Sad goodbyes

Posted by SM on 10 January 2016 | Comments

We are all so, so very sad to have had to say goodbye to our Bass player and very good friend, Dave Cross this weekend.
Dave passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, after a very short but seriously aggressive battle with cancer.

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A 'Positively brilliant cracker of a concert'

Posted by SM on 5 January 2016 | Comments

Tags: Christmas, Concert, Cracker, Tamworth

On December 12th, we entertained Tamworth with our annual Christmas Cracker concert at the Assembly rooms.  We had a fantastic time and were delighted to have the wonderful ladies of the Barberama women's barbershop chorus perform along side us.

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Amington Band welcomes Malcolm Read

Posted by SM on 4 May 2015 | Comments

Amington Band are very excited to welcome Malcolm Read as he takes up the position of Musical director.  Malcolm has come to us from Wales where he played with the Mid Rhondda Brass Band.  He has a wealth of experience behind him after a 22 year career with the army as a Band Warrant Officer.  The band and committee extend our warmest welcome to Malcolm, and we all look forward to working with him into the future!

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New signings for Amington Band!

Posted by AB on 12 October 2014 | Comments

The management team of Amington band are pleased to announce a number of signings. Terri Yates joins us on the cornet front row. Brian Morris has come back to the band after many years away, in part as principal cornet of the 1st section Oddfellows Brass Band. Brian will play repiano cornet for the coming LBBA contest. Ben Hewlett-Davies joins us a principal percussion (previous of the Championship section Ratby Band), and we are pleased to announce another signing in the percussion section.  

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Farewell Sid!

Posted by CJG on 30 June 2014 | Comments

After a tremendously successful 6 months as Musical Director of the band, Kevin Steward conduced his last rehearsal on Wednesday 25th June. Kevin flew out to Singapore on Saturday to take up his new position there. The band wish Kevin all the very best, and their sincere thanks for the superb job he has done in training the band over the time he has been at Amington. Kevin has agreed to retain the title of Associate Musical Director. The band is now looking to appoint their next musical director.... 

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New signing in the trombone section

Posted by REG on 10 June 2014 | Comments

We are pleased to announce a new signing - Sarah Francis. Sarah has transferred to Amington from the championship section Staffordshire Band to join our trombone section as second trombonist. The band fixer commented, "It's great news that Sarah is coming on board, this will bring some much needed stability and quality to the trombone section, and make our trombone section a real force to be reckoned with on the contest platform"

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Kevin Steward heads east......

Posted by CJG on 8 June 2014 | Comments

We are sorry to announce that our Musical Director, Kevin Steward, is leaving the band at the end of June. Kevin is relocating to Singapore for work reasons. Kevin has had a hugely positive impact on the standard of the band since he came on board in February, and we will all be very sorry to see him go. Recent concert performances have met with comments such as "Superb", "the best the band has ever sounded", "A perfectly balanced selection of music".

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Band Awards Evening

Posted by Pete Hylton on 21 March 2014 | Comments

Tags: Awards, Trophies, Jamie, Bill, Rebecca, Fergus

The Band Awards evening was held at The Castle Hotel, Tamworth. Players, players' families and the Band's supporters came together for an evening of food, laughter and one or two drinks! 

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Facebook

Posted by Pete Hylton on 16 March 2014 | Comments

Tags: Facebook, Social Media, Like our Page!

The Band’s new Facebook page has gone live. This will be used, in addition to the website and Twitter, to publicise the Band and keep everybody up to date with all things #TeamAmington – and for those of us who think this sign (#) looks like a potato waffle, we agree! Please feel free to like, share and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and, perhaps most importantly, in person at our concerts! 

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AGM

Posted by Pete Hylton on 10 March 2014 | Comments

Tags: Brass Band AGM, Chairman, Vice President, Committee

The Band’s AGM was held and all committee positions were re-elected. The full committee is listed online on our ‘About’ section. Bob Godfrey is now Chairman and Dave Cross, Fergus Brown and Alan Stretton join the committee. The Band were delighted to welcome Mrs Prue Cross as Vice President. Prue's family have been involved with Amington Band for many years. Her late husband, Roly, was a central figure in the Band for many years and their nephew, Dave Cross, still plays with the Band now. 

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