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Kirkbymoorside, or Kirkby
as it is known locally, is situated at the southern foothills of the
North Yorks Moors. It is 7 miles from Pickering and 6 miles from Helmsley.
Kirkby has had a band since at least 1815 and we have the minutes book
from 1890 until today. The bands first contest win
was the Kirkbymoorside poultry and industrial show contest of 1886.
Our band room was built in 1976 on land kindly donated
by James Holt who lives in Kirkby. It is a purpose built building and
is used for all band activities including practices which are three
or four times a week. In
addition to our Senior Band we have several teaching bands ranging in
ability from the Beginner Band made up of people who can play just a
few notes, to a quite capable ensemble of GCSE and A level students.
We also have an adult teaching band - our "Community Band"
and all of our musical ensembles deliver public performances.
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Saturday,
March 16th, 2019 - Gala Theatre, Durham
2019 North of England Regional Championships
We
finished in third place. We are disappointed not to be going to the finals
but it was not a bad result. Full report to come later... |
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Sunday,
March 3, 2019
Kirkby Memorial Hall.
A
good sized audience attended our first run through of this years Regional
Test Piece, 'Symphony of Marches'. We felt it was Ok with six more practices,
and we hope you all liked it. We were joined by our Training Band, Shining
Brass & Community Band. They all played so well and were a credit
to our tutors, thank's to all of them.
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 Band
Concert Hall in Manor Vale Lane
In
October 2018 the band was finally able to get started with its ambitious
plan to build a Concert Hall CLICK
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Training
Bands
Christmas Concert
All our five training
bands played at All Saints Church on the 16th Dec 2018. What a concert
it was with excellent playing from them all. Proud parents listened
to the kids prove what a talented group they are. We can only look forward
to a repeat concert next year. Photos
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 THE
LAST POST - KIRKBYMOORSIDE 11-11-2018
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When
there's something strange in the neighbourhood, who ya gonna call?
- Kirkbyband of course.
Sunday 28th October saw a spooktacular concert by all
6 of the Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band. Attendees were treated to
concerts by the Beginner and Learner Bands, The Community Band, Shining
Brass, the Training Band and the Senior Band.
Repertoire included Baba Yaga, Batman, Dance Macabre, Pirates of the
Caribbean, Adams Family, and Star Wars.
As well as dazzling music each band was fully dressed up for Halloween,
featuring everything from mummies to skeletons, ghost pirates and
wizards!
The Finale saw over 100 musicians playing Ghostbusters on stage together.
A huge thank you to all involved and to Ryedale School for hosting
us.
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 BOLSOVER
ENTERTAINMENTS CONTEST 2018
On
September 30th the band made the Journey to the Bolsover Brass Festival
Contest, held at Heritage High School in Clowne. Playing a programme
cleverly designed by their MD Sarah Woodward on the theme of Light and
Dark, the band featured 3 new players to their contesting ranks, Chris
Moxon, Pip Williamson and Elizabeth Clements. The concert started with
Paradisi Gloria from Karl Jenkins Stabat Mater suite for brass band.
The programme moved to feature their chosen soloist of the day, Ben
Smailes playing Rodney Newton’s Euphonium solo Ceilidh. Ben gave a confident
performance that was praised by the audience and adjudicator alike,
really transporting them to the highlands of Scotland. Sarah’s programme
then moved to what resulted in being the star of the show, Peter Graham’s
Candle of the Lord. A truly mesmerising performance, the adjudicator
noted the band had achieved a wonderful depth of sound. Truly anyone
in the audience would have been blown away by the true brass band sound,
with a musicality that was moving. Of particular note were the cornet
team, lead by Principal Cornetist Jeanette Kendall. Having recently
being named outstanding instrumentalist at the Easingwold March and
Hymn Contest, Jeanette’s mid piece solo was wonderful, praised by adjudicator
Roger Webster as the best sound he had hear in a very long time. Candle
of the Lord The band moved into the “hypnotic” Indian Daybreak, capturing
Philip Harpers atmospheric piece perfectly. Ending the concert with
a rip roaring rendition of Good Morning, where the band mastered the
technical content well, it was fair to say that the audience and adjudicator
had been treated to a truly entertaining evening. The adjudicators remarks
were extremely encouraging and coming tenth placed the band in a good
position to build on the positives for 2019. Em. There
is a video of our perfornance at CLICK
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 Ryedale
Festival Garden Party
With rain forecast
the concert was played inside the marquee and to a nearly full house,
the audience, we think, enjoyed the concert. With a varied rogramme
including a quartet from four of our youngest players, a visit to the
vintage cinema and a solo from our principal cornet player we hope you
all enjoyed it.....
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 Jeanette
and her Juniors Beat of the Competition! Saturday
2nd June saw our return to the Easingwold March and Hymn Competition.
Run by the local Lyons for the Yorkshire and Humber Brass Band Association.
The competition saw bands from across Yorkshire competing for prizes including
deportment, best March, and Best Hymn. The Adjudicator John Roberts was
incredibly impressed with the talent on show and the local Youngsters
from the Kirkbymoorside Junior Band really dazzled with their marching,
beating of all the adult competition and winning the deportment prize
for the best marching on the day.
Whilst the Senior Band are well seasoned competitors, representing the
town and country in competitions across the country, this was the
first such competition for the Junior Band who had to march through torrential
rain to a packed crowd. Jeanette Kendall their conductor was righlty proud
of their achievements: “We have been practicing marching for a few months
now, it is really difficult to play and march in time and in straight
lines and in torrential rain! I couldn’t be prouder of the youngsters,
they played so well and held their nerve” Jeanette herself is the
principal cornet of the Kirkbymoorside Senior Band and won the coveted
“Outstanding Instrumentalist Award” for her virtuoso playing on the cornet.
