News – Page 174 – Middleton Band

Seasons Greetings – Christmas events

Seasons greetings from Middleton Band! We have a busy festive season ahead of us this year with a range of engagements and events over the coming months. You can join us for all your festive favorites at a range of our upcoming functions, all of which can also be found on our calendar: Band Date… Continue reading Seasons Greetings – Christmas events

Kevin Gibbs takes the reins

Middleton Band are delighted to announce that Kevin Gibbs has taken over the reins as Musical Director. Kevin is no stranger to the band, having worked with us earlier in the year to prepare us for the Area contest. He recently agreed to help us out again, this time taking us to Rochdale Contest. However,… Continue reading Kevin Gibbs takes the reins

Middleton launch new training band

Middleton Band is delighted to announce the expansion of their youth band provision with the launch of their all new training band for beginner brass players. The launch begins with an open day on 9th September, 11.00am- 12.30pm at our band room at St Stephen’s Church Hall, where prospective new members can come along to meet… Continue reading Middleton launch new training band

Disneyland Paris Tour 2017

Middleton Youth Band has returned from their Disneyland Paris Tour 2017. The band toured from Friday 11th August to Monday 14th August and performed on stage at Disneyland Paris on Saturday 12th August in Videopolis theatre.

Youth band depart for their Disneyland Tour

This morning our fantastic youth band have departed for their tour to Disneyland Paris! This is the third time the youth band has toured to Disneyland and the whole youth band is as excited as can be.

Middleton Youth Band bags £4000 from carrier bag charge fund

Middleton Youth Band is delighted to announce it has bagged £4000 from a Tesco funding scheme. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its Bags of Help funding initiative, which sees grants – raised from the 5p bag levy – being awarded to thousands of local community projects every year.

Whit Friday 2017

Once again, the band had an enjoyable and successful time at the Whit Friday Band Contests in Tameside and Saddleworth. The band competed at 11 contests and as far as we know have won 5 second section prizes and a 2nd best local prize at Scouthead. The full results can be found here and here. As we… Continue reading Whit Friday 2017