Hathern Band - New News for the New Website! Whit Friday
Jun. 9, 2010
As the last piece of news appears to be a report of my elevation to the level of Robert Mugabe, I thought we should get back to reporting news on the Band.
On Friday 28th May the Band left Hathern at 1 p.m. to take part in the annual Whit Friday March Contest. We took part in 8 competitions achieving some very good results and took one or two scalps of major Championship Section Bands.
Not all went to plan when we began the first march at Audenshaw. When the Band began with Death or Glory, unfortunately Geoff Fletcher didn’t come with us as he was still talking to the bus driver! At the second venue in a pub yard we listened to Fairey’s, Hammonds then we played our contest march The Australasian and were then followed by Leyland Band, in exalted company indeed. This performance is available on youtube thanks to Simon Baum.
As you would expect one or two amusing moments happened during the evening, including two involving Simon. One when he took us the wrong way on the march in Broadoak, then when he began to march before anyone else doing a very passable performance of a flamingo, before the band caught up.
We went round the circuit in very quick time arriving at our final destination of Denton Cricket Club, our 8th performance, with some tired lips, at around 9.30 p.m. and we were then able to relax until departure at 11 o’clock arriving back in Hathern roughly 12 hours after we left.
Unfortunately because of work commitments not all the band were able to make it, but a great job was done by Steve & Jack Hunnybun, Andrew Haworth and Steve Matthews, from Concert Brass, Emily Taylor from the Youth Band, Mark Terner recently deported from Germany, one of our old boys James Fletcher of the little known Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Allan ‘Maurice Murphy’ Kent and a special thanks to Christian Lewis on Principal Cornet making a come back from his recent ban!! A special mention should also go to our driver, Gary Ball, who did a great job and kept us amused.
We are now working hard in preparation for the forthcoming production of Brassed Off and a report of the show will follow in due course.