WCB Community

Read about how Werneth Concert Band participate with the local community.

Cor Preludi Lisburne School Duke of Norfolk School
National Library for the Blind

National Library for the Blind

Christmas is a time for giving and Christmas 2006 saw Werneth Concert Band, one of the top community bands in the country encourage Greater Manchester locals to give £600 in aid of local charity the National Library for the Blind.

Local Tesco customers were treated to their favourite carols as they did their Christmas shopping. Patrons of The Stock Dove pub in Romiley were delighted to be serenaded with much-loved festive songs and hymns as they relaxed with their hot toddies.

John Glynn Chairman of the Werneth Concert Band presented the cheque on Valentines Day to Christine Redmond, NLB Area Fundraising Manager. Christine said, "I couldn’t think of a better day to be presented with such a wonderful gift for the library. I’d like to thank the Werneth Concert Band for all their hard work during the Christmas period."

Mr Glynn comments, "The band are delighted to support the NLB as we personally know people who use the service and know what a fantastic difference it makes in their life."

For further information about the National Library for the Blind, please contact Christine Redmond, Area Fundraising Manager North West on 0151 298 3412 or via email at christine.redmond@rnib.org.uk

The National Library for the Blind (NLB) is a registered charity providing a free postal service to blind and partially sighted people worldwide. NLB houses Europe’s largest collection of tactile books and music and offers a range of innovative electronic library and information services via their website.

Cor Preludi

Our friends from Catalunya, Cor Preludi, toured the North of England in December 2006.

05.12.06	Cor Preludi arrived.
06.12.06	Civic reception with the Mayor of Stockport.
07.12.06	Visited Chatsworth House, Derbyshire with a concert (eventually!) in the house. Returned to Stockport for a joint concert at St Mary's, Stockport with Manchester Girls’ Choir .
08.12.06	Trip to Wales to visiting Conwy and Llandudno before a joint concert with our friends, Cor Meibion Colwyn at St John's Church, Colwyn Bay. More singing and socialising in The Plough, Old Colwyn after the concert!
09.12.06	Visited Lyme Park in the early afternoon for some Christmas festivities and a concert in the chapel. Later in the evening they joined us for our Christmas Concert at Romiley Forum. There was a fantastic post concert buffet and thanks to all those who contributed food.
10.12.06	Visited Liverpool, the Albert Docks, the Beatles Experience and strolled along the Liverpool waterfront and see the Liver Birds and Three Graces. Afternoon flight back to Girona.

Lisburne School

Werneth Concert Band support the local community in a number of different ways. Last Christmas we raised money for the Lisburne School through carol playing in and around Stockport. Lisburne School caters for 50 children aged 4 -11 with a variety of learning difficulties. The catchment area covers the whole of Stockport. The school has an increasing number of children with physical and motor difficulties who have problems playing hand-held percussion instruments. The donation from the band was used to purchase instruments mounted on stands.

Duke of Norfolk School

We have also enjoyed the company of the Duke of Norfolk School, Glossop who joined us for a rehearsal on 18 July 2006. During the first half of the rehearsal the children listened to WCB rehearse a new contemporary peice of music called Convergence. During the second half they sat in with our players to rehearse some music they had been learning this year - even teaching us a few techniques!