News

Start of the summer season

It has been a busy week for Godalming Band and Godalming Youth Band. On Sunday 4th May, the senior band played on Godalming Bandstand at the Music in the Park VE Day celebration to a large and welcoming audience. Saturday 10th May was super busy, with the Youth Band playing at the Farncombe St John’s Church Fair enjoying the lovely summer weather. This was followed in the evening with the Band quiz. An enjoyable evening was had by all and funds raised enabling us to continue bringing music to events during the year, teaching young musicians and keeping community music making alive in Godalming. Thank you to all who attended and supported us, and in particular thanks to Ian Honeysett for another amazing evening of quizzing.

We will next be playing at the Watercress Festival in Alresford on Sunday 18th May.

Charity Quiz Night

Here’s a date for your diary! On Saturday 10th May, we’ll be holding a quiz evening to raise money for the bands – so bring your smartest friends and get your thinking caps on for a fabulous cause!

Come along with your own team of up to 8 members or meet new friends by joining a scratch team on the evening. Please let us know if you would like to join a scratch team. You can book tickets and reserve tables at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/godalmingband for £10 per head.

All of the profits go to running our senior and youth bands, so we can bring music to events throughout the year, teach young musicians and keep music alive in Godalming.

Godalming Band Promoted to Section 3

We are pleased to say we came fourth in the fourth section at the Stevenage contest today. Although we narrowly missed out on a place at the National Finals in Cheltenham, with a series of strong finishes over the last three years, we are top of the provisional fourth section table and looking forward to promotion to the third section next year.

To our knowledge this is the first time that the band have gained promotion to the third section in our history! Thank you to the hard work of all our players without who this would not be possible, and especially to our MD James Haigh whose dedication and belief in us inspires us to keep growing as a band.

Many congratulations to The Cobham Band, City of Oxford Silver Band and Wantage Silver Band Academy Band who will represent London and Southern Counties at the National Finals.

Thank you to the organisers of the contest for a smooth run event.

Youth Band is Back!

Our Youth Band have enjoyed a well deserved break for half term and return to rehearsal this week. If you know any young brass players who would like to join our friendly and growing youth band, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us for more information and to arrange a visit.

Contest Success 🏆

An enjoyable morning was spent at the Oxfordshire and District Brass Band Association’s Spring Contest, and we are thrilled that our principal euphonium player Mike won best instrumentalist in the fourth section. Although we didn’t win any band prizes on this occasion it was a useful first run out of the regional qualifying test piece and helpful to receive adjudicator feedback as we continue to work towards the regional qualifying contest in three weeks time.

Thank you to the organisers of the contest for your warm welcome and another well organised event.