Ben Smails Poem
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Engagements & Events 2007

April Fri 8th Concert - Whitby Pavilion TBC
Sat 28th Concert - Spennymoor 5.00 PM
May Sun 6th Kirkbymoorside 10k Run - Street concert PM
  Fri 11th Annual General Meeting - Band Room 7.30 PM
June Sat 9th Nawton Gala - Junior Band TBC
Sun 10th Hornsea Memorial Gardens - Concert 2:00 PM
  Sat 16th St Chads Garden Party TBC
  Sun 17th Selby - Concert in the Park TBC
  Sat 23rd Slingsby Open Day 11.00 AM
Sat 30th Easingwold March Contest TBC - Evening
July Sun 1st Les Ireland - Band on a Bus TBC
  Sat 7th Welburn Hall Garden Party TBC
  Sun 8th Church Concert 7.00 PM
Sat 14th Durham Miners Gala  "Big Meet" 9:00 AM
Sun 29th Peasholme Park - Afternoon Concert 2:00 PM
Sept Sat 1st Kirkbymoorside Band Room - 30 Year Calibrations  TBC
  Sun 2nd Kirkbymoorside Band Room - 30 Year Calibrations  TBC
Oct Fri 12th Wartime Dance - Pickering 7.30 PM
Nov Sun 11th Armistice Parade - Kirkbymoorside 10:15 AM
Sun 18th Contest - Malton TBA
Dec Wed 12th Whitby Carol Concert - Pavilion  TBC

Ben Smails Poem

A BAND FOR ALL SEASONS

Summer memories fade as the chills of autumn draw near.
Settling in the warm glow of the bandroom with steamed up windows,
We sit and chat; jokes are told, giggles and gossip until
The baton is raised - then silence and attention.
Faces fixed on music as the first notes break the empty stillness outside.
Afterwards, we tumble out to waiting cars;
Shouted goodbyes and slamming of doors.

As Christmas approaches, preparations are made;
Carol playing through town and village,
Bringing cheer to scattered houses
By lamplight we go, with numbed fingers,
Stamping our feet against the cold;
Catching a glimpse of each little Christmas,
With blazing hearth and coloured lights aglow.
Then on into the night with Yuletide greetings
And hopes for the new year to come.

Snowdrops herald the springtime And as the season marches in, we plan;
For jumble sales, cake stalls, coffee mornings and raffles
Funds to raise for the year ahead;
Music to find, uniforms to press
And tracking down the elusive bow tie!
Polished instruments gleam in the pale sunlight of the May Fair.

Summer arrives in all its glory.
Garden fetes and galas draw the crowds.
Rows of chairs by the bandstand
Coloured bunting fluttering in the breeze,
The bright note of the band rises above the sound
Of bouncy castle, donkey ride and burger stand.
As at last we come, to the beat of the drum,
Marching in step towards another season.

Ben Smailes (12) Ryedale School
(Second Euph – Kirkbymoorside Town Brass band)

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