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Welcome to the BATH SPA BAND Website

We are a brass band representing the city of Bath, and are proud to have the Mayor of Bath as Patron of the band. In addition to this we have the privilege of being able to use for our publicity purposes the complete City of Bath coat of arms. This is a great honour and very few organisations have been granted this.
The band plays at many different events in and around Bath, including summer concerts in the local parks and gardens, and performances in the local churches. The band also competes in national and regional brass band contests, and in 2008 represented the West of England in the National Finals of the Brass band Championships.

Recent News:

December 2009
Christmas Concerts and Carol Playing
The festive season is always a very busy time of year. This year we were delighted to have a joint Christmas concert with the Silver Ring Choir in St John's church in Bath, in addition to our concerts in Oldfield Park and Broughton Gifford. We were also invited to play in a concert at the University of Bath, alongside some of the student groups. And just for good measure, you may also have caught us carol playing in Bath city centre, or outside one of the local supermarkets in the lead up to Christmas.

November 2009
Wessex Winter Contest, Weymouth
We are delighted to announce that the Bath Spa Band won the third section at the Wessex contest in Weymouth. This year was the first time that the contest has been run in an open format, with 20 bands from all sections competing against each other with their own choice of music. We opted to play Rutter's Suite for Brass, from last year's National Finals. Dave Hayward lead the band through a well-rehearsed performance, and although there one or two little slip-ups, adjudicator Brian Buckley commented how much he had enjoyed listening to us play. He placed us 8th overall, which was the highest of the third section bands, and was higher than some bands that are ranked above us. The final ranking can be found in the forum on theMouthPiece.com. A big thank you to Dave Hayward for all his hard work, which has made a real difference to the band, and to Julie for helping out on 3rd cornet again.

September 2009
Bandstand Marathon, Victoria Park, Bath
With a view of the Royal Crescent from the Victoria Park bandstand, the bandstand marathon was our last performance of the summer season. The concert was one of a series of concerts organised at bandstands around the country on the same day, as part of the Cultural Olympiad, with more and more bands taking part each year until the arrival of the Olympics in 2012.

Wychavon Festival of Brass
The band took a trip up the M5 to the Wychavon Festival in Droitwich for our first entertainment contest for several years. On the Sunday evening we took to the (rather warm) stage at the Community Centre, playing All That Jazz from Chicago, the Salvation Army Song Setting of I Know Thou Art Mine, and the swaggering march Death or Glory. Our star Bb bass player Andy Symes then took centre stage for his solo Nellie the Elephant, which reduced the band to tears, before we rounded off with the Finale from Faust. We were awarded 5th place out of 10 bands for our performance. A big thank you to Roger for his help on percussion, and to Clare and Gary from Midsomer Norton Band on cornets.

Parade Gardens, Bath
The crowds gathered in the late summer sun for our last performance at the Parade Gardens this year. Dave Hayward led the programme this week, which was both varied and challenging, and included the pieces to be played in the Wychavon Festival next week. This was well received by the audience, with many fine comments after the concert.

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Join our band

Are you interested in joining our band? Perhaps you have just moved into the local area and are looking for a band to join? Maybe you have just started learning a brass instrument, and are looking for a group to play with? Or perhaps you used to play an instrument, and would like to take it up again?
The Bath Spa Band and Training Band are always looking for new members, so contact us, or come along to one of our rehearsals.
We rehearse Mondays and Thursdays at Elim Pentecostal Church at 8pm.
The Training Band rehearsals at 7pm on Mondays during term time.
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Forthcoming Events
Saturday 13th March
Regional Contest
Riviera Centre
Torquay
All day

Friday 28th May
Party in the City
Assembly Rooms
Bath
7.30pm