Rode Hall Silver Band will be holding a concert at St. Mary's Church Astbury on the 11th April 2015 at 7pm.
Tickets are on sale from band members or at Congleton Tourist Information Office for £6.00 (£5.00 Concessions).
Admission on the door will also be available subject to ticket availability.
The band travelled to Blackpool Winter Gardens on the 1st March to compete in the North West Area Regional Championship 4th Section. The day began at 9:30am for a rehearsal at the Duke of York pub. The first half of the rehearsal went well enough for our stand-in conductor, Aidan Howgate, to allow us to break for bacon sandwiches kindly prepared for us by the licencees. After eating our breakfast we completed the rest of the rehearsal before making our way to the Winter Gardens for registration. We were drawn to play 5th out of a field of 14 other bands and we eventually went on to play in the magnificent Empress Ballroom at approximately 4pm.
The piece we played was An English Pastorale by Dean Jones and it seemed to fly by on stage, as such performances always do. The band were invariably pleased with the performance and excited to find out where we had placed. With another 9 bands still to play we had enough time to grab a bite to eat and return to the ball room for the final performances and results. After a lengthy deliberation the adjudicators placed Rode Hall a very respectable 6th overall, high enough to receive one of the trophies presented by Fanfare North.
Full results from the 4th Section:
| Pos | Band | Conductor | Draw |
| 1 | Formby | Louise Hough | 8 |
| 2 | Skelmersdale Prize | David Chapman | 14 |
| 3 | Manx Youth | Ian Clague MBE | 4 |
| 4 | Stalybridge Old | David Ashworth | 9 |
| 5 | Valley Brass (Haydock) | David Chadwick | 1 |
| 6 | Rode Hall Silver | Aidan Howgate | 5 |
| 7 | Tarleton Brass | Gillian Bould | 6 |
| 8 | Brindle | Keith Richmond | 7 |
| 9 | Sale Brass | Joshua Hughes | 2 |
| 10 | Thornton Cleveleys | Stephen Simpson | 12 |
| 11 | Blackley | Daniel Price | 10 |
| 12 | Cadishead Public | Craig McFarland | 11 |
| 13 | Denton Brass | Matt Bailey | 3 |
| 14 | Mereside Brass | Mike Phenton | 13 |
Rode Hall Silver Band traveled to Preston on Sunday 1st February 2015 to take part in the Brass at the Guild contest, organised by Lancashire Contests. The contest saw 39 bands performing either their respective test piece for the up coming Regional Area contests, or their piece from the Butlins Mineworkers Championship.
The band performed An English Pastorale by Dean Jones in preparation for our outing at the North West Area Regional Championships in Blackpool on the 1st March. The band achieved an improvement on last year's contest with a 4th place finish. With a month still to go until the Blackpool contest the band have high aspirations of putting on a good show at the Areas under the baton of our stand-in conductor, Aidan Howgate.
Prior to the upcoming contest, the band will be playing at an 'Area Test Piece Preview Evening' on the 22nd February hosted by the Foden's Band at Sandbach Boys School, Crewe Rd, Sandbach. Keep an eye on our events and engagements page for details or follow our Facebook or Twitter pages.
Below are a few photos of the band just before going on stage at Preston...
This year's Christmas programme is now in full swing for Rode Hall Silver Band. The band played for the Congleton Town Christmas lights switch on around the Christmas Tree last Friday and this was followed up on Sunday where we played at the Goostrey Christmas Lights switch on. On both occasions the main band were joined by members of Beartown Brass, our training band. The young players did an excellent job and thoroughly enjoyed the chance to play carols with the main band. It won't be long before we start to see some of the Beartown players integrating into our Thursday evening rehearsals!
The band are busy every week until Christmas now and you can find out where we are playing on our engagements page. Please come along and have a listen at one of our concerts or caroling jobs.
Rode Hall Silver Band have an exhibition at Congleton Museum, running from 9th August to the 9th September. There will be a brief history displayed depicting the band's long heritage as well as photographs from past and present. Trophies, past uniform and the old bass drum will also be on display.
Come along and show your support for a local band which dates back to 1837 and continues to thrive to this day.
Entry to the museum is free and the museum can be found at the rear of Congleton Town Hall opposite the Police station on Market Square.
Opening Times:
Tues-Fri 12:00 - 16:30
Sat 10:00 - 16:30
Sun 12:00 - 16:30
The band once again competed at the Whit Friday marches in and around Saddleworth. The band managed to play 8 venues in the following order:
The band were also caught on camera by the BBC for NorthWest Tonight - see if you can spot us http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-27839529
Post will be updated when the full results are in. Please go to our media gallery for photos and videos of the day.
The band recently supported the celebrations for Congleton Band Stand reaching 100 years old. The event was organised by the Friends of Congleton Park.
The band played two sets of music during the afternoon and we were also joined by guest soloist, Glyn Williams from the Fodens band. Glyn played the Euphonium solo Myfany as well as performing a duet with our own euph soloist Simon Crowley. Together they performed 'Deep inside the Sacred Temple' from 'The Pearl Fishers'.
Silk Brass also played two great sets of music and other musical acts also entertained a large crowd.
