Welcome

Welcome to our Spring 2014edition of the Silverwood Newsletter. We havea very busy summerplanned, lots of concerts already organised and probably more to come. I do hope you will enjoy reading this latest edition of our newsletter, the next edition is planned for around September time when there will be a lot more stories and information about the band and the summer 2014 season.

May I take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and I hope that you can pop along to some of our summer concerts this year, pop along to Saltburn Bandstand and enjoy the music whilst having an ice-cream.

Anne-Marie, Chairman

Congratulations!!!

Well done to Dan Chirnside, one of our 1st Trombone Players who has recently passed his Grade 8 Trombone exam achieving a Distinction, massive congratulations Dan.

Annual Concert at the Kings Academy!!

Our annual concert at the Kings Academy Coulby Newham is planned for the 5th July 2014, 7.30pm – 9.30pm. Tickets are now available at a price of £5.00 each. Friends of the band will shortly be receiving an email with a voucher for you to bring along a friend to the concert and get 2 tickets for the price 1 but please don’t forget to bring the voucher with you or you will be charged full price!!

Half Century - Update

Following the report in the last newsletter that we were just about to pass the landmark of having fifty signed-up playing members of the band, I can now report that following a few new members joing the ranks we are now over the fifty registered members. We have members as young as 12 and our oldest is 83.

Vacancies

We arehappy for prospective members to come along and join in a few rehearsals to see if they like it. You are likely to get most out of the band if you already play to at least grade 5 standard. Rehearsals are held every Thursday night so why not come along and have a go. For further information visit our website:

At the moment we have vacancies for, Bassoon and Bassplayers. If you are interested in joining the band please contact:Anne-Marie Billington at:

The Rise of a Trombone Choir

I have been playing Euphonium

with the Silverwood Band for a

couple of years nowalthough I

have played trombone with

them on occasions prior to

this. I have played trombone

for almost half a century, wow I sound old!!! It has always been a wish to play in a trombone choir or a trombone ensemble after hearing a group of six trombones play when I was very young.

Having discussed the possibilities with one of my accomplished students, also a member of the Silverwood, and other players from various bands, I decided to invite a few trombone players for a blow back in April of this year. The first rehearsal was absolutely fantastic, what a sound!! The birth of the ‘T.Sliders’ had occurred.

We have now a very willing and able group of trombone players very keen and eager to play. A mutual decision was made that we would try and get together whenever we could. We come from various bands around the area, but four members of the Silverwood Band myself, Dan Chirnside, Danielle Bartram and Alan Widdrington are all members of this new group.

We have met a total of three times now and our first official performance is going to be at the Stockton Summer Show, held in Preston Park on 25thAugust 2014. There will be four brass bands and the T.Sliders so well worth popping along.

Chris Britland

If you would like to know more contact Chris on or visit my website and check out the T.Sliders page.

Profiles

This time, we feature the oldest member of the band

Peter Woodcock – Tuba

Peter joined the band in 2009, and he has played with many bands across the area, Lingdale, Marske, South Bank and Osmotherley to name but a few. he did play with the Silverwood Band in the very early days and returned a few times under different conductors playing a range of instruments from Tuba to Trombone and Trumpet.

For the last few years he has been playing Tuba with the band.

Have your say in what we play!!!

Stuart Shields, the band’s music director is always on the look of for new pieces of music, in fact, I think it has come the point where he may actually be a self confessed music freak!!!

The band has over 300 pieces of music in the library and this is added to every year. As a band, we like to please the audience and sincerely hope that the pieces we choose are liked by everyone, although I am sure that a couple of the band members may disagree with this.

If there are any pieces of music that you would like to hear the band play, please feel free to let either Stuart or Anne-Marie know and we will look into this further.

Silverwood has a new Sponsor!!

Silverwood Band is excited to announce its association with North East Estate Agents and Financial Services.

North East is a family run firm based in Middlesbrough that prides itself in maintaining traditional values combined with up to the minute technology and a 21st century approach as well as looking after local interests and is proud to be associated with the North East.

So now there are even more ways to support Silverwood band! If you or any of your friends or relatives are in need of estate agency or lettings services, mortgage or insurance advice, please give North East a call and see what they can do to help! Silverwood will get a referral fee for any completed business (don’t forget to mention Silverwood when you call!)

Why spend time looking at a computer screen when you could be talking in person to an experienced, fully qualified industry professional... The team at North East have over a century of experience between them!

You can find them at or give them a call on 01642 355883 or even easier, grab a hold of Paul Hennessey at the next concert (he’s the really handsome chap who sits about half way down our trumpet bench,) he is their business development manager!

Friends of the Silverwood Band

We are entering our 3rd year of the “friends” of the band and we have attracted a number of friends over thesefew years and the numbers continue to grow. Thank you for your support.

It costs only £10 per year to become a “friend” of the band and in return you will receive a free gift and are sent these newsletters to keep you up to date with what is going on within the band and details of future engagements. If you would like to support the band and don’t already do so, please contact:

for further details.

Concert Dates

Here’s the line-up so far for the forthcoming months.

  • 22nd June, St Bernadette’s Chrurch Nunthrope (Private Booking)1.00pm-3.00pm
  • 28th June, Saltburn Bandstand, 2.30pm – 4.00pm
  • 3rd July, The Avenue School, Nunthorpe, 7.00pm - 9.00pm
  • 5th July, The Kings Academy, Coulby Newham, 7.30pm – 9.30pm
  • 18th July, Emanel Church, Saltburn, 7.15pm – 9.30pm
  • 24th August, Saltburn Bandstand, 2.30pm – 4.00pm
  • 21st September, Saltburn Bandstand, 2.30pm – 4.00ppm

The concert list evolves throughout the year and the up-to-date list is always on

Contacts and Committee

To enquire about booking the band, please contact

  • Chairman : Anne-Marie Billington
  • Vice Chairman : Vacant
  • Secretary : Jean Neale
  • Treasurer: Gary Douglas
  • Committee Members:
  • Karen Lindsey
  • Paul Thornton
  • Alison Lambert
  • Chris Britland
  • Paul Hennessey

Next Edition

The next edition of this newsletter is planned for September 2014 .

A**e Award

The award continues to be presented to the member who sticks in the biggest bum note or other amusing mishap during a concert performance. The award was given to Paul Smailes following the last concert at the Stockton Tabernacle, here is Paul being presented with the award:

Facebook

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Have a look, join our group.

We may even be tweeting soon.

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