Welcome to the homepage of the Rothwell Temperance Band. The band are a championship section brass band based in Rothwell, near Leeds, in the North of England. This site contains information about the band, its members and its concerts and contests.
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Saturday, 4th September 2010 British Open, Symphony Hall, Birmingham (All Day)
Saturday, 18th September 2010 Concert, Howden Minster (7.30pm)
Latest News
2nd September 2010 - New CD Released Soon
Our new CD is now being manufactured in Germany and should be with us shortly. For those of you that pre-ordered, your wait will soon be over! Further details will follow once we have the CDs back ready to sell.
7th July 2010 - Collier Replaced By Peacock
Former Grimethorpe and Brighouse player Steve Peacock has joined the band this week on Eb bass. We look forward to him having a long and happy stay. Nick Collier was moved to Oxford to start his career there but will be keeping in touch. We thank him for his dedication to the band.
28th June 2010 - Death of Tracey Harrison
The band are saddened to announce the death of Tracey Harrison, one of their former soprano cornet players. Tracey died aged only 39 and she leaves an 11 year old son. Conductor David Roberts said, "It puts everything into perspective: banding, contesting, the lot. It's knocked me for six and players past and present are very upset." The band's thoughts are with the family at this time. The funeral will be on 12th July.
27th June 2010 - Band Placed Third at English Nationals
Yesterday, the band competed in the English Nationals in Preston, and were placed a creditable third. The test piece was the fiendishly difficult Eden by John Pickard and the title went to the Fairey Band under Russell Gray, the same conductor who won on this piece with Leyland at the National Finals in 2005.
14th June 2010 - Weddings Galore
The band will be breaking up for their summer holidays on July 7th, returning to play at the Great Yorkshire Show and the Weddings of Andy Marsh (July 23rd) and Ben Ridgeon (August 9th). We are looking forward to these dates and congratulate Andy and Ben. We would also like to congratulate Andy and Sally Bontoft who were recently married, and Les McCormack who tied the knot in early May.
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