Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band

As Christmas seems such a long time ago, the bands calendar for the rest of the year begins to grow with a variety of concerts and events set for the Spring, Summer and Autumn months. With the decision taken not to contest this year, it has allowed the band some time to identify and rehearse music that is both new and also some that has not been played for a while. The concerts and events include St. Bartholomew’s Church at Herne Bay, St. Martin’s Church at Graveney, Faversham, the usual Kent seaside bandstands and Chislet Country Fair. The band have once again been invited back to the King Ethelbert Inn at Reculver for its annual ‘Best of British’ concert that will move from its Saturday evening to a 3pm downbeat on a Sunday afternoon in the middle of June. Hyde Park Bandstand in London is yet again on the list and the band seem to be becoming a regular visitor, having been invited back for the third year in succession – they must like us! Two further events that the band are looking forward to are visits to Eythorne & Elvington School during their music week in February and playing… Read more“A Busy Season Beckons!”

The band will once again join the Snowdown Colliery Male Voice Choir in its annual Christmas concert at St. Finbarr’s Church in our home village of Aylesham. The concert will take place on Friday 13th December at 7.30pm. It is free entry but with a retiring collection and a raffle – refreshments are also provided during the interval. It goes without saying that the concert will feature a number of upbeat Christmas tunes and songs as well as traditional carols for all to join in. The emphasis of the evening is about having fun in the festive season and in the lead up to Christmas itself. The concert is also the final “swansong” of the choir’s Musical Director, Michael Lewis who retires from the choir after many years at the helm. The band wish him well for the future and sends many congratulations for his service to the choir and music in the area in general.

The band are once again, looking forward to returning to the village of Minster (Thanet) for the annual Christmas Concert in aid of The Pilgrims Hospice. The band have performed in the village hall for the past few years and it is always an enjoyable concert with a great festive audience. This years date is Sunday 15th December and will start at 2.15pm – entry is £4.00 and is free for children. We look forward to seeing you and joining in with those Christmas carols and traditional festive tunes – all for an extremely worthy cause.

Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band will be performing in a charity concert in aid of and to support the good works of the Salvation Army. Concert Venue: Salvation Army Hall, Minster, Thanet, Kent Date: Sunday 6th October 2019 at 14:30

Snowdown Colliery Welfare Bands 10am – 11am, Bank holiday Monday 26th Aug 2019.

The band played with today at the prestigious Hyde Park bandstand to a large audience of static and passing listeners. The weather held out whilst the and played, the sun even shone for a while. A full programme of 15 pieces, including three solos, a duet and a quartet feature. The programme can be found here…..