Blidworth Welfare Band
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Founded:
Member: Musical Director: Martin Heartfield
Principal Cornet: Dave Peck
Solo Cornets: Kathryn Baguely, Colum O'Shea
Soprano: Trevor Milner
Repiano: Sarah Vernon
2nd Cornets: Christine Woodcock, Jane Milner
3rd Cornets: Jo Kelvey, Lucy Vernon
Flugel: Sara Baldwin
Solo Horn: Sandra Kowalenko
1st Horn: Kay Gallimore
2nd Horn: Karen Cretney
Solo Baritone: Dawn Evans
2nd Baritone: Sam Turner
Solo Euphonium: Andrew Baldwin
2nd Euphonium: Dave Ward
Solo Trombone: Malc Portman
2nd Trombone: Richard Gallimore
Bass Trombone: John Gregory
Eb Bass: Simon Sheppard, Jon Wilmott
Bb Bass: Phil Lee, Mick Graham
Percussion: Dave Durnley, Morgan Gallimore, Rachel Wells
The band was formed in the latter part of the 19th century as the Stanton Hill Temperance Band, later becoming the Stanton Hill Silver Prize Band.
It later became allied to the Teversal, Silverhill and Sutton Collieries and was renamed the Teversal Collieries Welfare Band. Following the demise of the colliery the band moved to Blidworth in 1980 and became known as Blidworth Colliery Welfare Band.
Blidworth are non sponsored and are perhaps one of the few bands that have not received Lottery Grant funding, undertaking many fund raisiing activities to enable them to purchase new instruments.
The band rehearse at the Blidworth Miners Welfare where they are lucky enough to have facilities to rehearse free of charge.
