Sad News: Death of band Supporter, Frank Deighton It is with great sadness that I am writing of the passing of Frank Deighton. Father of Jenny Norman and Grandfather to Will and Hannah, Frank passed away peacefully on the night of January 15th. Frank came to Tewkesbury Band when he encouraged his grandson William to follow in his footsteps and learn to play the Cornet back in 2002, and later his granddaughter Hannah who plays Euphonium with the Training Band. Since then, he has been a loyal supporter of the Band.

Frank has been on numerous ‘band camps’ with the Training Band, always emerging neatly from his tiny tent! As well as his love of Bands, Frank also enjoyed baking and for several years, one of his amazing cakes was always the most sought after prize in the training band raffles! Another of his talents was drawing and an example his work can be seen on the back of the training band polo shirts as he drew the treble clef - castle logo for us! Frank will certainly be missed at our concerts and rehearsals. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time. His funeral will be held on Monday 30th January at 2pm at St Marks Church, Cheltenham, followed by private cremation. His family have requested no flowers please. Donations for The Butterfly Garden Special Needs Centre may be sent to Selim Smith, 74 Prestbury Road, Cheltenham.

Miles Amherst Junior Progress Trophy for the Junior member who has made most progress during the year - Lucy Windsor Lucy started to play the Cornet with the Band in 2005. She soon found that her real calling was for Tenor Horn though! Now age 15, Lucy is a valued member of the Senior Band and also plays Solo Horn with the Gloucestershire Youth Brass Band.   Fred Poole Memorial Cup for the Musician of the year - Gerry Petticrew Gerry joined the Training Band in 2007 after a gap from playing since he was at school! He soon joined the senior band and changed from Tenor Horn to Eb Bass as there was a space which needed filling in the band! Gerry has made fantastic progress and now confidently leads the Bass section following George's departure to University this year. Jeff Clarke Cup awarded to the Band Member of the Year - Hadrian Walters Voted for by the members of the band rather than the Musical Director, this award recognises all the work Hadrian does for the band as well as his playing. Trombone player Hadrian regularly sources music for the band and is greatly involved in the Training Band giving weekly lessons and helping out. Hadrian has played with the Band since 1991. 20 Years!     Francis Martin Memorial Cup for the Section of the Year -  Horns including Flugels                                               Dave Crowe Memorial Cup for the Cornet Player of the Year - Hannah Williams Hannah has been an outstanding member of the Cornet section this year. Whilst Helen (Principal cornet) was pregnant and then a new mother, Hannah played a brilliant supporting role and then stepped in to the role of Principal Cornet whilst Helen was absent from the Band. Many thanks from Helen and the Band to Hannah for taking this on and doing it so well!

Praise Concert, Tewkesbury Methodist Church - Wednesday 16th November 7:30pm Tewkesbury Town Band would like to invite you to their Praise Concert at Tewkesbury Methodist Church on 16th November  2011. The concert starts at 7:30pm and will feature a variety of hymns, moments of reflection and spiritual music including items based on the Old Hundredth, Laudate Dominum, Amazing Grace, Peter Go Ring Them Bells, What A Friend We Have In Jesus and many more. Tickets which will be available on the door are £5 and entry for children under 16 is free.  We hope to see you and your friends there.

Christmas Concert, Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury - Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th December 7:30pm Tickets for our Christmas Concerts in the Roses Theatre are on sale now. These concerts have become increasingly popular over the past few years and are known to sell out early. So don't miss out! We can promise our usual mix of the spectacular, thrilling, festive and downright silly! So to avoid being disappointed get down to the Roses and buy your tickets now! The Training Band and local school choirs will also be appearing at these concerts. Tickets are £10 (Concessions £8). We hope to see you and your friends there. Tickets are available from the Roses Theatre Box Office on 01684 295074 and from their website: http://www.rosestheatre.org/

Summer Fun at Band Social Aston on Carrant – Sunday 31st July
	Great fun was had at the Band social for players and their families at the end of July. All three band’s joined together to play a variety of music before having a picnic and playing a game of rounders. When Nigel asked ‘Who would like a turn conducting?’ many young hands shot up, he then swapped his baton between pieces for the instrument of the willing volunteers. From baritone to cornet from trombone to drum kit he went around the band and had a go playing many different parts. Thanks to the Lee Family for hosting the event, to Pete Hart for umpiring and keeping order in the rounders match and everyone else who helped in any way on the day.

