Annual Verwood Concert Brass Christmas Concert

Saturday 21st December

The Hub in Verwood was an absolute sell out for the Christmas concert and what a concert it was.

The show opened with the Verwood Band Carollers singing, unaccompanied, 'O Come, O Come, Emmanuel' to be followed by 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' with the audience singing too but this time with the massed bands of VCB. The sound just grew and grew with the Training Band playing the first verse, the Town Band joining them on the second verse and the Concert Brass joining on the last with added descants. An awesome sound from something like 80 players!

The show then continued with a great set from the Training Band playing 'alternative' Christmas tunes proving that brass bands can play boogie, reggae, calypso and rock!

Concert Brass then taking over with their set which included great solos from Rachel Bartlett and Graham Carter.

The second half opened with the Town Band with their set which included the Military Wives Choir Christmas hit 'Wherever You Are' and another Christmas hit 'Fairytale of New York.

Concert Brass then closed the show which included a surprise visit of a snowman during the the piece 'The Snowman' and as has become tradition a rendition of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' with some assistance!

Merry Christmas one and all!

Verwood Concert Brass at Wimborne Minster

Verwood Concert Brass performed a wonderful Christmas concert at the Minster in Wimborne on Saturday 12th December.

A great venue for a fantastic variety of festive pieces along with brilliant solo performances.

Training Band at Meadow Court

Tuesday 8th December

On Tuesday evening the Verwood Training Band performed a concert for the residents of Meadow Court (an assisted living home in Verwood).

It's an annual event where, in previous years, the band has played carols but this year it performed a mix of Non-Christmas and Christmas music, including a run out of the exciting new 'alternative' Christmas pieces the band will be performing at the Verwood Concert Brass Christmas Concert at The Hub, Verwood on Saturday 19th December.

The audience loved it and were very impressed with the sound the band made.

As is common with Training Band gigs the players were treated to a delicious selection of cakes during the interval. One of the perks of the job.

Christmas events continue with the Verwood Town Band playing at All Saints Church, Southbourne on Friday evening and Verwood Concert Brass performing a full on 'Christmas at the Minster' concert on Saturday 12th at 7:30pm. Tickets £10 available on the door.

Merry Christmas all.

 

Wessex Contest Victory!

VERWOOD CONCERT BRASS
Wessex Champions!!!!
Best 1st Section Band
Best instrumentalist on the day - Well done Elaine Close (Solo Cornet)
Best Percussion Section - Well done Henry Boler, Ella Walker and Emma Graves

And congrats to MD Kevin Smith and the whole band.

VERWOOD TOWN BAND
Best 4th Section Band
* and came 15th overall beating three 3rd Section bands.

And congrats to MD Emma Button and the whole band.

Can brass banding get any better than this!?

With all the excitingment of Verwood Concert Brass and Verwood Town Band doing so fantastically well at the Wessex Contest let us not forget that it was a BIG day for the Verwood Youth Band too.

As well as winning prizes at contests it is just as important to VCB as an organisation to bring on the next generation of players. So we were delighted that the Verwood Youth Band had been invited to perform during the contest lunchtime break.

Just take a look at these wonderful photos of a fabulous group of young musicians ranging in age from 6 to 18 (plus a few adult helpers) who performed a most wonderful and entertaining concert.

And not forgetting that the audience was full of brass band aficionados who fully appreciated the talent on display giving the band the rapturous applause they fully deserved

The future of brass banding looks very bright indeed.

Well done the Verwood Youth Band and MD Kevin Smith.