Our October band week end took place in Penrith in Cumbria. With some of us much longer journeys than others, our rehearsals on the Friday evening went on long into the night although they didn’t start until we’d all enjoyed the delicious lasagne provided by the Church.

Post rehearsals, cornets gave the epilogue about Noah’s ark telling the famous story in the form of interesting postcards between God and Noah with the bankground of “the animals went in two by two” played by Rob. After that we probably should have gone straight to bed considering how long some of our journey’s were but with it being a band weekend this was, of course, out of the question so we stayed up very late and then got up fairly early the following morning for some breakfast followed by more rehearsals.

In the break between rehearsals we celebrated George and Bek’s birthdays with cake, of course, and after that we continued with the rehearsal. After a delicious lunch with Pizza that included a large scramble for the last few pieces, we went off to explore the local area. Many of us visited Keswick and although, in true Lake District fashion, it was raining we all had a lovely time enjoying tea and scones under cover. In the evening, before the concert, we had another lovely meal provided by the church follwed by the cornets’ second epilogue in which we all took a piece of coloured paper and made a rainbow whilst each making our own individual promises which gave us all a chance to reflect and gave a nice contrast to the usual business of a band weekend.

The concert was a great success and we even managed to recruit a new member, James, into the cornet section! After the concert, many of us went and got takeaways and, in true NMYBB fashion, we stayed up extremely late again! The following morning, we had a brief rehearsal before the service began. Taking part in the service is always a particular highlight of a band weekend as it gives us the chance to give something back to the church that has hosted us and this service was no different. Once the service was finished, we packed up, had lunch and then were off (after we’d said goodbye).

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Welcome to the 2010 tour of the UK, calling at Holmfirth, Stratford-upon-Avon, Dudley and London.

Concerts

Saturday 21st August 2010 – 15.00-16.00 Outdoor Concert,
Holmfirth Methodist Church Garden
Holmfirth Methodist Church, School Street (Off Huddersfield Road), Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 7EQ

Saturday 21st August 2010 – 19.30: Evening Concert,
Holmfirth Methodist Church,
School Street (Off Huddersfield Road), Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 7EQ

Wednesday 25th August 2010 – 14.30-16.30: Outdoor concert,
Stratford-upon-Avon Bandstand,
Recreation Ground, Swans Nest Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 7LS

Thursday 26th August 2010 – 19.30: Evening Concert,
Lake Street Methodist Church,
Lake Street, Lower Gornal, Dudley DY3 2AU

Saturday 28th August 2010 – 19.30: Evening Concert,
Sunfields Methodist Church,
95 Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London SE3 8SJ

Services:

Sunday 22nd August 2010 – 10.30
Outdoor Circuit Service, Holmfirth Methodist Church, School Street (Off Huddersfield Road), Holmfirth, West Yorkshire HD9 7EQ

Sunday 29th August 2010 – 10.30: Morning Service, Sunfields Methodist Church, 95 Old Dover Road, Blackheath, London SE3 8SJ

A full band or representative group played at each of these members’ wedding – member’s name highlighted in bold

1990

Ruth and David – Pontefract, November

1991

Sue and Lee – Bramley, March

1993

Nick and Catherine – September

1995

Christine and Peter – July

1997

Matthew and Janet – Sheffield, July

1998

Keith and Julie – Godalming, May

2000

Adrian and Sue – Cheltenham, November

2003

Andrew and Kimberly – Barrow-in-Furness, June

2004

Oliver and Sarah – Nottingham, July
Rob and Lois – Barrow in Furness, December

2006

Emmalouise and Rob – Barnsley, March
Hannah and Nathan – Hastings, June
Emily and Brian – Bingham,September

2010

Andy and Jen – Yorkshire, March

2011

Pete and Bek - Barrow-in-Furness, May

This is a list of all the special events where the National Methodist Youth Brass Band has performed concerts, in services and worship.

