Annual awards dinner 2011

Saturday 12th March saw the organisation gather together, looking elegant in tuxedos & dresses, for their annual awards dinner.
MD Jamie Meredith presented the ‘Player of the year’ award to Lil McKechnie for all of her hard work, dedication and tenacity over the past year whilst the ‘Bandsman of the year’ was awarded jointly to Doug McKechnie and Katy Brownbill. This award was voted for by members of the band and Doug and Katy are still fighting over who has the trophy!
The community band player of the year will be presented at their rehearsal in the forthcoming weeks.

North West Regional area final results 2011
North West second section results:
1. Morecambe (Andrew Warriner)*
2. Haydock (Mark Quinn)*
3. Co-operative 2000 Brass (Jamie Meredith)
4. Tyldsley (Robert Taylor)
5. Uppermill (Alan Widdop)

Open Rehearsal
The main band are offering a fantastic opportunity to listen to their progress on 'Resurgam' before the regional area contest In Blackpool's Winter Gardens on Sunday 27th February.
The band have been working incredibly hard alongside MD Jamie Meredith whilst also learning skills from visiting experts such as Michael Fowles and John Doyle.
Everyone is welcome at St Stephen's community hall, Minshull Vernon from 8pm on Wednesday 23rd of February

Sunday 13th February
The main band took a whole day out of their weekend to work on perfecting Resurgam for the area finals in February. Spending time under the baton of MD Jamie and also guest conductor Mike Fowles the band have hopefully taken their contect preperation to the next level. See the photo gallery section for photos of the band in action!

Welcome to Ron!
A warm welcome is extended to Ron Dean, who is the new MD of the community band. Taking the baton (literally!) from Doug McKechnie and Ron is keen to build on the hard work that Doug has undertaken with the band.
The community band is currently going from strength to strength with player numbers at their highest levels and members of the community band looking forward to helping the main band with their carolling engagements.
Ron, who used to play Bass with the main band and has experience in conducting other community bands in the area is delighted with his new role and is looking forward to working with the band.