Repeat Dots: 12th January 2008
Issued to all members of The Woburn Sands Band. This list has many changes. Check carefully…
THIS LIST REPLACES ALL PREVIOUS LISTS: DESTROY THEM. PLEASE ENSURE THAT PLAYING MEMBERS USE ONLY "REPEAT DOTS" LISTS; NEVER USE "ENGAGEMENT DETAILS" LISTS, WHICH ARE PRODUCED ESPECIALLY FOR NON-PLAYING PATRONS OF THE WSB, AS THEY DO NOT NEED TO KNOW DETAILS OF ALL ENGAGEMENTS.
This list is as complete as I can make it on the date of issue, but changes and additions will still arrive: remember to check the white board each time you leave the Bandroom. Please advise me, in writing and as soon as you are able, of your unavailability.
Key: # = NEW since last issue; * = provisional; TBC = To Be Confirmed; WS= Woburn Sands; QOS=Ensemble from A Band
(Please remember: Playing Times are given in this list. You should always arrange to be at the venue at least 30 minutes before that to avoid creating problems for yourself or WSB. Finish times for concerts are often ‘best guesses’ only. I felt that you would appreciate as much warning as possible of probable bookings, so here it is!)
N.B. Most of our concerts are open to friends and family, and we encourage everyone to support these events. In a minority of cases, the event will be for a private function. If you are not sure whether friends and family are invited to attend a particular event, ask Len.
(I also produce, from time to time, an "Engagements List" which gives details of these events for friends.)
ALWAYS (PLEASE) CHECK THE WHITE BOARD EVERY TIME YOU LEAVE THE BANDROOM FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.
Sat 26 Jan: Holocaust Memorial day service on Mowbray Green WS. Play 11am. Wrap V warmly. Ends 11.30 approx (A)
Sat 01 Mar: Luton Chiltern Rotary Club Charity Concert, St Luke’s Church Hall. Play 7.30pm. (A)
Sat 08 Mar: Open Day at The Bandroom. Encourage others to come and try a brass instrument! From 10am – 5pm
Sat 29 Mar: Playing Day! Open to all who can already play brass (or percussion!) See leaflet for details.Fulbrook School, 10am.
Sat 28 Apr: Drakeloe 41 at The Stables 7.30 play (A)
Sun 11 May: Church Service and Concert in Rutland. (B) Day Trip – times and other details TBC
Sat 07 Jun: Whaddon Church Fete. Play 2-4.15 (B) Finish time TBC
Sun 08 Jun: Flaxbourne Open Gardens Plant Sale. Times etc much as 2007 – i.e. longer than usual Flaxbourne (A)
Fri 20 Jun: The Mowbray Series: Concert on Mowbray Green – free admission – B and C Bands. Play 7.30 – 9.10 approx
Sat 21 Jun: ‘Mouse Organ’ Midsummer’s Day Fundraising Concert: Maulden Church. (possibly outdoors) (A)
Sun 06 Jul: Flaxbourne Open Gardens: The usual type … Play 2-5 pm (A)
Sat 12 Jul: Royal Parks Concert.- Details TBC
Sun 13 Jul: Royal Parks Concert. - Details TBC (only one of these dates will be confirmed by them)
Sat 19 Jul: Royal Parks Concert.- Details TBC
Sun 20 Jul: Royal Parks Concert - Details TBC
Sun 10 Aug: Flaxbourne Open Gardens: The usual type … Play 2-5 pm (A)
Sat 16 Aug: Barbara Wickens Concert with Ploughmans! M. Bryan Play 7 pm (Ensemble?)
Mon 25 Aug: THE BAND FAYRE Mowbray Green Play 2-4.30. Help before, on, and after the day from all members please.
**Sat 30 Aug: Bourne End, Cranfield. Picnic Praise venue, maybe PP again, but to celebrate Frank’s 80th Birthday. 7.30-9.30 (A:
Sat 06 Sep: Bournemouth Concert and Day At The Seaside. Leave early, return late. (A) Supporters welcome - min. charge.
**Sat 13 Sep: Bourne End, Cranfield. Picnic Praise venue, maybe PP again, but to celebrate Frank’s 80th Birthday. 7.30-9.30 (A)
Sat 20 Sep: Emma Lapham’s wedding (and George’s!!) (St. James’ church New Bradwell) Times TBC but pm. (A)
Sat 27 Sep: WSB Solo Contest: (external judge) Details TBA. Starts at 10am. All WSB Members welcome to enter.
Sun 09 Nov: Remembrance Day Service/Parade WS. Times TBC but early morning. (A)
Sun 09 Nov: Remembrance Day: Bow Brickhill Service. Meet V Hall 2.30 (Ends 4pm approx) (A volunteers)
Sat 22 Nov: Playing Day! Open to all who can already play brass (or percussion!) See leaflet for details.Fulbrook School, 10am.
