This weekend saw the turn of our budding youth band at the SVR 40′s event.
Tag Archive: War Weekend
Jul
03
Severn Valley Railway 1940′s Event – 02/03 July 2011
Another great weekend with excellent playing from all! The band showed just how versatile we can be with our choral version of ‘It’s a long way to Tipparary’ in the march ’1914′, Sing as We Go and Dads Army. It was a very busy weekend with the Youth Band doing 8 spots on both days …
Jun
27
Severn Valley Railway 1940′s Event – 25/26 June
Over the weekend of the 25th and 26th June, Middleton Youth Band headed down to Kidderminster for the Severn Valley Railway’s 1940s event, this year under the direction of new MD – Pam Smith. On both days the Youth Band started their day on Kidderminster Station, pleasing the crowds. The Youth Band then headed up …
May
29
East Lancashire Railway 1940′s Wartime Weekend
Middleton Band have been very busy this weekend supporting the East Lancashire Railway’s 1940′s ‘Wartime’ weekend. We began our weekend of 40′s fun with a Saturday concert by the youth band on East Lancashire Railway’s Bolton St Station platform in Bury. The youth band played a variety of 1940′s repertoire and a good time was …
Jun
28
Youth Band at Severn Valley Railway 1940′s event
The youth band once more took part in the Severn Valley railways 1940′s event over the last weekend in June. The sun beamed down upon us, the midges were biting and the sun cream was forthcoming. The band played exceptionally well, receiving many compliments from the visitors to the railway and some possible new bookings too! As …