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The Great Laxey Brass Band Festival 2018

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This is the first time Garff Commissioners have put this event on and what a great afternoon of music it was. Well done to everyone involved in the organisation and all the supporters on the day.

Three Bands took part Ramsey Town Band, Castletown Metropolitan Silver Band and ourselves – Douglas Town Band.

There were three venues: The Mines Tavern, The Bridge and The Queens. The Bands all started at different venues at 2pm and played a short 20minute programme before moving onto the next venue.

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We started at Mines Tavern then went onto the Queens and finished at the Bridge. Following this there was then a massed bands in the village square.

We really enjoyed this and there was a great and appreciative crowd at all the venues.

The massed bands finished off the afternoon in style with 75+ musicians playing 3 marches conducted by the MDs for each band, then Ellan Vannin conducted by Ian Cottier, then afternoon of music rounded up with the Manx National Anthem.

Below is the Massed Bands Playing the DTB March thanks to David Kneale for sharing this with us.

Below is the Massed Bands Playing Ellan Vannin thanks to Jennifer Wade for sharing this with us.

For more videos from the event check out our YouTube Playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB9n0k9drumTFOd0KhL5Fb94vQnDU8GwD

Then the awards were presented – Best presented went to Ramsey Town Band and both Castletown Metropolitan Band and Douglas Town Band were presented with certificates of Excellence. Ramsey Town Band took the overall prize for the afternoon.

 

It was a fab afternoon and we hope that Garff Commissioners turn this into an annual event.

For more pictures of this great event please check out our Google Photos Album here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ih9nSg1L8hCV3vs23

Manx Music Festival 2018

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Over the weekend the band took part in the 2018 Manx Music Festival – http://www.manxmusicfestival.org/

On the Saturday the junior Ensemble class DTB Youth Band came 2nd with Does your mother know!

Ensemble Entry 2018

Ensemble Entry 2018

Pictured above the group took part in the Brass Ensemble Open Class with Someone to Watch over me finishing 3rd!
Emily (Right 2nd row in picture above) also took part in the Adult Solo Class scoring a very respectable 85 in a very tough class!

 

Then on the Sunday it was the bands turn. We were entered into all classes.

First up it was the Test Piece Class where the band played Paul Lovatt-Cooper’s Fire in The Blood and came 2nd.

Then it was onto the March and Hymn Tune Class followed by the Entertainments Class, for the Entertainments Class the band bought the bond theme with them from their Shaken, Not Stirred concert the weekend before and this went down a treat with the audience who loved it.

We were really pleased with all of our results for the evening these can be seen below:

Hymn results
= 3. Douglas Town Band 87

March results
= 5. Douglas Town Band 85

Entertainment programme results
3. Douglas Town Band 90

Most Entertaining Programme: Douglas Town Band

Guild 2018

Guild 2018

New Baritone Horn and Youth Band Instruments

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The band are very please to announce that thanks to the support of the Rotary Club of Douglas funds have been donated from the Lockington Marshall Trust. Meaning we will be able to purchase a new Baritone Horn for the Douglas Town Band and 5 cornets and 5 trombones for the Douglas Town Training Band.

The new Training Band Instruments are on their way and we will update the article with a picture once we have these.

 

Rotary Club of Douglas

 

 

New Baritone Horn

New Baritone Horn

Shaken, not stirred!

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Douglas Town Band are please to announce their next feature concert, which will take place on Sunday 15th April, 7pm start at St. Ninian's Church.

As we hope you can tell from the title this is a James Bond themed evening, which will feature the classic themes and some wonderful singing from local artists.

Tickets are available below:

Adult Ticket - £10

Concession Ticket - £5

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The evening will feature performances from Alexandra Slater, Jack Divers, Roc Vannin Choir and Douglas Town Band. All proceeds raised will be split between the Hospice Isle of Man and Douglas Town Youth Band.

Shaken, Not Stirred!

Christmas 2017

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The band as always had a very busy Christmas with 15 jobs playing for over 30hrs and rehearsals for our Christmas concert.

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who supported the band at any of their events over the Christmas period this is much appreciated and such a key time of the year for the band.

