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Kearsley Youth Brass Band

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On Sunday 24th September 2018, the band had a busy afternoon playing several venues around the community starting at lunch time playing in front of The Mayor of Bolton at Kearsley Mount Methodist Church and finishing off by the clock tower at St. Saviour's Church in Ringley as part of the Kearsley Scarecrow Festival.

A Sunny Day for Kearsley Scarecrows

23 September 2018

Since the band formed 9 years ago in 2010, they have played only on a couple of brief occasions outside of the boundaries of The Borough of Bolton, until now...
The August Bank Holiday Weekend saw the band heading off for Anglesey where a number of concerts had been planned.

KYBB Go On Their First Ever Tour!

27 August 2018

Sunday 15th July 2018 had the band travel a little further afield than the norm. We shared the stage at Ashton Gardens, St. Ann's with Astley Unlimited and Astley Youth Band, for an afternoon of entertainment as part of the Brass at the Seaside Festival. The Stage, which should have been immediately in front of the beautiful 'Figure of Peace' war memorial was hastily moved 50 yards to be under the shade of a large well placed tree. The Sun beat down unrelentingly for the whole day with not a cloud in the sky.

A Trip to Brass at the Seaside

15 July 2018

Friday 6th July 2018 saw a packed out St. John's Fisher Church in Kearsley for the band's annual awards night. Present was The Mayor and The Deputy Mayoress of Bolton, Councillors and some long standing and well respected players and supporters of brass banding.

Congratulations to our 2018 Award Winners!

6 July 2018

Saturday 5th May 2018 saw the band play two sessions at the Family Fun Day to commemorate the centenary of local suffragist and campaigner Mary Elizabeth Barnes held in Farnworth Park.

Suffrage Celebration at Farnworth Park

5 May 2018

Saturday 18th November saw the first hint of Christmas as the band played on their home turf at Kearsley Mount Methodist Church Christmas Fayre. On Saturday 25th November there was a concert of mixed music (though mostly Christmas Carols!) held at St. George's Church, Daisy Avenue, Farnworth. Audience participation was encouraged, and the band even took requests!
The evening of Tuesday 28th November saw KYBB play an evening of Christmas music alongside The Salvation Army Band in front of a packed audience from the local Brownies and the local community.
On the evening of Friday 1st December, the band played a series of mini Carol Concerts at several venues around Ringley and Prestolee. We started off playing a wide range of Christmas Music at the 'Christmas Light Switch On' in memory of Luke Whittaker. We then moved on to play traditional carols at 'The Grapes' for their Christmas Light Switch On event, where the band bumped into Santa and a couple of his Elves. We then 'gatecrashed' the Parishioners Christmas Party at Holy Trinity Church, Prestolee, where we did a 'requests session' and then finished off doing similar at 'La Roma' and 'The Horse Shoe'. All good fun on a freezing cold night!

A Busy Festive Period for KYBB

25 December 2017

The band operates broadly in line with the local academic school year so on Tuesday 3rd October, just four weeks after returning from the summer break, we held a free concert at our rehearsal hall for the local community. Mark is slowly cranking up the technicality of the music we play. It's great learning for the whole band and helps everybody to improve.

A Concert on Home Turf at KMMC

3 October 2017

Kearsley Scarecrow Festival 24th September 2017. The band played a small set at numerous venues around the local area starting at Kearsley Mount Methodist Church and finishing off by the Clock Tower at Ringley. Andy at Holt's Riverside let it slip that he used to play once upon a time, so Mark wasted no time in placing a Cornet in his hands. Jackie perhaps thought she'd got away with it but found herself conducting the next number.

Kearsley Scarecrow Festival 2017

24 September 2017

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