Sat 29 Nov: Bletchley Lights Ceremony. Times TBC but pm. Ends by 4.15.
Sun 30 Nov: WS Lights. Details as soon as I have them, but will include Barbecue stall for our funds – volunteers?(A band plays)
Mon 01 Dec: Aspley Court. Play 7-8pm. (A) As many as would like to play and can start this early please?
Fri 05 Dec: Eversholt V Hall: Triple Friendship Carols. (B)
Wed 10 Dec: Lunchtime carols for Age Concern, Peartree Bridge. (Ensemble) Play 1-2.
Mon 08 Dec: Probable Date for Woburn Carols session-very early startat 6pm OUTSIDE. More details later - TBC
Sun 21 Dec: CAFOD annual charity concert. All groups.Play from 6pm. TBC
** only one of these Saturdays will actually be used for Bourne End – most likely to be 13 Sept. TBC
Never stop recruiting new members, especially experienced players on brass or percussion. We need all we can get!
All players in all groups:
Please advise me promptly of any errors or omissions that would affect the accuracy of this list., which is as complete as I can make it at the issue date. Please remember to let me know as soon as possible (text clearly to 07790 454149; e-mail Band website; write me a note?) of any dates (especially at weekends) that you will be unavailable. Thanks! Len J
Dear Reader, and (presumably) member of the Band,
If you are one of the (very) few who do not usually support the Drakeloe Series of concerts, given at The Stables, usually twice a year, please consider supporting our efforts this time? …We would certainly appreciate your support! We always need help with "Front-of-house", which is organised by Irene Davison, but just to have you there, enjoying the concert, would also be encouraging. Newly-promoted members of the "A" Band would particularly appreciate it. If you are unable to attend, please try nevertheless to sell tickets to others? We have booked Saturday 26th April 2008 for the next concert in the Series, which will be the forty-first. Tickets are available NOW. We really do need you with us, and we ask that you help to promote the concert to others, please?. If our programme or presentation is not to your liking, please let us know, and suggest improvements. If we do not sell all of the tickets, we could easily make a loss, and that would be problematic for us all. The Stables’ hire charges average £6.80 a seat, and we have to pay for all the seats, whether we sell them or not..Please support and help. We charge £10 per seat.
Len Jenkins
OUR BAND NEEDS US (ALL OF US)
If you are a member of The Woburn Sands Band, it must be sensible for you to do all you can to help the Band by selling tickets for our events (from fund-raising events and our own Annual Band Fayre to our flagship Drakeloe Series concerts) and encouraging everyone you can to come along to hear us. I find it difficult to understand how people who have belonged to the Band for some time do not support even the Drakeloe Series, as was the case with a small number recently. Luckily, the great majority do support as much as possible, and that encourages me, but I still worry - a little - about the few who seem to think we can run for their benefit without any input from them – quite apart from having to be grateful when they attend practices! (Don’t worry, I can’t mean you, can I?? Think now, when did you last help to raise funds for the Band…?)
Please remember that early advice of your non-availability for any date is useful; for weekends, it is essential; and is always best received BEFORE I am approached by patrons wishing to engage the Band. Please also remember that players do move from C Band into B Band, and from B Band into A Band – so even if you are in C Band at the moment, you should still check your availability for any or all of the engagements listed here, and should still inform me (always in writing, please) of your non-availability for any particular date. Some players still seem to wait until they see that their Band group is booked for an event before mentioning that they will not be able to play at it. This cannot be sensible. It would really help me, and would help to give a more professional aspect to our organisation, if everyone would understand how important it is to know when it will be difficult for us to field a full Band – it means that I can turn down the engagement at the outset, giving the impression (!) that we are well - organised. (We are, aren’t we?) Younger players should make a point of finding out as soon as possible when their family will be away on holiday, and letting me know that they will, as a result, be unavailable (newer members in particular).
AN IMPORTANT AND SERIOUS POINT… Yet surely obvious to all intelligent people…
PLEASE REMEMBER The WSB is YOU: YOU are The WSB. All of the time you wear our uniform you are representing the Band, whether on stage or off. NO misbehaviour nor rudeness can ever be excused while you are in uniform, as it will always bring the name of The Woburn Sands Band into disrepute.
Len Jenkins, Chairman.
Tickets for Drakeloe Series Concert 41
(7.30 pm on Saturday 26th April 2008 at The Stables) should be reserved NOW.
We (quite reasonably, I think) expect maximum support for these flagship concerts.
Ask Len for a Booking Form, please, and sell as many of the 400 seats as you can!
7 CDs are on sale in aid of our funds, priced at just £5.00 each. Most were recorded live at concerts in our "Drakeloe Series". The most recent addition is WSB CD007 "1712"- also available now.
Have you heard it?
Please sell as many as you can.
(You can order -and pay- on our website now.)