With thatched cottages, a pub and the village church surrounding it, the village green provided a perfect setting for a quintessentially English afternoon when a large audience enjoyed this year’s traditional Proms on the Green concert. With a programme that showcased 3 of the band’s soloists and the complete cornet section, MD David Johnson delighted […]
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The band is working hard at rehearsal as we get closer to our highlight of the summer – our 2017 Prom concert on the Green, Aldbourne. Come and join us on Sunday 6th August concert starts at 4pm. Bring a picnic or enjoy our lovely homemade cakes or visit the Blue Boar with hosts Michael
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The band is working hard at rehearsal as we get closer to our highlight of the summer – our 2017 Prom concert on the Green, Aldbourne. Come and join us on Sunday 6th August concert starts at 4pm. Bring a picnic or enjoy our lovely homemade cakes or visit the Blue Boar with hosts Michael
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The band is working hard at rehearsal as we get closer to our highlight of the summer – our 2017 Prom concert on the Green, Aldbourne. Come and join us on Sunday 6th August concert starts at 4pm. Bring a picnic or enjoy our lovely homemade cakes or visit the Blue Boar with hosts Michael
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The band is working hard at rehearsal as we get closer to our highlight of the summer – our 2017 Prom concert on the Green, Aldbourne. Come and join us on Sunday 6th August. The Concert starts at 4pm. Bring a picnic or enjoy our lovely homemade cakes or visit the Blue Boar with hosts
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Tonight starting at 6pm the Pond Concert Season continues with our July Pond Concert. The forecast for tonight looks good and we have another great programme to entertain you. Pond Concerts are free but we encourage you to donate generously to help the running of the Band Hope to see you there!
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The band’s June Pond concert was held in a packed St Michael’s Church because of inclement weather, and MD David Johnson, presented a programme of music by the late composer and arranger Gordon Langford. Ranging from traditional songs to complex original works there were also solos from principal horn Simon Jones, and principal euphonium Ed Latham. There
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Tonight starting at 6pm the Pond Concert Season kicks off with the June Pond Concert. We’ve decided to bring the start time back to 6pm to make the Concert more inclusive for families to come along. Tonight the music from the late Gordon Langford is featured throughout. If the weather is wet the Concert will
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At a recent post-concert celebration Aldbourne musical director, David Johnson, shared some words of appreciation of the long service of 2nd Baritone player, Lionel Barnes, in recognition of his amazing 61 years in the band. ‘Li’ had started playing with Aldbourne at the age of 9 in 1956 being the third generation of his family
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The Aldbourne Band is one of the latest recipients of the generosity of the patrons of The Blue Boar pub on the green in the picturesque village of Aldbourne in Wiltshire. Landlord and landlady Michael and Joanne Hehir regularly close the pub’s restaurant to host charity auctions, and over the last 3 years have raised
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