1988

MAYC London Weekend staying at Battersea and Putney

1989

MAYC London Weekend staying at Battersea and Putney
Wesley’s Chapel, London

1990

MAYC London Weekend staying at Battersea and Putney

1991

MAYC London Weekend staying at Battersea and Putney

1992

Easter People in Torquay

1993

MAYC London Weekend staying at Battersea and Putney
Easter People in Scarborough
First recording weekend at Culford School

1994

MAYC London Weekend staying at Battersea and Putney

1996

Easter People in Blackpool
Second recording weekend at Cliff College
Older members with the Charles Wesley Singers for NCH

1997

Easter People in Bournemouth
10th Anniversary Celebration Party in Chesterfield

1998

Easter People in Blackpool

1999

MAYC Breakout May at the NEC in Birmingham

2000

Easter People in Bournemouth
Reunion Party in Chesterfield

2001

Methodist Conference in Ipswich
Methodist Church Music Society Conference in Hoddesdon, Herts

2002

Third Recording Weekend at Oxford Brookes University
Methodist Conference in Wolverhampton

2005

NCH Christmas Celebration at Westmister Central Hall

2006

Recording rehearsal weekend at Nuthall, Nottingham
Fourth recording weekend at Cliff College

2007

Easter People in Blackpool
Methodist Celebration Praise at Queen’s Theatre, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
Outdoor celebration of the 300th anniversary of Charles Wesley and the 200th anniversary of Primitive Methodism at Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent

Bandsman’s Service

Each year in October, London based players and occasionally other members augment the band at the Annual Bandsman’s Service held usually in Westminster Central Hall on the Sunday morning of the National Brass Band Championships weekend.

This is a full list of churches where the National Methodist Youth Brass Band has spent a weekend since the formation of the band in April 1987.

1987

April – Surbiton Hill, Surrey
September – Hull, East Yorkshire

1988

January – Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
March – Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
December – Chester, Cheshire

1989

April – Chesterfield, Derbyshire
August – Birmingham, West Midlands

1990

February – York, North Yorkshire
April – Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
December – Hampstead, North London

1991

February – Culford, Suffolk
April – Colne, Lancashire
July – Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
November – Whitchurch, Shropshire

1992

October – Rotherham, South Yorkshire

1993

July – Dudley, West Midlands

1994

February – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
April – Preston, Lancashire
June – Leeds, West Yorkshire
June – Stanley, Co. Durham
November – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

1995

March – Guildford, Surrey
April – Banbury, Oxon
June – St Anne’s, Lancashire
November – Sheffield, South Yorkshire

1996

March – Fallings Park, West Midlands
September – Marple, Stockport
November – Brighouse, West Yorkshire

1997

January – Market Harborough, Leicestershire
February – Hartlepool, Co. Durham
June – Luton, Bedfordshire
September – Ellesmere, Shropshire
November – Skegness, Lincolnshire

1998

February – Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
June – Colchester, Essex
October – New Malden, Surrey

1999

February – Harrogate, North Yorkshire
May – Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
November – Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands

2000

February – Maidenhead, Berkshire
May – Sheffield, South Yorkshire
June – Lincoln, Lincolnshire

2001

February – Glossop, Derbyshire
May – Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
August – Ashbourne, Derbyshire
November – Pontefract, West Yorkshire

2002

February – Farnborough, Hampshire
April – Nuthall, Nottinghamshire
November – Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
December – Cullercoats, Tyneside

2003

February – Heswall, Merseyside
April – Devizes, Wiltshire
May – Yeadon, West Yorkshire
September – Bishops Stortford, Essex
October – Wokingham, Berkshire

2004

February – Oswestry, Shropshire
April – Matlock, Derbyshire
May – Haywards Heath, West Sussex
October – Ilkley, West Yorkshire
November – Cranleigh, Surrey
November – Shirley, West Midlands

2005

February – Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
April – Endcliffe, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
May – Gillingham, Kent
October – Stanley, Co. Durham
November – Earl Shilton, Leicestershire

2006

February – Huyton, Merseyside
April – Doncaster, South Yorkshire
September – Wakefield, West Yorkshire
October – Woking, Surrey

2007

February – Witney, Oxfordshire
May – South Normanton, Derbyshire
May – Congleton, Cheshire
September – Loughton, Essex

2008

February – Darlington, Co Durham
March – Londonderry, Co Londonderry
May – Cardiff, Glamorgan
September – Epsom, Surrey
October – Gillingham, Kent

2009

February – Caversham, Berkshire
May – Swindon, Wiltshire
October – Sheffield, South Yorkshire
November – Castleford, West Yorkshire

2010

February – Harrowgate, Yorkshire
May – Amersham, Buckinghamshire
October – Swinton,  South Yorkshire
November – St. Albans, Hertfordshire

