Tenbury Teme Valley Band is excitedly preparing for its annual Summer Charity Concert to be held at Tenbury Ormiston Academy on Saturday 6th July 2019. There will be many new repertoire pieces to entertain the audience.
The band will be performing with Choral Diversity, Clee Hill Community Academy Choir, Tenbury C of E Primary Academy Choir and KS3 Choir.
Choral Diversity is a contemporary Choir from the West Midlands who meet on Thursdays at Leominster Golf Club, Ford Bridge, HR6 OLE at 7.30pm. They are conducted by the very talented Beth Melling. The choir is in demand at numerous prestigious events and raises vast amounts of money for charity.
Kevin Bryant is the accomplished conductor of the three childrens’ choirs, from Tenbury and Clee Hill, who always provide fantastic entertainment for their audiences.
The Pamela May Trust and Matt’s Mission
All proceeds from the concert will be donated to two charities-The Pamela May Trust and Matt’s MIssion.
The Pamela May Trust is raising considerable amounts of money for a new narrow boat specially adapted for people with disabilities. It is known as ‘The Pamela May 2’ Community Trip Boat.
Matt’s Mission Children’s Charity-Making Smiles Glow is a dedicated children’s charity that raises funds to ”make smiles glow” providing Wishes, Gifts and Family trips to life limited, sick and disabled children. There is also adapted holiday home respite available in Skegness.
‘Granting wishes to sick children with an illness and disability, providing respite in a sensory hub free of charge and also our adapted holiday home respite. Funeral support and advice hub. Lapland and Disney Land trips every Christmas and regular visits to Hospital and Hospices.’
Tenbury Teme Valley Band had a hectic end of year in which it raised thousands of pounds for charity.
The band had a very busy and successful 2018, including playing during the busy summer season in front of large appreciative audiences at three Worcestershire Parks- Abbey Park Evesham, Lido Park Droitwich and Gheluvelt Park Worcester.
The band also enjoyed performing at several local fetes, theTenbury Applefest and at a Droitwich Waterways Pamela May Trust event. In support of this charity, the band played at an Open Gardens event. Proceeds were for the purchase of a specially adapted narrow boat for people with disabilities and nearly £5,000 was collected.
Another charity event was a very successful concert held at Coreley Memorial Hall where proceeds were donated to the hall and to St Peter’s Church, Coreley.
Mansel Leake, the band’s solo trumpet player, played the Last Post in Tenbury as part of the Remembrance commemorations.
The band also played on two consecutive Saturdays at Tesco in Tenbury to support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.
In the run up to Christmas the band were heard playing carols and Christmas music at Burford House Gardens on the first three Sundays of December and were raising money for the Green Fingers Charity which provides sensory gardens for children’s hospices.
The ‘Christmas by Candlelight’ concert on Saturday 15th December at St Mary’s Church was a huge success and the band were delighted to be performing with the talented Tenbury Primary Academy Choir and KS3 choir once again. Both choirs are conducted by Kevin Bryant and the band would like to thank him for all his dedication and hard work throughout the year.
Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the end of the First World War.
Tenbury Teme Valley Band was honoured to support the Tenbury Royal British Legion in commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War.
The band entertained shoppers, on two consecutive Saturdays, outside Tescos in Tenbury Wells and raised money for the Poppy Appeal.
The band was very proud and excited to perform at Tenbury Applefest again in 2018 and is eagerly looking forward to the 2019 event.
Each year Tenbury Wells, The Town in the Orchard, celebrates the Mighty Apple with a one day event held on the Town’s Burgage Recreational Area.
The 2019 Applefest is being held on Saturday October 5th, 2019.
Frank P Matthews Ltd set up a magnificent display of over 250 different varieties of apples. Their knowledgeable staff are on hand to talk about them and also apple/tree husbandry to help people get the best out of their trees.The Marcher Apple Network spends the day identifying different varieties of apples bought in by visitors. There is a vast array of Trade stands for everyone to browse and enjoy …some people have said they like to start their Christmas shopping at the Applefest.
Throughout the day there is a variety of entertainment for everyone to enjoy from local school children, the Tenbury Teme Valley Band, Leominster Morris Dancers, Tenbury Royal British Legion Choir and the Bromyard Town Crier.
There are Alpaca Treks with Temevale Alpacas, Trevor Hills Animal Encounters, a Magician and also the Pearl Lake Ukelele Group (PLUG).
Tenbury Teme Valley Band played at a concert in Coreley Memorial Hall and raised the wonderful sum of £300 for the hall and St Peter’s Church, Coreley.
It was a lovely evening with refreshments and a raffle. The band wishes to thank the organisers for such a warm welcome and looks forward to performing again in 2019.
The band was proud to support this wonderful charity by playing in beautiful surroundings:
A community has begun fundraising to buy a new purpose built narrowboat.
The boat will replace the current boat Pamela May which is equipped with a wheelchair lift and disabled toilet facilities so that no one is excluded from enjoying local canals.
The Pamela May is run by the Droitwich Waterways Trust Limited, a charity which runs trips for members of the community and promotes the preservation of the Droitwich Canal.
