| Behind the Scenes What we did in 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 Homepage Coming Soon |
| Band Events - 2007 |
| for the latest news from the bandroom, click here...... 31st December - Some of our performances over the Christmas period can be viewed here. 23rd December - Another busy carolling week comes to a close. This week has included a six-hour stint at Tesco in Neath, playing for Santa's arrival in Ystrad and the St Cynog's carol service. At this service, Jacob played his first solo with the band - in front of an audience of around 450 people! 16th December - We've visited Tesco stores in Llansamlet and Ammanford. We have also been around local pubs in Cwmtwrch and Glanrhyd. More carolling is lined up over the coming week. A vido of some of the carols we played on Wednesday can be found here. 10th December - We've completed a number of Christmas engagements already this year. Tonight saw our new junior members take part in a Christmas carol concert at the Ynyscedwyn Arms. Although they've been playing for only nine weeks, all of the children played to the delight of the audience. The children have obviously been practising really hard - well done! 6th October - We played at the Burry Port contest. It was the first competition for more than half of our players so this was a real achievement. We played Eric Ball's 'In Switzerland' and Angharad won the award for best soloist. 3rd October - The number of new players increased to 16 at our first beginners' rehearsal tonight. 26th September - Fourteen new members joined the Band as a result of tonight's open evening at Sardis Chapel. 13th September - We've completed a tour of eight local primary schools to promote the Band in the locality. We hope to seeanyone interested in learning to play or joining the Band at our open evening on 26th September. Thanks to all the schools for giving us a warm welcome. 10th June - We took part in a Gymanfa Ganu at St Cynog's Church in Ystradgynlais. This was to raise money for Ty Croeso, marking the cancer support charity's 10th anniversary. Aled conducted from the pulpit - trying to keep not only the Band in time but the congregation as well! 11th May - We held a 'musicals' themed concert at the Abercrave Welfare Hall. Children from Abercrave, Caehopkin and Penrhos Schools joined us for the event. Thanks as always to them for their contributions, to the community for supporting our concert and to everyone who helped make the evening a success. There were 20 players in the Band - and seven of these were performing for the first time with us. Gareth, Aaron, Gerry and Lauren joined us from Haverfordwest and Martin joined us again from Cardiff. A lot of travelling was done for the concert - Aled came back to conduct the band from university in Bangor and Catryn returned fom Aberystwyth. |