Brass Banding Success!
Youth and Training Band Festival
The Wessex Brass Band Association held its Youth and Training Band Festival on 27th January 2018. Seven bands participated. The judge was a player from the no 1 brass band in the world. Six members of the school community were involved, in two of the bands.
The New Forest Training Band – including Lynette Baskett – won 4 awards.
And Verwood Training Band and Verwood Youth Band – including;
- Lucy Thom
- Holly Iggulden
- Finlay Johnson
- Ben Yorke
- Oliver Yorke
(pictured above) won 8 awards.
Well done all those players!
If anyone is interested in brass banding, do have a chat with any of the players above or Louise or Marcus Johnson (Class 4 teacher) or Nicola Yorke (via the school Office).
Useful links:
http://www.facebook.com/WessexBrass/
http://www.facebook.com/New-Forest-Brass-207040445989546/
http://www.facebook.com/VerwoodConcertBrass/
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