Hi folks the 100 club draw video for November 2020 is below: Well what can I say… The Winner is… ME!! (:good:) ahem..[Disclaimer 😛 ] – Definitely the first time I have ever won a 100 club draw and I’ve been in a few… See you next Month!
Hi folks the 100 club draw video for October 2020 is below: This week’s winner is Margaret Unsworth – Congrats Margaret!
Hi 100 Club Members, the Band Website is where the 100 Club results will be posted from now on every month. We will video every one and send you a link by email – for the time being these will done over the Band’s regular Zoom meeting (so sorry about the quality of these – it’s out of our hands). Once the band is back in the bandroom we will record the draw at a Read more…
Covid-19 News and Challenges the Band faces.. [ditty_news_ticker id=”997″] Signup for instant updates via email as soon as the Country gets enough people vaccinated and the situation changes changes for the better so we can get back playing in public again – CLICK HERE
Hi there and thanks for visiting. Did you know no that you could help support Wingates Band with absolutely no effort apart from doing the shopping that you would normally do online AND you still shop at your favourite online stores (Sainsbury’s, Carphone Warehouse, John Lewis, JET2 etc.) and all that happens is when you do do they will then make a donation to Wingates Band which is always going to help us buy new Read more…
Three Young Players from our Band take Principal chairs in the National Youth Band and win awards!
Wingates Band had a great concert last night (7th) in St Peter’s Church Salesbury. The church was packed out with a very enthusiastic audience and they were treated to what amounted to a history of music starting off with the very traditional march “Wingates” followed by an overture based on the New World Symphony. The program continued through various music genres including some religeous themed and then Musicals and Jazz and finishing up with some Read more…
We are very pleased to announce that Wingates Band has been invited to play in the UK band of the Year competition sponsored by Brass Pass – the specialist brass band streaming service. WE HAVE BEEN DRAWN NUMBER 10! – Click below to see the draw: https://www.facebook.com/BrassPass/videos/2519696748267556/ The performances will be streamed live over the internet and people all over the world will be able to watch. Here are the details that we have so Read more…
The band put an awful lot of work in in and arrived in Blackpool on the 23rd of February ready to put on a good performance and feeling quite confident. Then during the pre contest rehearsal we got the draw result. We had been drawn NUMBER ONE!!! There are obviously plusses and minuses to this. An obvious plus is that we didn’t need to hang around all day waiting to play but the slight minus Read more…
I have incorporated a script so that visitors can hear excerpts from our CDs before deciding to buy. I’m also going to make available digital downloads of the CDs which, with the saving in the materials and postage etc. can be a little cheaper for our loyal visitors and Fans. Below you can see how the layout will look. The three songs already there Will play (truncated versions) and the link to the shop is Read more…