<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pangbourne Band Website]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pages]]></description><link>http://www.pangbourneband.org.uk/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright Pangbourne Band Website]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Find Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The band rehearses in the Village Hall, Station Road, Pangbourne RG8&nbsp;7AN. &nbsp;  
        
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    President:  
      Norman Rogerson MBE    
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Musical Director:  
      Stewart Lewins    
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
      
  
      
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Principal Cornet:  	    
    Claire Holliday  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Tutti Cornets:  
    
  Alan Graham
  
  John Griffiths
  
  Hannah Gerrish
  
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Soprano Cornet:  
    Rob Burnage  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Repiano Cornet:  
    Helen Pierce  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    2nd Cornet:  
    
  Chris Woollin
  

  Esther Villiers
  








 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
   
   
    3rd Cornet:  
    
  John Ockleton
  
  David Paine
  
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
      
  
      
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Flugel Horn:  
    David Shiers  
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Solo Horn:  
    Karen Hawkins  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    1st Horn:  
    
  Ann Harvey
  
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    2nd Horn:  
    Don Meek

  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
      
  
      
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    1st Baritone:  
    Vacancy  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   





   
    2nd Baritone:  
    
  Brian Pollard
  
  
 





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
      
  
      
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   






   
    1st Trombone:  
    Bill Osman  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    2nd Trombone:  
    
  Dion Dawson
    






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Bass Trombone:  
    
  Juliet Griffiths
    
  






   
      
  
      
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Euphonium:  
    
  Rosie Lewins
  
  Julia Bonewell
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   





   
      
  
      
  
  





   
    E-flat Bass:  
    
  James Solera
  
  Susan Marsh
    






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    B-flat Bass:  
    
  Kevin Turner
  
  Vacancy
  
  
  





   
      
  
      
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    Percussion:  
    
  Christina Byers
  
  Vacancies
  
    
  
  






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
  











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  The Pangbourne All-Comers' Band&nbsp;was established in September 2009 and is open to anyone wishing to play any musical instrument.  

      


  The All-Comers' Band meets every Wednesday evening in the Village Hall from 6:45pm to 7:45pm. &nbsp;If you would like more information, you can use the contact form on this website, send an email to   email@pangbourneband.org.uk   or call Stewart Lewins on   (0118)9425076  .  

  The Neil Easter Cup  


    
  



  
The Neil Easter Cup is awarded to the member of the All-Comers' Band who has made the most improvement throughout the year.
  



  
   
   
      
      2010:  	     

      Ethan Coffey   

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
    
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Pangbourne is a village of about three thousand inhabitants, situated on the south bank of the River Thames at its confluence with the River Pang and about five miles west of Reading.  The history of the band begins in 1893 when a fife and drum band used to rehearse in a shed behind the water mill.  During the First World War the band dispersed but it is thought to have played at the celebrations of the Armistice in the River Meadow in 1919.
  

  
From then until the outbreak of the Second World War the band had a very eventful history and gave concerts on Saturday evenings in the Village Square until increasing motor traffic dispersed them.  It gained the title of Pangbourne Silver Prize Band because of its successes in district competitions.
  

  
During the Second World War many of the bandsmen served in the Armed Forces and the instruments were held in storage.  The Rector of Pangbourne appealed in 1948 for the band to be re-formed but this did not happen until 1962, when the late Mr Henry Fuller began giving lessons to six children in his home.  It was then that the old instruments were recovered and local brass players came forward to help.  At Christmas in 1963 the children collected eight pounds from carol playing.  A small committee was formed to start up the band and the eight pounds became the first deposit in the new band's account.  Within six years the band had grown to full size and was able to take part in contests, with notable successes.
  

  
On 19 September 1987 a concert and social evening was held in the Village Hall to celebrate twenty-five years of happy banding and many past and present members attended.  Similarly, the Fortieth Anniversary 'Pangbourne Past and Present' was celebrated on 5 October 2002 with a concert given by fifty past and present players, with the late Don Lusher as guest trombonist.
  

