Last Updated: Tuesday 20th October 2009 @ 07:26pm
Welcome to Moulton 77's Website
CAN YOU PLAY A BRASS INSTRUMENT OR PERCUSSION? IF SO, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH.
Our email address is: bandenquiries@hotmail.co.uk
Or please contact:
Robert Tite (Chairman) on 07990 840875
Helen Howarth (Secretary) on 07719 925760
Also, if you know what this instrument is called, please put your suggestions on our Guestbook, we would love to know!
NEW FEATURE - ONLINE SHOPPING (6/10/09)
Please click on the Online Shopping Tab for more information. Please help us raise some money. Fill in the survey and the band gets 90p.
CONCERT TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW -
SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER (17/8/09)
This year we are putting on a joint concert with the Northampton Male Voice Choir. It has been some years since doing a combined venture with this group so it was about time we joined forces and put on a concert. It'll be mixture of separate numbers and joint number culminating in realising a dream for our MD, so please come join us on 19th September, 7.30 pm at Christchurch, Northampton. Tickets are available for £6 or £5 concessions. Please send your ticket requests to bandenquiries@hotmail.co.uk
COLLINGTREE FETE: (6/9/09)
On a sunny afternoon we played at this fete. But go and have a look at the photos to see how the band sort out their differences!
ANNOUNCEMENT: (4/9/09)
Congratulations go to Alan Clifton (Cornet) & Helen Howarth (Bass) who recently got engaged.
ST MATTHEWS CHURCH FETE 11 JULY 2009
Please read a report from a valued follower of Brass Bands:
http://www.bandclubnmk.org/2009/07/11/moulton-77-brass-band-4/
MOULTON 77 DOES CARMEN!! (8/6/09)
Anyone attending the Derngate on Monday may well have been surprised to see us on stage playing the opening number!! Yes we opened this famous opera playing "Spanish Gypsy Dance", before leaving it to the professionals to carry on.
Bye-Bye to Helen Westcott - This was her last rehearsal before setting off for America and then she goes to Edinburgh. (4 June 2009)
Saturday 16th May - Christchurch Fete - Yet again at this fete it rained, which we were glad about really, because it meant we could play in the Church itself, aways a bonus!!
Wednesday 13th May - Moulton Parish Church - This was part of Moulton Festival Week, and the first time we had been in the Church since they have taken all the pews out, which meant we could fit in the Church at the front.
ST GEORGES DAY PARADE: (14/5/09)
Anyone for Death or Glory!
For the first time for years, the band marched at Pitsford Villages, St Georges Day Parade. For those of us with left feet, this was more than a regular challenge. We played the tunes of "Standard of St George" and "Death or Glory" as we marched around the village. We were welcomed by the villagers as they stood at their front gates, probably slightly surprised at what they were seeing! St George on his trusty steed was certainly impressive, and hopefully we shall return next year for a re-performance.
Please see the photos on our photobucket, and if anyone has any photos of the band, please send them in.
GENERAL INFO ABOUT THE BAND: (7/1/09)
We are a band of Northamptonian players. We meet twice a week with the objective to excel in performing, rehearsing and enjoying our music. We work hard to make sure that members are fulfilled in their music, and that players enjoy spending their spare time with the band. To this end, we perform at numerous concert and fetes throughout the year around the town and neighbouring villages. Please, if you see us around, come and talk to us. We love nothing better than meeting old band members, or retired players who have retain an interest in brass band playing.
We would also like to thank other players and bank members who have come together for the band. We are in banding terms a small minnow, a band with some good players and a core of players who have remained loyal and supportive to the band throughout the transition period from our previous MD. As fellow band players will know readily, transition periods are tough. It is in these times that loyal members are key. We at Moulton have great loyal players. Good people, who tell you how it is and continue to turn up through the difficult periods. These members should be acknowledged for their support, time, effort and passion.
We have, some people would say, we have had the luck of the Irish! At the beginning of 2008, we had a full membership of 18 max. We now have 32, and this will continue to climb. The reason for this is that with each new member, with each extra commitment made by a local player, the bands community will grow. We have seen some fantastic players return to the band over the year, and new players alike. We look forward to 2009 and to the challenges that lie ahead. Our thanks to Martyn France (Probably the nicest MD in the World) and our industrious Committee.
