Updated: Sunday 1st April 2012.
This page contains the latest news from Tyldesley Band.
Reigning Champions round two! Tameside Open 2012
Sunday 1st April 2012
Rising like a phoenix from the ashes, Tyldesley Band are once again proud to announce retaining another contest title!
Undeterred by a disappointing result at the North West Regional Championships, the band once again took their performance of Goff Richards' "Cross Patonce" to the stage at Dukinfield Town Hall on Sunday 25th March, where adjudicator Gordon Higginbottom placed the band 1st out of 6 of the North West's most competitive 2nd Section bands.
The band are extremely pleased with the result, which marks a new record for the band, claiming 5 titles out of 7 contests entered over the last 12 months! The band are now more determined than ever to ensure that the success continues.
The next contest that the band are planning to enter will be Fleetwood Open in October 2012. The band would also like to thank Frank Hodges and the team at Lancashire Contests and Tameside Council for their continuous support of the event.
Reigning Champions! Brass at The Guild 2012
Wednesday 8th February 2012
With a fantastic start to 2012, Tyldesley Band are delighted to announce that we have retained the winning title at Brass at The Guild 2012!
Competing against 5 other 2nd section bands, who travelled from as far as Wales and Yorkshire, Tyldesley have managed to retain the winning title at the prestigious Guild Hall in Preston, and also the re-awarding of the Peter Harrison award for the best Bass section.
Adjudicated by Mike Kilroy, the band's performance of the late Goff Richards' "Cross Patonce" (the 2nd Section set work for the North West Regional Championships 2012) saw them being awarded the Brass at The Guild glass trophy and prize money of £1000 (increased this year due to the year of the Guild), with praising comments of the performance, soloists and choices of the Musical Director's (Rob Taylor) interpretation from Mr Kilroy.
The band would like to thank Derek Atkinson and the team at Lancashire Contests for a smooth running event, despite last minute heavy snow causing problems across the region.
Using the feedback from the adjudication, we are now working to add final touches to the set work for the North West Regional Championships on Sunday 26th February 2012 at the Opera House, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, where we will compete against 13 other bands to qualify for the National Brass Band Championship Finals later in the year.
New Year pre-contest signing!
Tuesday 31st January 2012
From all at Tyldesley Band, we hope you have had a Happy Christmas and New Year!
We start 2012 approaching the heavy contest period, with 3 contests in the space of 2 months: Brass at The Guild, North West Regional Championships and Tameside Open.
To kick off our contesting time, we welcome Oliver Blyth to the band. Originally from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Ollie played cornet with Horbury Victoria Band, and came to the University of Salford to study Music. Oliver also plays in the Salford University Brass Band and Adelphi Band.
We still have a couple of gaps in the band and would like to hear from anyone interested, please visit our Vacancies page for more information.
2011
Season's Greetings and New Signings
Tuesday 13th December 2011
Tyldesley Band are pleased to announce two new cornet signings to the band, in time for what will be a very competitive and challenging new year!
Joining us from Wellington Memorial Silver Band in Northern Ireland, we welcome Gemma McKee and Rachel Gibson into the band on front row and back row respectively.
Currently living in the Salford area, Gemma is studying Music at the University of Salford, where a number of our current and former members have done the same, and Rachel is working in the Manchester area. Our 2 newest members were welcomed to the band officially in November.
On our final bulletin before the full force of Christmas and New Year takes effect, Tyldesley Band wish all our members, former members, followers, audiences and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In addition to the band's to the band's traditional New Year's Day performances around the Tyldesley area, we will also be performing our annual Christmas Concert on Sunday 18th December, 7:30pm at Formby Hall, and you may see one or two of our members busking around the Leigh/Atherton/Tyldesley areas.
The new year will be challenging, with a strong piece of music to work on for the North West Regional Championships, the band will be working to show that we are a force to be reckoned with, and look forward to future events in the New Year.