130th Anniversary Spectacular

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It has been a special weekend celebrating the bands 130th Anniversary.

On Friday 24th November the band celebrated their 130th Anniversary in style, with a gala concert featuring the world famous Welsh male voice choir – Only Men Aloud.

The band opened the show by filling the Villa Marina Royal Hall with the sound of Goff Richards Fanfare for a New Age. It was then onto Principle Cornet player Robert Mitchell who gave a masterclass in playing, performing Children Of Sanchez by Chuck Mangione. Following this, the band then played Benedictus featuring Brian Mitchell on Euphonium before finishing off with Fire in the Blood by Paul Lovett-Cooper.

It was then over to Only Men Aloud who took to the stage and wow they were amazing. They performed several traditional welsh songs which were fantastic, as well as performing a compilation of James Bond tunes.

Picture from OMAniacs. A special mention to Joan and Lynn who are part of the OMAniacs fan club for joining us for the weekend, it was great to meet you ladies and thanks for the pictures!

After an exciting set from Only Men Aloud, the band the continued the 2nd half with a March written for their 120th Anniversary by their musical advisor Gordon Higgingbottom.

The band concluded their set by performing the showstopper ‘All that Jazz’ with some great choreography.

Picture from OMAniacs.

Only Men Aloud continued the night with several more well known pieces, including an arrangement of Amazing Grace and a Tom Jones medley which had the whole hall swaying to Dhelila.

The concert concluded with the band and Only Men Aloud joining forces in spectacular style performing Hymn to the fallen and a Disney Fantasy. To bring the night and they closed with an acappella version of Ellan Vannin with both groups singing together.

Douglas Town band would like to say a massive thank you to Only Men Aloud for this opportunity, it was thoroughly enjoyed by all and we couldn’t imagine a better way to celebrate our 130th Anniversary.

On Saturday morning the band invited all local choirs and budding vocalists along to a workshop with Paul, Craig and Steffan from Only Men Aloud.

This was a great workshop with them covering activities on technique, posture and breathing. They worked on a performance of White Christmas which was enough to warm anyone on a cold winters night. Why not have a listen to the final version of this the video is below.

Finally, we would like to finish off by thanking all our sponsors as without them, the event wouldn’t have happened. This weekend was supported by the Isle of Man Arts Council.

Christmas is Coming!

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To round off our 130th celebratory year our Christmas concert will feature, our Youth Band, Ballacottier School Choir and Douglas Town Band. In what promises to be an evening to get you in the festive spirit and will entertain all the family.

The event is taking place at St. Ninian’s Church, on Saturday 16th December – 7.30pm start, doors open 7pm. Get your tickets now!

Tickets are available now from Peter Norris Music, 54 Bucks Road, Douglas IM1 3AD or online below:

Adults – £10

(Inc. Mince Pie and Mulled Wine)




Children – £5

(Inc. Mince Pie and Hot Vimto)




Family  – £25

(2 adults and up to 3 children)




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Open Workshop with Only Men Aloud!

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We are proud to present in association with the Isle of Man Arts Council an open workshop with Only Men Aloud! This will take place on Saturday 25th November at 10am in the Villa Marina, Promenade Suite.

Everyone is welcome all you need to do is register your place via our online registration from here – http://douglastownband.org.im/2017/08/registration-for-the-only-men-aloud-workshop

OMA Workshop

If you would like any more information please email secretary@douglastownband.org.im or call 07624 469076

 

St. Thomas’ Church Concert

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What an amazing venue to play music in with a very appreciative audience on Wednesday evening. Thank you everyone who joined us for our concert at St. Thomas’ Church.

The band performed a great variety of music from Abba to Ruby Tuesday.

Our soloist of the evening was Tara Hampson. It was the first time Tara has stood up in front of the band to play a solo and she did a great job! So we must say a big well done to Tara for performing Annie’s Song with the band, we can’t wait for the next solo!

Below are a couple of pictures from the evening and more pictures can be found here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/TXqIkBavZNNwrg7o2 thanks to our resident photographer Ernie for these great photos.