Backworth Colliery Band News

Would players please note the following rehearsal schedule during October for Full Band and Sectional rehearsals.

• Sunday 4th, 10.45
• Tuesday 6th 19.30
• Friday 9th 19.00 – 21.00, Sectional – Cornets, Horns
• Sunday 11th 10.45
• Tuesday 13th, 19.30
• Sunday 18th 18.00 – 21.00
• Tuesday 20th 19.30
• Friday 23rd 19.00 – 21.00, Sectional – Euphoniums, Baritones, Trombones, Basses
• Sunday 25th 10.45
• Tuesday 27th 19.30
• Friday 30th 19.00 – 21.00

Transport to Peebles on the 31st will be via coach. Provisional departure time from Backworth IntoChange is 6.30am. Time to be confirmed on Tuesday 27th after the draw is known.

We’re very happy to announce that two ladies of the Band are taking some time off on maternity leave.

Mary MacNamara on trombone, and Natalie McLean on front row cornet (recently Principal Cornet), are standing down from September, and the Band wishes them good health and successful deliveries.

As well as taking a break from playing, Natalie also takes a well-earned rest from her duties as Concert Secretary and we thank her for the work put in during an intensive summer programme schedule. In the meantime, contact with the Band can be made via email or by telephone at Contacts.