A
Brief History of the band. . ![](Kirkbypic2.jpg)
The first recorded reference to Kirkbymoorside
Band was in the parish records of 1815. It has been a public subscription
band from that time and in 1976 became a registered charity [Reg charity
number 505458]. In 1815 £22.18s.00p was spent on instruments including
a Serpent. This must make kirkby band one of the oldest bands in the country.
The minutes book has been found recently from 1890, so more is known of
the last 100 years than the first 80. The bands first contest win was
the Kirkbymoorside poultry and industrial show contest of 1886. They won
playing 'Norma' and 'William Tell'. At that time the band was a 'temperance
band', don't worry it's no such thing now, and it cost the equivalent
of £50.00 per year to join.
In 1965 the band took 3rd
place playing in the 4th section at the National Finals, and
repeated the area win in 1971 when promotion to the 3rd section
followed. In 1980 the band was promoted to the 2nd section
and won the Northern Area Contest by a clear 5 points. 1n 1981 the band
went to
London and were promoted to the Championship Section all in the
same year . 1984 and 1986 saw the band win the Inter Counties Radio Brass
Band Contest and were proclaimed outright champions. In 1989 the band
was back in the 2nd section but following their success they
were back in the championship section in 1991.
The band has a very healthy
junior band which supplies a constant stream of players for the senior
band. Leslie Maw 'BEM' retired after 36 years as band master in 1988.
Leslie's contribution to the band can not be calculated and the band and
the village holds him a position of high esteem. Sadly Less pased away
peacefully in his sleep whilst listening to music in 2014 and our tribute
to Less and his life with the band can be found HERE
The band has always been
a subscription band and rely on the generosity of the public for support.
If you would like to help by donating a gift of money to the band. Please
bear in mind that as a charity the band can benifit from Gift Aid provision.
Click
Here for a Form.
Can cheques be made out to "Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band"
or if you prefere online banking our sort code is 40-26-15 and our account
number is 71003607. Thank You.....
In recent years the band
has found it's fortunes switching between the 1st and Championship Sections.
In 2008 the band came 3rd in the National Championships of Great Britain
(First Section) held at Harrogate when John Woodward led the band's performance
of "The Sage of Haaken The Good"
Himmighausen
Band
From a prestige booking in April 1982
to play in the North Sea Ferries Terminal Building in Europort, Rotterdam
came a request to host a German Band for a weekend early in 1983. This
led to numerous friendships springing up between the two communities and
a return visit to Germany by the Band in the October if the same year.
Apart from the numerous private visits - both ways - the Himmighausen
Blaskapelle visited Kirkbymoorside for a week in the summer of 1986 and
the Band made a further visit in the summer of 1989 - the host Bandmaster
writing a special piece for the occasion which intertwined 'On Ilkley
Moor B'aht 'At' with the 'Lipper Detmold' a comparable local dirty.
We have been visiting them as they have us since 1983 and we take
it in turns to visit every three or four years.
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