Band blog - the Bournemouth and District Concert Band

A very swampy Charity 5K Muddy Fun Run

8th June 2018

Some band members ran in the Wimborne & Ferndown Charity 5K Muddy Fun Run in May. Nick, our bandmaster, tells...

24th May 2018

Hi I’m Patricia. I joined band at Easter time playing 3rd clarinet and am thoroughly enjoying it. I tried five...

18th March 2018

Janet on 2nd clarinet tells us how the band has evolved from her very first day in 1990 to now....

15th February 2018

Hi there! I’m Emma and I’m BADCB’s deputy conductor. So how did I end up with this role? After all...

31st January 2018

For our Spring Strictly Come Celebrate concert in March we’ll be playing a selection of dance music. One of the pieces...

7th December 2017

So, after weeks of rehearsing, mastering difficult rhythms and getting tricky passages under our fingers, BADCB headed off to take...

4th December 2017

On Sunday 3 December, our band members started arriving at Castlepoint Shopping Park… By 10am, 16 of us were dressed...