| Band Events - 2008 |
| for the latest news from the bandroom, click here...... 25th December - Another hectic Christmas period has come to a close. From streets, pubs and supermarkets to nursing homes and the community hospital, the band has been out and about spreading its usual Christmas cheer. 15th November - We visited Treorchy for the first time in six years and Phill picked up another big trophy as we came runners-up for the year. 22nd October - The training band completed its slot in a concert organised at the Ystradgynlais Welfare Hall. The concert was held over two consecutive nights and features performances by Maesydderwen school and pupils from some of the 'feeder' schools in the area. 4th October - We took part in the Ammanford Band Contest. The best instrumentalist prize for the section was retained in the Band as Steve took this award this year. 24th September - We held our second open evening at Sardis for players interested in joining the Band. 2nd August - We participated at the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff. There were some very positive comments from the adjudicator and the 'expert' commentating on S4C. 12th July - The training band held an end of term concert at Sardis. Our annual awards were also presented: The Ross Morgan Award for best attendance in the training band went to Iestyn and the Paul Rochard Memorial Cup for most improved player went to Danielle. The Gwyn Alexander Memorial Shield was awarded to Catryn, who has worked tirelessly to improve the fortunes of the Band over the last year. 7th June - We played at the Community Hospital in Ystradgynlais. The hospital held its annual fete today so patients and fundraisers were treated to an afternoon of music. 27th May - The Band was featured on S4C's 'Y Sioe Gelf' tonight. Three members of the Band spoke about their experiences (ranging from less than seven months to over 70 years) - Ross, Catryn and Osian were the stars of the show. 17th May - We played Eric Ball's "Indian Summer" at the contest in Tredegar. There was plenty of excitement when we were announced as the winners and awarded the trophy in the hall. When we went to collect the adjudicator's copy of the score ten minutes later, they decided that there had been a clerical error and we had finished second. We worked really hard in preparation for this competition and fiascos like this only serve to show why attendances at these contests are at an all time low. 23rd April - A quartet made a trip to Pontardawe to play at a 70th birthday party. Unfortunately, four players turned up but only three instruments did. So a trio of two horns and one euphonium played the theme tune for 'Dad's Army' that we'd arranged at the request of the party organiser. 19th March - A film crew descended on Sardis Vestry! The Band will feature on 'Y Sioe Gelf' on S4C on May 27th (other bands in the series are Cory, Beaumaris and Deiniolen!!). Filming also took place at the homes of Catryn and Ross, so our segment is sure to be an interesting one. 12th March - We held our annual concert at the Church Hall in Ystradgynlais. There were several disasters leading up to the concert, which went very well all things considered! There were excellent performances from both participating schools - Ynysgedwyn and Gurnos. Our new junior band performed in three groups and the young soloists in the main band coped well with the added difficulty of there being no conductor! |