Cotswold Beer Festival Postlip Hall – Saturday 30th July

The 35th CAMRA Cotswold Beer Festival goers were once again entertained by our Senior Band during the Saturday lunchtime slot of the festival on July 30th. The band, on stage in the Tithe Barn, played four sets with short breaks in between. Many beer festival favourites were played including 'The Stripper' and 'Fantasy on German Folk Songs', ('Ein Prosit' being heartily sung by the crowded barn throughout the piece.) During the final set the crowd shouting for Dam Busters were teased several times as the band played the first few bars and then changed to another item. The piece was finally played to a huge roar before the successful event ended with 'Land Of Hope and Glory'.   Several videos of the Band playing at the Beer Festival can be found on You Tube including: Baggy Trousers The Stripper Dambusters

Pershore Midsummer Brass on Mad 4 Brass Bands Day Pershore – Saturday 9th July
	MAD (Making a Difference) 4 Brass Bands Day took place on Saturday 9th July. This is a new initiative from the British Federation of Brass Bands to demonstrate the huge contribution bands make in our local communities across the country. 200 bands performed at over 140 venues/events across the UK . It is hoped to make it an annual event. On this day Tewkesbury Town Band took part at the 17th Pershore Midsummer Brass Festival, as it has done every year it has taken place, with Betty Ellis and Keith Rose playing at every festival. Twenty-four bands took part during the day with events being staged at four different venues around Pershore. Our Senior Band gave two concerts during the afternoon. The first was in the Marquee in the garden of the Angel Inn, a relaxed venue where the audience was sat both inside and out, though a heavy shower during our performance filled the tent. The Band opened its programme with the bright march 'Missassauga Spirit' before taking the audience on a trip through the wild west movies of the nineteen fifties and sixties in a selection entitled 'Great Western Themes'. Our soprano cornet player then took centre stage to play the solo 'On With the Motley'. This was followed with a little Russian music in the 'Waltz from the Second Jazz Suite'. Our flugel player, Helen Poole, then entertained the audience with a beautiful rendition of the classic Chris de Burgh song 'Lady in Red'. This was followed by a little Madness with 'Baggy Trousers' before the Moulin Rouge inspired Offenbach classic 'Can Can'.
	An hour later a second contrasting concert was given in the Baptist Church. Here the pieces played by the Band were a concise version of the pieces played at our Praise concerts. We opened this concert with the Salvation Army march 'Service Our Joy' and followed that with the clever Pines of Rome inspired arrangement by Alan Fernie of 'Onward Christian Soldiers'. The band then calmed the audience down with William Himes wonderful arrangement of 'Amazing Grace'. Our third soloist of the day was Martin Warner on euphonium. Martin played 'Benedictus' from The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace) by Karl Jenkins. Our conductor, Nigel Morgan, gave a health warning about the sudden volume change in the middle of the piece. This was followed by the up beat 'O Happy Day' and Peter Graham's arrangement of a 'Swedish Folk Song' before our final item of the day. This was a piece entitled 'The Saint and The City' by Jacob de Haan which was commissioned by the town of Zwolle in the Netherlands and is based on a myth local to that area featuring St Michael and a dragon that is terrorising the town. The music is very descriptive featuring scary chords to represent the dragon and the hymn tune Laudate Dominum to represent Saint Michael. Concerts over, it was time to relax and listen to other bands and catch up with friends. Being a non-competitive event players from different bands often help A great event that Tewkesbury Town Band look forward to each year.

Saturday 2nd	Longlevens Church, Gloucester - Training Band
Sunday 3rd	Bishop's Cleeve Fair 12pm - 4pm - Training Band
Saturday 9th	Pershore Midsummer Festival of Brass 14:40 – 15:20 The Angel Inn 16:20 – 17:00 Pershore Baptist Church
Saturday 30th	Cotswold Beer Festival, Postlip Hall [11:30am-3pm]
Sunday 31st	Band Social, "Melanda", Aston on Carrant [3pm -late!]

1. Tewkesbury 2. Beyond The Sea 3. The Londonderry Air 4. Buglers' Holiday 5. Skirl 6. Feelings 7.Those Magnificent Men 8. Adagio 9. Bolero 10. Barnard Castle 11. Don Giovanni 12. Wild Rover 13. Sway 14. Amazing Grace 15. Nearer My God To Thee 16. Marching Onward

Andrew Duncan Trenet & Lawrence arr. Frank Bernaerts Trad. arr. Goff Richards [Soloist: Helen Walters] Leroy Anderson arr. Roger Barsotti [Soloists: Helen Walters, Helen Poole & Robin Purser] Allan Street Morris Albert arr. Derek Ashmore [Soloist: Clive Miles] Ron Goodwin arr. Eric Banks Tomaso Albinoni arr. Jacob de Haan Ravel arr. Christopher Wormald Goff Richards W A Mozart arr. Ken Smith Trad. arr. Martyn Sudworth Ruiz & Gimbel arr. Jan van Kraeydonck Trad. arr. William Himes Lowell Mason Ivor Bosanko