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Callington Town Band

Stop Press! The band has now produced its own Newsletter and - more importantly! - its first new recruit, with the birth of Esme Isabella to Claire and Apollo Blaze, both of whom play flugelhorn in the Band. Congratulations, Claire and Apollo! Forthcoming Engagements in 2008 March 15th (Sat) Training Band at Town Hall 10 -11 am (Charity Day) April 12th (Sat) Re-opening ceremony of Museum 9.45am April 20th (Sun) St Georges Day for Callington Scouts (time and place to be advised) April 24th (Thurs) Rehearsal at Methodist Church for our Spring Concert 6.45pm April 26th (Sat) Spring Concert at Methodist Church with Callington Singers and Tony Evans (trombone) 6.30pm for 7.30pm. Compered by Janet Eathorne May 5th (Mon) May Day at Harrowbarrow 2pm-4pm May 25th (Sun) Launceston Steam Rally 12.30pm-4pm (with breaks) July 3rd (Thurs) Drive-in Songs of Praise (St Ive) 7pm July 6th (Sun) Coads Green Methodist Church 6pm Sat July 12th Gala Day pm Sat July 19th Callington Carnival, 3.45pm July 26th (Sat) Latchley and Cox Park Show 2pm-4pm Sept 4th (Thurs) Rehearsal at Methodist Church for Summer Concert 7pm Sept 6th (Sat) Our Summer Concert at Methodist Church 6.30pm for 7.30pm Oct 30th- Nov 2nd Visit to Marshside (details to follow) Nov 7th (Fri) Concert for British Legion in St Marys 7,30pm Nov 9th (Sun) Remembrance Day Parade at Liskeard 10.30am Nov 9th (Sun) Remembrance Day Parade at Callington 2pm Exmouth Festival 2007 Members of Callington Town Band returned home late on Saturday night tired but happy after a long day during which they took part in the Exmouth Festival. The Festival is organised by the South West Brass Band Association and was the first competition of any kind that the Band had taken part in. As well as competing, it gave them the opportunity to hear bands from all over the South West from as far afield as Camelford in the west and Crewkerne in the east. Because of its 'novice' status the band played in the ungraded section and Musical Director, Paul Boase, was more than happy to be placed 3rd out of the four bands in that section. `It was not only a first competition for the band - it was also a first competition for me and I could not be more delighted with the outcome.  Every player did themselves and Callington Town Band great credit'. The adjudicator, David Horsfield, made some very positive comments about the playing and particularly liked the the variety of the five pieces that had been chosen, his favourite being 'Free World Fantasy'.  Here he mentioned the percussion section for 'giving the necessary drive to the piece' and the euphonium and baritone horn for 'showing a lyrical style'. He also commented upon the composure of principal cornet player, Jane McKane, in 'Morricone's Melody'.  He was pleased to hear that it was the band's debut in contesting and urged it to keep up the good work. Band Chairman, Shirley Morse, said, 'I was delighted with the spirit that the band displayed on the day, particularly the youngsters who were a credit to their parents and to the band.  It was a long day for everyone but one that none of us would have missed'.  Although the band has no more competitions planned it has a very busy programme of local events for the coming months and would be pleased to hear from anyone who was interested in joining it.  Chairman, Shirley Morse, said, 'We have a good supply of instruments that have been serviced or replaced following the fire at our Bandroom in March and these would be freely loaned to anyone who wanted to learn or start playing again. We run a thriving Training Band which caters for all ages, from child to adult, and always welcomes enquiries from anyone who would like to borrow an instrument, free of charge, in order to learn to play. At present several cornets are available together with tenor horns, a flugel horn, a euphonium and a trombone. I'm sure that Paul, our Musical Director, would be delighted to hear from you.  His telephone number is 01579 383741.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Photo gallery.

Featuring photos taken during or after our CD recording session at the Echo Centre in Liskeard or at St Mary`s Church.
We are specially proud of Mike Jones, who not only ran the 2005 London Marathon in under
three hours, but raised enough money through sponsorship to buy the Band a new Bb Bass -
which his father Dave played until his recent retirement from CTB.
Mike also ran in the 2007 Marathon, raising a further five-hundred and sixteen pounds for the Band!

Of course, another memorable event in 2005 was the wedding of Jane, our Principal Cornet,
to Principal Percussionist Kevin McKane. It was a lovely day we`ll all remember.

Click to enlarge the thumbnails.

The Front Row!

The Back Row!

Tenor Horn Duo

Euphoni(a)?

Bass Bad Boys