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We have 45 talented players in our main youth band. Our conductor is Andrew Hirst who replaced our founding conductor Les Hall in February 2002. Andrew conducted his first competition with the band in June 2002 we were thrilled to achieve 2nd Place at Rhyl. The band has had a very successful 6 years under Andrew's guidance and have achieved recognition for outstanding performances in contests at Rhyl, Pontins, Tameside, Royal Northern College of Music and Blackpool. The latest success was achieved at the Tameside Youth Festival of Brass 2008, being awarded 2nd place and the best cornet prize.
The band practices every Friday Night from 7 - 9.15 pm, they play a varied and wide range of music. We host four concerts annually and take on many other engagements. Christmas is a very busy time and the band can regularly be seen at Handforth Dean. The band was in Paris in August 2008 where they gave a wonderful performance on the bandstand at the Jardin Du Luxembourg. 2008 also saw the band perform in Lyme Park, Ness Botanic Gardens and the Middlewood Way Festival. In past years the Youth Band has given performances in the City of York, Valkenburg and Maastricht in the Netherlands and Disneyland Paris.
We are looking forward to 2009 when the Youth Band will be performing at the Winter Gardens Blackpool, Royal Northern College of Music, Tameside Festival of Brass, Lyme Park, Middlewood Way Festival, Romiley Theatre and at the Poynton Show.
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