The senior band took third place overall and look forward to next year
and the challenge of trying to beat our oun junior band, it's going to
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 Tactor
& 10K Run in Kirkby. It was a sunny day and we all
enjoyed playing yet again for these two great events in our home town
of Kirkbymoorside..
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 Richard
Wright our Rep player, works for
Smith Watkins. He makes, by hand, Fanfare Trumpets for the miliary.
Take a look at the videos. We
are proud to say he plays in our band. For a video,
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Video
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 Scarborough
Citadel Concert - Fri 20th April
We had a great concert
at the Citadel in Scarborough. We were joined by The Staxton Singers
who entertained with songs from the shows and great renditions of classical
pieces from Verdi and others. Our juniors played Choral and Rockout
in a special feature and did themselves proud.
We were delighted
to receive a wonderful framed picture of some of the work that has been
completed in the last year at the Citadel.
A good collection
will be used in the usual good causes.
The picture left
is Lieutenant Richard Weston presenting the framed photo to our Musical
Director, Sarah Woodward.
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2018
Regionals - Gala Theatre, Durham
We
were delighted to attend and represent the town of Kirkbymoorside at
the North of England Brass Band Championships on the 18th March. The
test piece Kenneth Norbury's Odyssey, despite being technically difficult,
was well liked by all the players round the stand. This was the first
contest for both our Conductor Sarah and all bar one of our Principal
Players. As well as internal promotions to principal seats it was also
the first ever contest for some of our young players too and they played
outstandingly.
The band were delighted with the performance and were encouraged by
the adjudicators remarks. A great review by Steve Jack 4barsrest.com
was a great record and appraisal of the day: "After travelling
through the snow Kirkbymoorside show their intent with a restrained
opening that suits their young band. Sarah Woodward gives the music
time and space directing on her debut. Her dad John would be proud of
her — it's cultured stuff this. There are a few slips here and there,
but on the whole it's neatly portrayed and cohesive. Middle movement
may just lack a little of the quiet reflection of others but it was
delivered with confidence. The finale may not have the strength and
power either, but it has enough about it for a strong, triumphant close"
Of course those who know the band will smile at John being called her
dad, but needless to say John her father in law was exceptionally proud!
Emma Smailes (Solo Horn) "The band would like to express their
thanks to Sarah for all the hard work and passion she has put into the
months of rehearsals leading up to the contest. We could not be prouder
than to have sat on the stage under her direction."
Andrew Willamson, local resident and band
parent summed up the pride of Kirkbymoorside Town in their band and
Sarah when he tweeted "Home Players playing with passion and pride!
Who could ask for more, well done Kirkbymoorside"
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York's Report March 2018
Will
the royals be blowing North Yorkshire's trumpets.
SMITH WATKINS
Our rep player Richard Wright, featured in video, works
with Richard Smith who makes the Smith Watkins Fanfare Trumpets.
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Training
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2017 Senior
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Thank's
to all that came to see Harmonia Choir and Kirkbymoorside Band on the
at St Peters Church in Norton. Judging by your reaction you enjoyed
it and we hope to see you again at one of our Concerts. You can click
here to see Harmonia's web site, to
check out where they are singing in the future.
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A
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Photos : Robin Pearson
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 Scarborough
Citadel Concert
Scarborough
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CONCERT
AT STOCKTON ON FOREST
Our new Musical Director Sarah Woodward delivered her inaugural concert
on 17th June 2017. Having only had the baton for a few months Sarah
delivered a programme that was a tour de force. The audience were treated
on a journey through brass, covering many continents, countries and
styles of brass music. Highlights of the evening were of course
the solo performances, of note Bass Trombonist Jim Butlers's 'Mah
Na Man Na', with choreographed interruptions from our new sop player
John Sails the performance was further augmented, to everyone's delight,
by the streams of giggles from our younger audience members in the front
row.
There was also some new music on show that it was obvious the band had
enjoyed rehearsing and this was rewarded when it was clear that the
audience loved them too. The en-core, Show Me The Way To Go Home with
Raucous trombones was only topped by the 2nd encore, Mnozil Brass's
Florentiner Marsch which was the perfect mix of technical playing, humour
and musicality.
It was with sadness that this was the last concert of our 4th Man Down
Joe Sails, but the band wish him and Laura all the very best in their
move to Leeds and no doubt we will see him soon.
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 Kirkbymoorside
Town
Brass
Band
1992
– 2017
John Woodward
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 Kirkby
Training Section Concert
April
2017
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BBC
- Antiques Roadshow
Sunday 26th
March 2017
 John
Barrett took this instrument along with the old band photos to see what
they made of it and the story that links the Ophicleide to over 200 years
of community music making in the town. The BBC adviser Adam Schoon was
so keen
on the instrument that John was interviewed and
filmed for possible use
on the TV show. As to the value that was placed upon the Ophicleide, well
let's say it
is worth more than we thought. Several years back Jane Russell had donated
an old Ophicleide to the band that had been passed down through the generations
to her from the mid 19th century when her Great Grandfather had played
in the town band and when the Ophicleide had been in use. John
thoroughly enjoyed his day out and was sad that Jane Russell had been
unable to be there too. It is understood that the instrument is the same
one that appears on the oldest photo of the band taken at Rievaulx in
the mid 1800's. It had for many years hung on back of the door to her
dad's (and Grandad's) joinery workshop before Jane rescued it after the
workshop had been demolished for new housing.Well done John, it was agreat
day for you and the band..
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