Tyldesley scores a Hat Trick! Fleetwood Open Championships 2011
Thursday 13th October 2011
Striking again with the iron hot, Tyldesley Band have once again secured a contest winning title as Fleetwood Open Second Section Championships 2011.
Competing against five other bands, Tyldesley Band's performance of Kevin Norbury's "Variations on Maccabeus" (adjudicated by Chris Wormald) secured the Second Section title, with the band receiving the Second Section cup, and the winning Musical Director's cup (Rob Taylor).
The band would like to thank all the other bands that entered and made it a truly enjoyable and challenging event, and to Derek Atkinson and his team at Lancashire Contests.
The next contest that the band is planning to enter will be Brass at The Guild 2012, and the North West Regional Championships 2012.
Drum Kit back to life!
Thursday 15th September 2011
Tyldesley Band welcomes new percussion signing Danny Cook to the band.
Local to the area, Danny is a student at Pendleton College in Salford, and in addition to signing as our Kit player, is also a drummer/songwriter in rock band Albino Gorilla.
He first played with the band in July, though his first major concert with the band was at our very successful "Last Night of The Proms" concert in Pennington Park on Saturday 10th September, where the band entertained the audience with a wide selection of music, also featuring singer Chris Stacey.
New Signings
Tuesday 12th July 2011
Tyldesley Band welcomes two new cornet signings to the ranks!
Firstly, the band welcomes Charlotte Royle on back row. Charlotte, previously at Trinity Girls Band, has been helping the band out with a number of contests and events for the past several months has accepted a position on the back row to become a permanent of the band. Charlotte heralds from Wigan, and is currently studying for a Masters in Art and Design - she also has a degree in Photography and comes from a family of photographers along with her sister and father!
Secondly, the band welcomes Natalie Styles on the back row. After a short sabbatical from playing (you can't keep away from it all!) Natalie, originally from Whitehaven in Cumbria, joins Tyldesley from Rainford Band, and is currently studying at the University of Liverpool.
End of season update!
Tuesday 28th June 2011
As the current concert season nearly draws to a close, the band looks back on the events of the year, with its many successes and problems, and a preview of what's to come in the next season in September.
The season began very well in September 2010, where despite the varied weather conditions, the band performed at Pennington Hall Park for the annual "Proms in The Park" and continues to be a major success for the band and Wigan & Leisure Culture Trust (WLCT), and wet but well attended parade for the Wigan Borough Veterans' Council in Leigh.
Shortly after, however, in mid-October, the band was deeply shocked and saddened at the sudden death of Tyldesley Band Treasurer and Contest Secretary Pat Lummis. Pat, whose Bookmakers once sponsored the band (Classic Racing Tyldesley Band), had been involved with the band for more than 15 years and provided invaluable and immeasurable contributions to the band over the many years he was associated with the band. The band performed at his funeral in St George's Church in Tyldesley, which was packed out by all of Pat's friends and family who came to say farewell.
At about the same time, the band this year chose not to enter the Pontins Brass Band Championships at Prestatyn Sands, however a number of band members went down for the weekend as spectators and thoroughly enjoyed the event. The fate of the contest is still unknown as shortly after, Pontins was placed in administration, though a buyer was found for the majority of the company, including Prestatyn Sands.
Following this, the band performed at the Remembrance Sunday parade in Tyldesley, and the band's annual Poppy Concert at Formby Hall, which attracted many local supporters and once again proved successful for the band.
The band had a slightly quieter Christmas this year as the heavy snow and ice meant the band's annual Christmas Concert at Formby Hall was cancelled, though the smaller carolling events kept the band occupied during this time!
A mixed start to the year, however, brought many successes from February, where the band took the Second Section title at Brass at The Guild performing Kevin Norbury's "Variations on Maccabeus", and narrowly missed the qualifying positions at the North West Regional Championships at Winter Gardens in Blackpool, though placed on a strong result of 4th out of 16 bands performing the set work, Eric Ball's "Resurgam". Later, the band entered the Tameside Open Championships at Dukinfield Town Hall performing Variations on Maccabeus, and once again took the title! The band are extremely proud of these results and hope that our hard work and determination continues.
