Brigstowe Village Band

We had a very good and enjoyable practice on Friday 26 May. Thank you to the people who were able to come.

Most useful was playing through Laurel’s four new tunes (Rising of the Larks, Up in the Morning Early, Union Dance and Untitled Waltz) and practicing her arrangements (adapted slightly by Liz, Helen and Mike to accommodate the instruments we will have at the Portishead Senior Forum gig on Wednesday 15 May).

Sixteen people have replied to the Doodle Poll to say they can play at the Portishead Senior Forum on Wednesday 15 May so we will have a strong line up.

There will be a practice for this gig on Tuesday 14 May at 23, The Crescent, Henleaze BS9 4RP 7.30 – 9.30pm. Please try to come if possible.

The playlist for this practice can be found here: Tues 14th May Practice Playlist.

This will also be the provisional setlist for the Portishead Senior Forum gig.

Please spend some time playing through the tunes so you know what you will be playing. Please take note of how some of the arrangements end.

Please listen to and play along with Laurel’s sound files. https://soundcloud.com/laurel-2/sets/brigstowe-village-band (We will play a little slower than the sound files at this stage).

For Laurel’s new arrangements we recommend that you cut and paste your part – the bass part for Rising of the Lark for example fits on one sheet of paper which is much easier to read than lots of sheets (sorry if this is a grandmother to suck eggs one!)

There will be a link nearer the time to words, readings and some singing in between the tunes. The programme will be just over an hour.

Happy practicing.

There will be a Brigstowe Village Band practice  on Friday 26th April 7.30 – 9.30pm at 23, The Crescent, Henleaze. BS9 4RP

Look forward to seeing as many as possible.

The playlist attached will be pretty much what we play at the Portishead Senior Forum and for the rest of the summer.

The arrangements of parts for Laurel’s four new pieces are as close as possible to Laurel’s cheat sheets but some changes have had to be made to accommodate the line up of instruments for the Portishead Senior Forum.

Friday 26 playlist

Portishead parts 2

The next Brigstowe Village Band rehearsal is on Sunday 14 April, 2 – 4.30pm, Jubilee Pavilion, Long Ashton Community Centre.

The list of tunes for this rehearsal can be found here.

Look forward to seeing you on Sunday. If you are unable to come please email BVBcommittee@gmail.com to let Liz know as this will help with rehearsal planning.

Subs for the next term are now due. Payment details can be found here. Thank you.

The Steering Group have completed a summary of response to suggestions resulting from the BVB survey in a ‘You said – We did format’ (see below).

Response to Suggestions Resulting from the Survey

Many thanks to all who took time to complete the survey – your comments and suggestions were much appreciated.

If you feel any points have not been properly addressed or have any other suggestions please feel free to talk to any member of the Steering Group or use the suggestion box to leave a comment.

Laurel will be running a series of learning by ear workshops on Wednesday evenings in  May at the Inn on the Green in Horfield.

For more information or to book a place contact Laurel at www.laurelswift.co.uk/playing-by-ear

The next Brigstowe Village Band rehearsal is on Sunday 17 March 2 – 4.30pm, Jubilee Pavilion, Long Ashton Community Centre.

The list of tunes for this rehearsal can be found here.

Look forward to seeing you on Sunday. Ifs you are unable to come please email BVB.committee@gmail.com to let Liz know as this will help with rehearsal planning. Thank you.

The final amount raised by the Xmas Buskathon at Southmead Hospital was £18,980.91 an increase on the previous year.

Adrian the organiser has sent us thanks for our contribution to this.

The next Brigstowe Village Band rehearsal is on Sunday 17 February, 2 – 4.30pm, Jubilee Pavilion, Long Ashton Community Centre.

The list of tunes for this rehearsal can be found here.

Laurel has prepared a new arrangement of Wednesday Night for us:

Wednesday Night – Treble Clef

Wednesday Night Bb

Wednesday Night – Bass Clef

Look forward to seeing you on Sunday. If you are unable to come please email BVB.committee@gmail.com to let Liz know as this will help with rehearsal planning. Thank you.

Many thanks to all who completed the BVB survey. We have gathered  lots of useful information and ideas to be considered in future planning.

Here is a brief summary of the results of the survey.

BVB Survey Summary

A huge thank you to all who braved the snowy conditions to play at the Wassail for Feed Bristol (Avon Wildlife Trust) and for playing so well despite the cold.

It was a great day and thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended – some great dancing and singing.

Here is a note of thanks from the organiser Matt Cracknell:

‘Please pass on my gratitude and thanks to everyone for coming to play. We really appreciated you all made the effort given the conditions …. it was the perfect setting!

Sorry there was a lapse in food just as you were all going to be fed. We were slightly delayed by the snow the day before on prepping in quantity. I hope you all got fed in the end.

I will send some photos across to the Facebook page when I get a chance.’

Matt