  
The band has made a number of overseas concert tours in recent years: 1987 - Bitz Easter Festival, Baden-Wurtemberg (Germany); 1991 - Handel Brassband Festival, Noord-Brabant (Netherlands); 1999 - German Rhineland; 2001 - Salzburg (Austria); 2005 - Wernigerode, Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany).  Pangbourne Village's twin is Houdan (Yvelines) and we arranged to give a concert there on 29 August 2011. &nbsp;Since then we have also visited Michigan USA as guests of former band member Jim Schutz.  

  
In a typical year the band gives a spring and an autumn concert, plays at village fetes and outdoor shows, at parties and weddings and for church services.  In December it plays traditional Christmas carols in shops and public houses and in the streets of Pangbourne.  The band is a registered charity for musical education and is a member of Making Music, the Southern Counties Amateur Bands Association and the Oxford and District Brass Band Association.  It aims to test its skills twice yearly at regional contests.  Two years ago it started the Pangbourne Youth Band for local children, which has already given several concerts.
  










  The Henry Fuller Cup  


   
  
    
Band's Minutes of 18 May 1987: 'Any Other Business'  
      
The Village Hall has been booked for Saturday 19 September for a 25th Anniversary concert and social afterwards.  Mrs Fuller, the widow of Henry Fuller, who re-formed the band, is to be invited.  A cup will be purchased and called The Henry Fuller Cup.  This will be awarded each year to the most improved member of the band.      

  
In 2009 The Henry Fuller Cup was awarded to a member of the newly-formed Pangbourne Youth Band, but in 2010 the Youth Band presented its own trophy, The Neil Easter Cup, to   its   most improved player.  The Henry Fuller Cup reverted then to the main band, to be awarded for any reason, as determined by the band's committee.
  





  


   
  


    
      1986:  	     
      Richard Clarke   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1987:  	     
      Claire Kelly   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1990:  	     
      Julia Pike   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1991:  	     
      Claire Kelly   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1993:  	     
      Simon Maycock   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1994:  	     
      Helen Hicks   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1995:  	     
      Katie Boler   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1996:  	     
      David Mackie   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1997:  	     
      David Mackie   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1998:  	     
      Karen Taylor   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1999:  	     
      Katie Bunting   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2000:  	     
      Kate Hawes   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2001:  	     
      James Lowe &amp; James Solera   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2002:  	     
      Joanne Organ   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2003:  	     
      Tim Bainbridge   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2004:  	     
      Peter Livesey   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2005:  	     
      James Ford   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2006:  	     
      Jack Worboys   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2007:  	     
      Elizabeth Statham   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2008:  	     
      Barbara Reeve   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2009:  	     
      Bethany McAtee   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2010:  	     
      Ania Zbirohowska-Koscia   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2011:  	     
      James Ford   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2012:  	     
      Brian Pollard   

  

    
      2013:  	     
      Barbara Reeve   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2014:  	     
      Richard Powell   

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2015:  	     
      Kevin Turner   

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      2016:  	     
      Rob Burnage   

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
      2017:  	     
      Tom Harvey   

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
      2018:  	     
      Rosie Ellis   

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

  
  



  
  Musical Directors  




  


   
  

    
      1962 - 1964  	     
      Henry Fuller    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      February 1964 - ?  	     
      James Tappern    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      c. 1977-79  	     
      Margaret Osman    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      c. 1984 - June 1986  	     
      Norman Rogerson    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      June 1986 - September 1988  	     
      Nigel Horne    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      September 1988 - April 1994  	     
      Wilf Loveless    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      April 1994 - August 1995  	     
      David Pegram    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      1995-96  	     
      Peter Marnoch    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      January 1997 - December 2005  	     
      David Roberts    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      February - May 2006  	     
      Ken Moore    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      August 2006 - April 2007  	     
      Nigel Hall    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      July - August 2007  	     
      Ian Peaple    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

    
      January 2008 to date:  	     
      Stewart Lewins    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   




   
  


  














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