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Where to
start....the Whit Friday Marches are just about THE greatest way to
spend a Friday evening with the girls (and boys dressed in sailor
suits!). The 'Guestbook'
messages really do say it all.
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The 'thank you's'
are almost endless - Jane and Alan, Maggie and Keith, Jonathan and Steve
(our honorary
Boobs!), (Band Sergeant) Kay, our 'Supporters Club and our
sponsors....and, well, really EVERYONE who made the day so special and a
HUGE success. |
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I
am sure we will all have many wonderful memories - maybe the smiles on
peoples' faces when they saw our coach or the rapturous reception we
received everywhere we went - particularly at Delph! Incidentally, in
the few days after the contest, the web site had over 1000 'hits' (yep - hits not
t**s!).
The
Whit Friday Marches certainly deserve their accolade as:
'The
Greatest Free Show On Earth'
Whilst
we didn't really go for the prizes - we did win an entertainment prize at Greenfield (a tie with Emley
Band) and the deportment prize at
Greenacres - see below. We also won a special prize of £50 for venturing into such a
'male' dominated event!...it all adds to the fund raising!
I
hope to collect photo's/videos to put on this page - use the links below
to view:
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Photographs:
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At The Hotel
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Uppermill
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Greenfield |
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Lydgate
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Greenacres 
(Now includes a picture of the shield we won for
'deportment'!) |
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Delph
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Denton |
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 We
also made the 'front cover' of
the July/August 2007 issue of Brass Band World.
It shows us marching at Uppermill.
'Click' the image and
go to the
Gallery page for a bigger view and more information.
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Videos:
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 Whit
Friday Marches - marching in Delph Village - 'click'
the image.
(Opens in a new
window. You might need 'QuickTime' for this -
download 'here'.)
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Contest Remarks - select the venue to view:
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Uppermill
Greenfield
Lydgate
Greenacres
Delph
Denton
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The link will open in a new window as a (largish) 'jpg'
image - it is the original sheet and some of the quality has been lost
(...if there was any in the first place!). You should be able to
'decipher' the writing.
Also - be warned it is in the 'original'
adjudicators handwriting - and that is akin to doctors' handwriting!
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If you have
any photo's/video please forward them to me - EVERYTHING will be
considered for publication!
Maggie was even quoted in the Oldham Evening Chronicle (04.06.07):
'Brass is in tune' by
Ken Bennett.
"Some of the
biggest and smallest names in brass band music turned out to
entertain the happy, appreciative audiences.
Legendary Black Dyke, making their first appearance on the circuit
for two years, wooed the crowds along with school, junior bands
and local favourites. And, for the first time in the contests
history, an all-woman band made their
debut appearance on the circuit.
Boobs and Brass, dressed in vivid
pink jackets and smart black trousers, received a rapturous
welcome with their introductory tune, “All the nice girls love a
sailor” because heading up the band was their only male
musician, a drummer, dressed in a smart white sailors uniform.
Later, band leader and cornet player, Margaret
Betts, said: “We have been knocked out by the welcome.
Everyone has been so generous. We didn’t ask for donations at
all but in all, they gave us more than £450.".... |
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Whit Friday Boobies
Band List.
(and
'home' band where applicable - drawn from
the length and breadth of the country!). |
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Musical Director:
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Jonathan
Mott (Raunds + honorary Boob!) |
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Front Row Cornets:
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| Kay
Hollingsworth (Raunds) |
Margaret
Betts (Raunds) |
Jane
Nichols
(Rushden Windmill) |
Clare
Coleman
(Gretton) |
| Lynda
Johnson (Raunds) |
Sara
Cawte (Stantonbury) |
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| Soprano Cornet: |
Julia
Crask
(Rushden Windmill) |
Kim
Flanagan
(Fairfield) |
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| Back
Row Cornets: |
Amy
Bennett
(Moulton 77) |
Shirley
Ludlow
(Moulton 77) |
| Keeley
Skinner (Raunds) |
Katie
Hankins (Raunds) |
Sue
Wilton
(Rushden Windmill) |
Julie
Taylor
(Ratby) |
Caroline
Tighe
(Welwyn Garden City) |
Michelle
Beeby |
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| Flugelhorn: |
Lisa
Adams
(Rushden Windmill) |
Suzanne
Smith (Cleethorpes) |
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| Tenor Horns: |
| Caroline
Damore (Kibworth) |
Jenny
Cobley (Cleethorpes) |
Marion
Vine
(Rushden Town) |
Suzy
Dawson
(Raunds) |
Julia
Hendry
(Ratby) |
Margaret
Kimberley
(Parr) |
Sally
Kneale
(Rushden Windmill) |
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| Baritones: |
| Jenny
Mussell (Cleethorpes) |
Julie
Plant (Ratby) |
| Sarah
Bates (Rushden Windmill) |
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| Euphoniums: |
Hilary
Fett
(Rushden Town) |
Charlotte
McPhail |
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| Trombones: |
Mairi
Addy
(Gretton) |
Elaine
Hanson
(Rushden Windmill) |
Rachael
Horsewood
(Ratby) |
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| Basses: |
| Becky
Payne (Towcester) |
Helen
Howarth (Moulton 77) |
| Morag
McKay |
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| Percussion: |
Bass
Drum: Steve Alexander
(Wigston +
another honorary Boob!) |
| Side
Drum: Samantha Goswell (Raunds) |
| Cymbals:
Becky Goswell (Hairdresser - Yes - really!) |
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Whit
Friday Marches: Personnel List,
Information, Pictures and Video!