Harry Heaver Retires 12th January 2012
At the age of 93 and after 64 years in the band Harry Heaver has decided to hang up his baritone and take life easier. One of the band stalwarts, rarely missing rehearsals or engagements, Harry has seen many changes in the band throughout the years, very successful as well as difficult times. One thing [...]
Annual General Meeting 2011
The Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 27th October at 7pm in the Band Hall
Isle of Whithorn Hame Fairin’ & Wigtown 10th July 2011
The band’s busy summer season continued last Sunday, when two engagements were fulfilled on the same day. In the afternoon the band played at the “Hame Fairin” at the Isle of Whithorn. A wide range of popular music kept a large crowd entertained as they lounged in the sun or visited the many stalls. As [...]
Concert Creetown Bandhall 10th June 2011
The night after the concert in Colmonell the band held its own concert in the bandhall. Once again there was a good turnout of friends, relations and band supporters. The programme was similar to the previous night with two exceptions, Kyle Fitzsimmons, who was voted the most promising young musician at the local music festival, [...]
Concert Colmonell 9th June 2011
The concert was run by the Colmonell Bowling Club as a fund raiser and was well supported by the local people- the village hall was full. The band delivered a programme of light music coming from the classics, the movies, jazz, rock and roll and popular songs. Starting with an arrangement of Bach’s Toccata in [...]
Concert Priory Church Whithorn 25th March 2011
On Friday 25th March the band played in the priory church in Whithorn. The programme consisted of mainly light music including I Will Follow Him, Hoots Mon and Puttin’ On The Ritz. The winning ensemble from the festival also took part playing Suite 1600. The concert was a great success and was enjoyed by a [...]
Galloway Music Festival 2011
The band entered two groups in the adult section of the Galloway Music Festival. This was the first time the band as a group has played at this event. A quintet under the title of the Creetown Brass Ensemble and comprising John Birse and Stuart McNab on cornet, Evelyn McCubbin on horn, Gillian McKnight on [...]
Creetown & Sedbergh Bands Joint Concert
A link has been established between Creetown Silver Band and the Sedbergh Town Band. This started when Alan Lewis, conductor of Sedbergh bought a holiday caravan in Wigtownshire and dropped in to a Creetown rehearsal. Alan reckoned that there was some similarity between the two bands and suggested some joint event. The Creetown band had [...]
Annual Band Concert Huge Success – 3rd July 2010
The annual concert which was held recently proved to be a success. Both the junior and senior sections of the band were involved, playing singly and as one large group. This was done to give the juniors some experience of playing with a larger more powerful ensemble. This format was hailed by many in the [...]
James Hunter Elected Band Chairman – 6th March 2010
Mr James Hunter was elected band chairman at the AGM. Mr Hunter is a very enthusiastic musician, playing the organ and piano,. He is also an office bearer in Newton Stewart Music Club and has been interested in the band since his son Stephen was a trombone player in the band. The band as usual [...]