After a quiet April/May, with our annual performance at Culcheth Community Day. A week after the annual Whitsun March for Dukinfield Unitarians, where the band this year also performed the hymns for the joint service outside Dukinfield Town Hall, the band entered the Whit Friday, the "Greatest Free Show On Earth", for the first time in over a decade and gained some strong results and some prize money! The busiest weekend in the band's calendar saw us perform at Bag Lane Methodists' annual walking day, and our annual Summer Concert at Formby Hall, which again attracted a high attendance of supporters and the local community.
As the season draws to a close, the band are performing at Atherton Scout Hut on Saturday 9th July and a private wedding on Saturday 26th July. The year has been extremely busy for the band, with a mixture of happy and sad events. The band would like to thank all supporters who have attended our engagements, and we hope you have enjoyed our performances! As some band members moved onto pastures new, we welcomed several new players to the band, and had the continued support of our deps. We still have some vacancies, which can be found on the Vacancies page above.
The first concert of the new season will be "Last Night of The Proms" in Pennington Hall Park on Saturday 10th September - we hope to see you there!
Membership with the NWABBA
Tuesday 28th June 2011
Following the dissolution of the North West Counties Brass Band Association (NWCBBA), the band has made an application to become a member of the North West Area Brass Bands Association (NWABBA).
The NWCBBA was dissolved following an Emergency General Meeting. Special thanks must go to Derek Atkinson and Frank Hodges for their hard work over the last 25 years.
The running of contests that were previously supported by the NWCBBA such as Northern Open Championships in St Helens, Brass at The Guild and Tameside Open will continue to be run by Lancashire Contests.
Return to Whit Friday...
Tuesday 28th June 2011
After a break for more than a decade, Tyldesley Band took part in the Whit Friday march contests in Tameside and Saddleworth, where the band gained some very strong results!
In addition to taking to taking some of the top 15 places out of 50 bands, Tyldesley Band secured the best Second Section Band in Grotton (Saddleworth) with William Rimmer's "Ravenswood".
Band members thoroughly enjoyed the event, with the contests becoming more popular year-on-year, and are already making plans for next year's contests on Friday 1st June 2012.
Celebrating 75 years of service at the age of 85!
Friday 6th May 2011
Long service has many different connotations in different organisations, however it would be more than fair to say that Tyldesley's own Charlie Taylor has completed one of the longest services to brass band in history!
Surrounded by friends, family and band members, on Sunday 17th April at Formby Hall, members of Tyldesley Band presented Charlie not just a birthday cake for his 85th birthday, but a special award for 75 years service to Tyldesley Band.
In addition, Charlie was presented with a Fairey (Geneva) tie by his grandson and associate conductor of Faireys, Mark Peacock, along with North West Counties Brass Band Association representative Derek Atkinson, who presented the award for long service, noting that only 2 other people had received this award for long service in the history of the association.
At the grand age of 85, chairman Charlie continues to support the band in an immeasurable number of ways, including as the band van driver, repairer, historian and general jack of all trades. He taught all 3 of his sons Brian, Rob and John to play, and taught many children across the area to play and encouraged them to join bands and continue the tradition - pictures of historical events such as these can be found in the image gallery.
New Photos
Friday 6th May 2011
More photos are now available in the photo gallery!
Images from the band's recent success at the Tameside Open Championships and celebrations of Charlie Taylor's long service and birthday are available for all to see.
Tyldesley strikes again! Tameside Open Championships 2011
Tuesday 29th March 2011
Tyldesley Band once again has the pleasure of announcing a contest success!
Competing at the Tameside Open Brass Band Championships at Dukinfield Town Hall on Sunday 27th March 2011, drawn the "dreaded" 1st draw to play in the Second Section of 8 competing bands, their performance of Kevin Norbury's "Variations on Maccabeus" gave the band the winning title, The Civic Mayor's Glass Trophy and £550 prize money.
