Family Fortunes at the L&SC Areas

Stevenage (London & Southern Counties regional contest) 2023

We had a few 'family units' in our midst for the recent London & Southern Counties regional contest in Stevenage; Daniel Loveday (cornet) and his son Edward (trombone), Gordon Poole (Principal cornet) and his son Thomas joining him on the front row, Chris Line (soprano) and his son Thomas joining him on the back row - and the 'triple' unit of Anne (cornet), Ronnie (euphonium) and Helena (percussion) Wilson.

After weeks of hard work on a tough test piece, we very pleased with our performance of Phil Lawrence's ''A Day in the Life of a Knight' on the day. We didn't end up in the prizes, but we remain in the First Section and look forward to what next year will bring.

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6 February 2026

The band is already hard at work preparing for the year ahead, starting with a visit to the SCABA Spring contest where we will 'run out' our London & Southern Counties area test piece (Andrew Wainwright's 'Variations on Was Lebet'). After that, we can get out our 'summer' music, with performances on both Horsham bandstands coming up in June (Horsham Park) and July (The Carfax). July also sees us making our annual appearance at St Nicolas Church in Cranleigh. Later in the year, we return to Chichester for our regular appearance as part of the 'Last Friday' concert series in St George's Church (though we're there on a Saturday in September!), and we're excited to be making our first visit to the Wychavon Entertainment Contest in Evesham in October. We'll be adding more events (including our Christmas activities) so make sure to check our our 'See us' page for the latest news.