They are now nearing their target of £110,000 and held a Pamela May Day in David’s Garden, Ash Lane, Martin Hussingtree, Worcester. The two acre garden is divided into areas each with its own unique planting. Some of these areas include a romantic folly, a secret fairy garden, a beach garden and wildlife pond, a jungle and a Japanese tea garden. New additions for this year are Ironhenge and the bee garden which is a haven for wildlife.
There was entertainment all day, which included Morris Dancers, The Tenbury Teme Valley Band and Droitwich Community Choirs.
The author of Agatha Raisin and the Hamish Macbeth book series, M C Beaton, was in attendance to sign books.
Delicious refreshments were available and the day ended with a balloon race.
Please view more pictures on the 2017 Charity Concert Gallery.
The 2017 Concert at the Regal Theatre, Tenbury Wells was sensational.
The band, with their conductor Ruth Riley, opened the concert by performing the lively jazzy music of Crazy Little Thing Called Love, the lyrical and romantic ‘The Way We Were’ and the rousing rhythmic Chicago. Immediately the audience was so responsive and welcoming with their applause.
Tenbury Primary Academy Choir and the Year 7 Singers, with their dynamic conductor Kevin Bryant, were brilliant and completely stole the show with their selection of songs in both halves. Their enthusiasm was infectious and love of singing was conveyed to the audience.
Mansel Leake, one of the founder members of the band, played a superb and faultless rendition of ‘Moon River’ on the trumpet. Later in the programme Ruth Riley played the beautiful and haunting Theme from Schindler’s List on flute, which displayed her talent (she has recently gained her Grade 8 with distinction).
Choral Diversity, with their conductor Beth Melling, wowed the audience with different styles of songs. ‘I Want to Break Free’ from the Queen Medley was an undoubted highlight and it was easy to believe that Freddie had returned to make a guest appearance, complete with his hoover.
To open the second half the band was excited and proud to show off the newly acquired Fanfare Trumpets in Scenes from a Royal Tapestry. This piece has 4 movements and tells the story of the royal court of King Henry V111. The Fanfare Trumpets heralded the appearance of the king and his court, the 3rd movement ‘Court Jester’ had members of the band donning jester’s hats and in the final movement ‘Royal Hunt’ members of the school choir rode around the Regal on hobby horses!
If all that wasn’t dramatic enough in ‘Dr Who;Through Time and Space’, the band’s favourite piece of the year, a Dalek made an appearance together with the Time Machine and Cyber Men.
Later the band members wore cowboy hats, and in Alyson Elder’s case a moustache and poncho, to play the two Western pieces- Ghost Riders in the Sky and The Magnificent Seven
In the Finale all of the performers, together with the audience, gave a rousing rendition of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.
The band and choirs were widely acclaimed to have given an outstanding performance, with their chosen repertoires, to the delight of the audience.
Finally everyone was treated to delicious cupcakes, all baked by Jean Peters (mother of one of our young trumpet players ‘Ethan’ who recently passed his Grade 2 Trumpet with Distinction).
Numerous positive comments have been received and this one sums up the entire evening;
“Many Congratulations to all of the band for a really brilliant concert.
TENBURY TEME VALLEY BAND is enjoying a busy year of engagements, including local Fetes and Bands in the Park.
The band has already played in the beautiful Droitwich Lido Park where there was a large and very appreciative audience, who spontaneously joined in with the singing of ‘Old Time Singalong’ which has a selection of songs such as ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’. There were many comments about the wide variety of pieces chosen. One gentleman won the prize for guessing how many pieces of music were in’ Instant Concert’.
We are looking forward to playing at Cripplegate Park, Worcester and Sanders Park, Bromsgrove.
Locally, the band has been welcomed so warmly at Hope Bagot Fete, St Mary’s Church Fayre .and Tenbury Primary Academy Fete The sun shone brightly at all three events and were really well attended. At St Mary’s some of our Fanfare Trumpets were played for the first time to the delight of our audience. They sounded fantastic and were in demand all afternoon. At Hope Bagot and St Mary’s the band had the historic backdrop of two beautiful churches. It was lovely to see so many people relaxing in the sunshine, chatting with friends, enjoying a cup of tea with delicious cakes, or just sitting on the grass watching the world go by. At the school it was super to watch families joining together to raise money for their children. The older children had even created their own games.
We are pleased to announce an exciting new initiative which will give a new dimension to the band. This is THE TENBURY TEME VALLEY BAND FANFARE TRUMPET TEAM
The TENBURY TEME VALLEY BAND FANFARE TRUMPET TEAM can create dignity or impact to announce any occasion or personality.
Ideal for weddings, product launches, store openings, sporting events, award ceremonies, civic functions, banquets, corporate or private events, opening fetes and shows
the Fanfare Trumpet Team, performing a stately fanfare, will instantly command the attention of guests.
Dressed in distinctive smart uniforms and performing on traditional long silver trumpets, the presence of a fanfare team will make any occasion feel very special indeed.
The sight and sound of these instruments is quite spectacular. Quite often a composer will choose to add fanfare trumpets to music to enhance the sound or develop the theme. Either way, the sight and sound is often awe inspiring.
Listen out for our Fanfare Team and contact the band if you would like to hire them for that special event.
