©Kirton News 2010

Band Fest

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Congratulations

Our very own village brass band marked its 140th anniversary with a celebratory concert in the Parish Church on Saturday 15th May. Kirton Band was formed in 1870 and has been active ever since, playing at many important events in the life of our community. This included accompanying a Kirton soldier, Sgt Harold Jackson, from the station to the parish hall for a civic reception. He was being honoured after being awarded the Victoria Cross. More recently the Band’s ‘Last Night of the Proms’ in the Town Hall has become firmly established in the village’s social calendar.

The Parish Church was packed with a large audience of around 300 for the concert. The audience included the Chairman of the parish council, Coun. and Mrs. Lee, the Mayor of Boston, Mrs. Maureen Dennis and Mrs. Joan Ashton, Deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire. The Band’s Musical Director Mr. George Brown shared the baton with guest conductor, Professor Philip Wilby. The programme was varied including music by Abba, a tuba solo ‘The Bare Necessities’, music from the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film and familiar classics including the traditional welsh air ‘All through the Night’. The first half ended with an item composed by Professor Wilby especially for the occasion and entitiled ‘March: The Kirton 140’.

The audience were also entertained by the Band’s junior section who played items including ‘Batman’ and the ‘Wallace and Gromit’ theme. The Youth Band continues to go from strength to strength under the leadership of Mrs. Julie Key.

The proceeds of the evening totalled £1,000 and this sum was generously donated to the ‘Action for children’ charity.

George Brown thanked the Parish Church authorities for allowing use of their building free of charge, also the Methodist Church who provided tea for the Band and the Parish Council who provided additional seating. It was very much a village affair.
The Band should be congratulated for a well organised and fabulous evening of entertainment. They are without doubt one of this village’s great assets.

The Band rehearses in the Methodist Church schoolroom, London Road on Thursday evenings from 7:30 until 9:30pm. The Band is always keen to hear from experienced players or enthusiastic learners.

Are you interested in becoming a
Registered Childminder?

The National Childminding Association (NCMA) is currently looking to recruit new Childminders in the Kirton, Kirton Holme and surrounding local villages to help meet childcare needs.

Do you like working with children and want to work from home and be with your family? Then have you thought about becoming a Registered Childminder?
To find out more about Childminding come along to a free Childminder Information Session delivered by NCMA at Sutterton Children’s Centre on Friday 16th July 2010 from 10:30am to 2pm. For further information or to book your place as required, please contact Jenny Sullivan, NCMA Development Worker and Network Coordinator for Boston, on 01205 460549 or 07793 457619, or email jenny.sullivan@ncma.org.uk.

Danny Flear Festival Fortnight

Every year the Dannny Flear Community Centre in Freiston has a Festival week.  This year it is spreading over a fortnight.  The events taking place are as follows:
Tuesday 13th July: Nostalgic Evening at 7.30pm. Come and look at everyone’s old photos of the village and the various events that used to take place.  There may even be some old school photos.

Sunday 25th July: Summer Craft Fayre from 10am - 4pm.  There will be around 20 craft stalls, homemade refreshments, tombola and a raffle.
Friday 30th July: Whist Drive - 7.30pm

Sunday 18th July: Car Boot Sale at the Old Girls School Field at Butterwick in aid of the Sunday School.  This will take place from 10am - 2pm and it will be £4 per car.  There will also be toilets available and homemade refreshments being served.

Celebrations

The meeting to discuss suggestions for the Town Hall Centenary Celebrations will be on 19 October 2010 at 7pm  in the Town Hall Upsall Room. The Town Hall Management Committee looks forward to seeing you there.

Hello to you good Kirton folk. We as a band would like be a regular feature and bring you all the latest news from your very own brass band, and to all new comers to the village; Kirton does indeed have its very own brass band of which the villagers are very proud. 
This year marks our 140th anniversary makng us one of the oldest brass bands in the country, little wonder that the villagers are justly proud.

Unfortunately I was not in time for the May issue to inform you of our special Anniversary concert which was held on Saturday 15th and judging by the amount of tickets sold about, 300 in total, the church was packed to capacity. No doubt you will hear from the those who attended how the concert went.

We had a special guest conductor in the shape of Professor Philip Wilby who is music associate to the famous Black Dyke Band. All monies raised from the sale of tickets went to our nominated charity, Action for children, formerly National Childrens Home, headed by Sheila Lymer who is head of the Lincolnshire Branch.

As part of our continuing celebrations, the band have been asked to perform alongside Black Dyke Band at their Brass Band Festival at Leeds Town Hall on Sunday 13th June, a real honour for us. We have booked 2 coaches to transport ourselves, friends and supporters. 6 of our Cornet players are going ahead to attend a cornet masterclass in themorning.

I will be endeavouring to keep you inrformed of all the band engagements throughout the coming months.

You can visit our website: www.kirtonband.co.uk If you want to book the band for any event contact Ros Sharman, secretary  01775760781 or myself Tony Fell, publicity officer 01775762775.

Kirton Youth Brass Band

Kirton Youth Brass were formed 18 months ago under the tuition of Julie and Richard Key. They meet at Kirton Methodist Chapel schoolroom 6pm. We have about 20 members ages ranging from 6yrs upwards and we have some more mature members wanting to learn or pickup from when they last played.

The band members are very enthusiastic and recently been to Oxford to take part in a contest where they came second in their class, a real brilliant achievment. They also played during the Anniversary concert. You can conctact Julie and Richard Key on 01406 363171 for more information.