In an address to the large audience attending the results to the Second and Championship sections, adjudicator Paul Andrews said "The choice of music was very important. There were two bands that stood out, but one had that extra bit of musical quality" (4barsrest.com).
Special thanks must, once again, be given to Rob Taylor for his hard work and determination, and to the band for their commitment and work.
Strong result at North West Areas 2011
Monday 28th February 2011
Tyldesley Band is pleased to announce another contest success, at the North West Regional Championships 2011.
The band have been awarded 4th place out of 16 bands with their performance of the set work, "Resurgam" (Eric Ball) by adjudicator Kevin Wadsworth.
Though narrowly missing the qualifying positions for the National Finals at Cheltenham, the band is extremely proud of the result gained, and hopes the strong contest profile of the band continues to grow!
The next contest that the band will be participating in will be the Tameside Open Brass Band Championships on Sunday 27th March 2011.
Contest Win! Brass at The Guild 2011
Monday 7th February 2011
Tyldesley Band is very pleased to announce their contest success at Brass at The Guild 2011!
Competing in the Second Section, draw number 11 of 12, Tyldesley Band have won a glass trophy and prize money of £700. The band was also awarded the Best Bass section award, an award donated to the NWCBBA by Eccleston Brass Band
Adjudicator Roy Curran awarded the band 195 points for their performance of Kevin Norbury's "Variations on Maccabeus", commenting on the fine playing of the piece and great style of the soloists.
Special thanks must go to the band's Musical Director, Rob Taylor, for his hard work and efforts during the preparation of the piece, and to the band for putting in a great deal of time and energy into performance and preparation.
Tyldesley Band are now working towards the North West Regional Championships at the end of the month, where they will compete against 15 other bands in the Second Section, performing Eric Ball's "Resurgam".
New Signing - 2nd Baritone
Monday 10th January 2011
The band would like to welcome Andrew Crampton, who has joined Tyldesley Band on 2nd Baritone.
A former pupil at Fred Longworth High School, Andrew currently studies at Winstanley College in Wigan. He has helped the band on occasion in the past, including 2nd Baritone and Auxiliary Percussion, and has now joined the band full time.
He takes on the seat from Harry Beaumont, who has moved back to his native instrument and joined the Back Row Cornet section.
Contest Preparations
Monday 10th January 2011
Preparations are well underway for the busy contest period for the start of the 2011.
In addition to the North West Regional Areas on Sunday 27th February, the band will also be competing at Brass at The Guild on Sunday 6th February.
Happy New Year!
Monday 10th January 2011
Tyldesley Band would like to wish everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2011!
2010
Bad Weather Concert Cancellation
Saturday 18th December 2010
It is with great regret that the annual Formby Hall Christmas Concert has been cancelled due to poor weather conditions.
The decision was taken by Wigan Met organisers, who were concerned about the safety of the band and spectators travelling to Atherton, where like most of the region and country the roads are still extremely snowy and icy.
Busy Christmas Schedule
Tuesday 30th November 2010
Preparations are under way at Tyldesley Band as a busy December concert schedule is now available.
In addition to our regular Formby Hall Christmas event, the band will be performing additional carolling sessions in local supermarkets, accompanied by some private engagements.
For a full list of events, please visit the Engagements page.
New Signing
Monday 29th November 2010
Tyldesley Band would like to welcome Tony Jackson, who has joined the band full time on Soprano Cornet; he has helped out at several concerts and a recent contest, and has now decided to take up the position in the band.
Joining us from Formby Band, Tony comes from Liverpool and works in Manchester, and is the father of our band manager Michael Jackson.
New Website
Monday 29th November 2010
Tyldesley Band is happy to announce to launching of the new band website.
The site was created from scratch by band webmaster David Bracegirdle, and will continue to be updated regularly.
New features include an enhanced photo gallery, a dedicated login area for band members, link sharing and Facebook integration.
If you've not become a fan yet, please do! The link to our Facebook fan page is located on the right of this page, and don't forget to share pages of the site you like with your friends/family/contacts by clicking the 'Share' button at the top or bottom of each page!
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