BARNETBY JUNIOR BAND BUGLE
Hitting the high notes in banding
WHO IS WHO
Most of them had never played as part of a group and it was with some apprehension that they started to tackle the very simple pieces.
But by the end of the first evening they were playing short tunes and learning that music making together can be great fun. The band has gone from strength to strength - many of the youngsters have encouraged their friends to join the band and many brothers, sisters, mums and dads have been bitten by the brass banding bug and have learned to play.
There are now 32 members of the
The band is now playing music which was played by the senior band, just four or five years ago, proving that the standard and ability of the young players is increasing week by week.
The band now undertakes several engagements each year and the players have impressed everyone who has heard them. And each year the band tries to arrange an outing where every-one can get together socially as well as musically.
We've been to a workshop and played at a concert at the Grimsby Auditorium.
We've attended a two-day work-shop at Barton which concluded
We've been to the Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe to see the Brighouse and Rastrick band -one of the top brass bands in the country.
The band is continuing to go from strength to strength. Two more youngsters Helen Dawson from Barnetby and David Clarke from Stallingborough are already learning and will hope-fully be joining the band in a few months' time.
Seven pupils of Barnetby C of E School are now beginning brass lessons through the school's music service - they are Hayley Rhodes, Malcolm Speyer, Stephanie Leggett, Rebecca Leggett, Sam Barker, Emily Todd and Benjamin George.
is David Havercroft who lives in Barnetby. He is also the musical director of the senior band. Mr Havercroft was a science and maths teacher at comprehensive schools in Scunthorpe before he retired. His interest in music started when he was about 9 years old and was encouraged to play with Barnetby Silver Band by his uncle. He has played many instruments including cornet, tenor horn, baritone, euphonium and even percussion. His daughter Rebecca plays flugel horn with the senior band and his son, who lives in America, is a former Eb bass player.
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are Janet Deans, Keith Howson and Lorraine Soulby.
Mrs Deans is the solo horn player with the senior band and has been playing with Barnetby band for around three years. She used to play for bands in her home county of Derbyshire. Her two children, Henrietta and Robin play with the band. They live in Great Limber.
THE BAND MEMBERS
| SOLO CORNETS: | BACK ROW CORNETS: |
| CATHERINE SWEETMAN (Brigg) | DAVID CARSS (Brigg) |
| ROSS WORGAN (Barnetby) | GARETH STEENKEN (Eastoft) |
| GARETH MARTIN (Brigg) | ANDREW SISSONS (Elsham) |
| TIM MASON (Kirton Lindsey) | EDWARD POPPLEWELL (Laceby) |
| MATTHEW WHALL (Brigg) | REBECCA SOULBY (Crowle) |
| RICHARD SWEETMAN (Brigg) | CHRISTOPHER LAMMIN (Brigg) |
| SEBASTIAN WILLIS (Elsham) | |
| SOPRANO CORNET: | FLUGEL HORN: |
| ABIGAIL STOTHARD (Barnetby) | ANGELA SOULBY (Crowle) |
| HORNS: | TROMBONES: |
| WENDY LAWSON (Barnetby) | ROBERT JAHODA (Brigg) |
| CAROLE GARBUTT (Wrawby) | ALEX PAYNE (Crowle) |
| HENRIETTA DAVIS (Limber) | DAVID MARTIN (Brigg) |
| MARK YEATES (Barnetby) | RICHARD ROBINSON (Caistor) |
| VICKI MASON (Barnetby) | |
| MATTHEW BULLEYMENT (Appleby) | |
| HEIDI RINGROSE (Habrough) | |
| BARITONES: | BASSES: |
| ROBIN DAVIS (Limber) | CRAIG MASON (Barnetby) |
| LAURA RINGROSE (Stallingborough) | JOHN GARBUTT (Broughton) |
| EUPHONIUM: | PERCUSSION: |
| SAM RINGROSE (Habrough) | RICHARD LANCASTER (Kirmington) |
Mrs Soulby is the principal cornet player with the senior band and has been at Barnetby for two years. She has three children who play with the two bands, Jackie, Angela and Rebecca. They live in Crowle.