2011

February – Loughborough, Leicestershire
May – Liverpool, Merseyside
June – Bexhill On Sea, Sussex
October – Penrith, Cumbria
November – Rugby, Warwickshire

The National Methodist Youth Brass Band (NMYBB)

In Concert – Saturday 15th May – 7:30pm

Service – Sunday 16th May – 11am

50th Anniversary Celebrations – for more information go to www.amershammethodist.org.uk

For tickets please call Jean Richards on 01494 583233

Woodside Road
AMERSHAM
HP6 6AJ

Guernsey and Sark

2009 - Guernsey Tour

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In 2008 we toured the North East and got to appreciate the dramatically changing scenery from the cathedral city of Durham to the industrial heartland through Middlesborough on the way to Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Our two weeks started off in Durham and included an outdoor concert in the grounds of Gibside, a National Trust garden, and a visit to the newly opened Durham Swimming Pool. Our time in Durham concluded with an evening concert before we travelled up north to Morpeth.

In Morpeth the now annual band ceildh was enjoyed by all, we played in the town centre and had rounders and a barbeque on the beach at Druridge Bay. We also had a Saturday evening concert and played for the Sunday morning service.

We then started the journey south, firstly to Saltburn-by-the-Sea with its funicular railway. Whilst we were there we played for the evening service at Marske, went on a band outing to the cinema, enjoyed go-carting and had an outdoor concert indoors because of the rain! We also had a formal indoor concert in Saltburn Methodist Church as well as playing for the guests of Brockley Hall, a Christian hotel.

Our journey south continued to Scarborough where we stayed at Central Hall, giving a concert there and playing for Sunday morning worship. We gave an outdoor concert in Whitby where we also had a band sandcastle competition. The delights of Scarborough were explored in both rain and sunshine, football and adventure golf were played and dragons were peddled around the lake of Peasholm Park.

It was a great tour, thanks to all the churches who hosted us and to the McAdoos for all their hard work.

2008 - North East Tour

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The 2007 tour was a very special tour for the band being, as it was, in our 20th Anniversary year. In order to celebrate this achievement, we broke with our usual tradition and had a home tour in an odd year!

Our two weeks took in stays at Barry (Cardiff), Aylesbury, Stamford and Nuthall (Nottingham).

At each venue, we did an outdoor concert and a more formal indoor concert.
The highlight of the tour was the last weekend. On the Saturday lunchtime, we had a reunion event where many past-members of the band came to Nuthall to meet old friends and chat about old times. That evening, we played a celebration concert in Southwell Minster, a superb and fitting venue for what turned out to be a wonderful occasion. Many ex-members of the band came to concert, either to play or to watch, and all the band’s conductors, both past and present, conducted some pieces, the past conductors choosing their favourites from their time with the band.

On the Sunday morning, there was a service of rededication at Nuthall Methodist Church, led by the band’s now four-strong chaplaincy team.

2007 - 20th Anniversary Tour

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In 2006, we spent two weeks touring the beautiful Lake District. It was a very busy tour, where we performed 17 times!

Our 14 days started in Carlisle, where we spent a weekend, playing a concert and service. After that we played for a “songs of prsiase” service in Seascale, then concerts in Millom Parish Church, Egremont Market Hall and on the platform Ravenglass & Eskdale railway (affectionately known at “the ratty”).

After that we moved on to Kendal where we played at evening concert at the Methodist Church, Kents Bank where we played at the Christian Guild Holiday Centre at Abbott Hall, and then to Cartmel where we had the privilege of playing outside the magnificent priory. We were due to play on the bandstand at Grange-over-Sands but unfortunately the rain intervened. Not to be deterred, we simply played in the Methodist Church instead!

One of the highlights of the tour was playing to a packed Coronation Hall in Ulverston, one of the biggest venues the band has ever played in. We also played for the Sunday morning service in Ulverston before moving on to Sedbergh for another “songs of praise” in the evening.

The following night, as the sun set, we played beneath the Hardraw Force waterfalls in Hawes, before moving on to Windermere. Here, we played at the Glebe bandstand in Bowness and an evening concert at the United Reformed Church.

The last concert of a busy week was at Penrith Methodist church.

In between all our playing we found time to Go Ape in Grizedale Forest, go tenpin bowling in Barrow-in-Furness and doing lots of sightseeing.

Another super tour!

2006 - Lake District Tour

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