Welcome to Otterbourne Brass

Christmas 2008

Friday, 02 January 2009 17:17

Otterbourne Brass is proud to have raised £1,326 from carolling in 2008, which will be split with Naomi house. In addition, the band received donations of £300 for the band and £700 for Naomi House from top hairdresser Guy Kremer, when a small group played carols for a private function at his Winchester salon. The band also received a donation of £120 from Amery Lodge Masonic Lodge in Alton.

We raised over £1,500 from our Otterbourne Christmas concerts and £700 from playing at the Watercress Line for a John Lewis staff event over a weekend in December.

Therefore, this Christmas, we have raised a total of £4,700, of which £1,400 will go to Naomi House.

Thank you to everyone in the band for all their hard work, and for making this a successful December for both Otterbourne Brass and Naomi House.

Last Updated ( Friday, 16 January 2009 10:56 )

Diary

Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:12

Diary 2008

Date		Event	Location	Start-Finish
May	Mon 5	P&O playoff	Dock gate 10 'Arcadia	15.30 -- 17.00 Hol
June	Sun 8	Fund Raising concert	Otterbourne Village hall	TBN
July	Sun 13	Fund raising Concert	Otterbourne Village hall	p.m. TBA
Aug	Sun 3	P&O playoff	Dock gate 10 'Artemis'	3.30 - 5.00pm
	Sun 10	P&O playoff	Dock gate 10 'Arcadia	3.30 - 5.00pm
Sept	Sun 21	Wychavon Contest	Pershore, Worcs	All day
	Sun 28	National Brass Band Finals	International Centre Harrogate	all weekend
Oct	Sat 18	P&O playoff	Dock gate 10 'Oceana'	3.30 - 5.00pm
Dec	Fri 12	carols	Hedge End	7.00 - 9.00pm
Dec	Sat 13	Christmas concerts	Otterbourne Hall	2.30pm and 7.30pm
Dec	Sun 7	carols	Brambridge Park	1.00 - 3.00pm
Dec	Sun 14	carols	Brambridge Park	1.00- 3.00pm
	Wed 17	carols (small group)	Masonic Lodge, Alton	8.00 - 9.30pm
	Thurs 18	carols	Oliver's Batt (Sainsburys)	7.00 - 8.30pm
	Sat 20	carols	Olivers Battery	11.00 -1.00pm
	Sat 20	carols	hedge End	10.00- 12.30pm
	Tues 23	carols	Olivers battery	7.00 - 8.30pm

Diary 2009

Date		Event	Location	Start-Finish
March 13 -15		W of E Area contest	Torquay	weekend
April 5th Sunday		Palm Sunday walk (small group)	Winchester Great Hall to Cathedral	10.00 - 11.00hrs
April 18th Saturday		Concert	St Andrew's Church, Eastleigh	19.00 - 21.00hrs
May 4th Monday Bank Hol		P&O Aurora	Dock Gate 10	15.00 - 17.00hrs
June 14th Sunday		Fund Raising concert	Otterbourne	14.00 - 17.00hrs
June 19,20		Bugle contest	Bugle	weekend TBC
July 5th Sunday		fund raising concert	Otterbourne	14.00 - 17.00hrs
July 11th Saturday		concert	B's Waltham	14.00 - 17.00hrs
Sept 12th Saturday		concert	C Ford Church	TBC
Oct 3rd Saturday		concert	Fair Oak VH	14.00 - 16.00hrs
	Dec 11th Friday	carols	Hedge End	19.00-21.00hrs
	Dec 12th Saturday	Christmas concerts	Otterbourne Village Hall	14.30hrs & 19.30hrs
	Dec 16th Wednesday	carols (small group)	Alton Masonic Lodge	20.00 - 21.30hrs
	Dec 18th Friday	carols	S'bury's Oliver's Battery	19.30 - 21.00hrs
	Dec 19th Saturday	carols	Hedge End	10.00 - 12.30hrs
	Dec 19th Saturday	carols	S'burys Oliver's Battery	10.00 - 12.00hrs
	Dec 22nd Tuesday	carols	S'burys Oliver's Battery	19.00 - 21.00hrs

Last Updated ( Friday, 29 May 2009 17:58 )

Band say cherio to solo euph and solo cornet

Saturday, 08 November 2008 22:32

The band's principle euphonium, Adam Lowndes is off north of the boarder following his completion of training at the Royal Marines School of Music. He is to join the Royal Marines Band Scotland based in Rosyth after the Easter break. Adam joined the band just over two years ago and has become a prominent member of the band performing solos in contests and concerts. He won the best euphonium prize at the Wessex Contest in December 2006. In the last fortnight he helped the band qualify for the National Brass Band Finals at Harrogate We wish him well in his career and look forward to him returning to the south coast in the future.

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The band is also sorry to see Liz Williams leave the band moving with her family to Devon. Liz has worked hard for the band as a player on cornet and flugel horn and administratively on the committee. Any band in the West country will be very fortunate if she walks through their band room door!

Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 December 2008 08:39 )

Otterbourne Delight

Sunday, 09 November 2008 20:53

After just two years in the First Section, Otterbourne Brass has reached the National Finals in Harrogate.

Otterbourne Brass is delighted with its qualification for the national finals in Harrogate in only the second year in the First Section.

As with most un-sponsored bands the fund raising for the trip to Harrogate will be uppermost in the minds of the committee now and various projects are already in the planning stage.

Secretary Mike Davis said "Musical Director Lt. Col Chris Davis had a smile on his face from the time the band left the stage and was quite obviously delighted with the performance. The result vindicated the huge amount of work he and the players had put in over the last few weeks."

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