Happy New Year

To all members and supporters alike,


'Happy New Year'


A huge thank you to everybody who contributed in any way to make 2009 the success it was and here's to a happy and successful 2010 with Hyde band.

Take care and see you all soon.

Wessex Winter Contest

Hi everyone,

With rehearsals in full swing for the the last few weeks the test piece is beginning to take shape.

A week to go and the final preparations are now taking place to ensure the band is fully prepared for the day.

This years contest format is one big section with all bands entered in one draw. The placings will be decided by WBBA grading however all bands have the opportunity to become WBBA champions.

We are drawn no.6 so it's an early start for all with the band due to be performing at 10:30am.

Looking forward to a great performance on the day. Keep up the good work.

An Update...

Hello Everyone,

There are a few pieces of news since the last post:

• The band played their annual Poppy Appeal Concert at the URC Fordingbridge on Friday 6th November. The concert went very well. Please see the website for a full review


• James Fletcher completed the End-to-End Cycle Challenge from Lands End to John o'Groats - Well Done James. We hope you're not too sore!


• Our Musical Director, Ivan Hutchinson has recently passed his music degree and can now append the letters BMus (Hons) to his name and the string of other qualifications he already has. Congratulations!

• We have just updated the Training Band photo gallery on the website with the latest photographs. Please take a look. http://www.hydeband.co.uk/GalleryTrain.htm

With the Poppy Appeal Concert over for another year, the band are now concentrating hard on preparations for the WBBA Contest in Weymouth on 28th November.

Roaring 40s Photographs

All the photographs from the Roaring 40s Concert are now available on the Hyde Band Website. Thanks to Stephen Bartlett for taking the photographs.

http://www.hydeband.co.uk/GalleryRoaring.htm

End to End

2nd Euphonium player, James Fletcher has taken on the enormous challenge of cycling from Lands End to John o'Groats on 24th August to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. If you would like to sponsor James and support this very worthy cause, then please visit the http://original.justgiving.com/jimmyfletcher to see how you can help. Good luck James!


Please keep checking the Blog to find out how James gets on.

The 40s Concert was a Roaring Success!

Hyde Band performed their annual Roaring 40s Concert in Gorley last night and it went down a storm. The World War II Hanger in Gorley was packed with around 400 people, many of whom got up to dance to the numerous swing numbers. Thank you to everyone that bought tickets - we hope you enjoyed the concert as much as we enjoyed performing.

A full review and photographs will be available on the new website soon - www.hydeband.co.uk

Natasha

New Website

Our new website has now launched - check it out at http://www.hydeband.co.uk/

Natasha

Welcome

Welcome to Hyde Band's new blog. Please keep checking for more updates and news. Natasha