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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 when we were thrilled to achieve 2nd Place at Rhyl. The band has had a very successful eight 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 in February 2010 at the Action Research Youth Brass Entertainment Festival in Blackpool, being awarded 3rd place in both music and entertainment.
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 as well as at the band's Christmas Concert at the Romiley Theatre. Last Christmas the Youth Band entertained a very appreciative audience at Stockport Town Hall as guests of the Fairey Band at their Christmas Concert. The band was in Paris in August 2008 where they gave a wonderful performance on the bandstand at the Jardin Du Luxembourg. They will be returning to Paris in 2011. 2009 saw the band perform at the Middlewood Way Festival and the Poynton Show. They have been booked to play again at both events in 2010. 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 challenges of competing in the 2010 Youth Championships at the Royal Northern College of Music in April and at the Tameside Festival of Brass in November.
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