Mr. Tuke said the sponsorship would be initially for one year but he hoped the arrangement would be ongoing and that their association with the band would be beneficial to both parties by bringing the companies services to the attention of people in the area and would also help the band in a financial way.
Mr. Tuke is also an active member of the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Lions Club and in this capacity he has helped set up sponsorship of some of the band playing members under the “Sponsor a Player Scheme:
Mr. Mist thanked the company representatives for the cheque and said he looked forward to a long association with them and hoped that there would be ways they could be of service to the company.
