Blog Author: Mr Strachan

Blackpool Rotary Club invited the Band to perform to help raise money for "Water Aid". Guests and staff packed the function room to listen to us play Christmas tunes and Carols and they all sang along, thoroughly enjoying themselves. Well done to the Band!  

The Band was invited to perform at the "Mental Health Awareness Day" at the Winter Gardens again because we were such a hit with the audience the last time we played there. Well done to Callum for excelling on his first outing out of school with the Band - top man! 

There were a lot of pupils out of school for a variety of reasons but we managed to put a Band together to entertain parents and friends at the MacMillan Coffee Morning.  It was a great success and lots of money was raised for cancer research.

The Band performed at Blackpool's "Active in Autumn" conference. Only a few pupils could go because our school was flooded and lots of pupils were told to stay at home! However, a small Band was put together and we played extremely well as usual!

Lottie, playing euphonium, and Roman and Mr Strachan playing tubas, added a bit of bass to the tunes. As is customary, the Band spent the last half of the third practice playing Christmas music even though it was still August - we like to be ahead of the game!

Mr Bradford, Nathan, Nathan, Mirabel and Samuel attended all the practices over the holiday to keep themselves 'trumpet ready' for the new Autumn Term.  Mr Taylor very kindly volunteered to drum for us so we hope he enjoyed the experience!

Georgia, Louise and Mrs Swift made up the  "Sweet Sounding Horns" section of the Band and really made the tunes we played wonderfully textured, so that they both soothed and lifted the spirits! A nice bit of musicology there, Mrs Swift?