| 2000 | Date | Event | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 14/05/2000 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 21/05/2000 | Dane John Gardens Bandstand, Canterbury | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 28/05/2000 | Herne Bay Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 04/06/2000 | Hythe Town Bandstand, Oaklands Park | 15.00 - 17.00 |
| Sun | 18/06/2000 | Hever Castle | 14.00 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 16/07/2000 | De La Warr Pavillion Bandstand, Bexhill on Sea | 15.00 - 16.30 |
| Sat | 22/07/2000 | Gravesend Fort Gardens Bandstand | 15.00 - 17.00 |
| Sun | 30/07/2000 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 06/08/2000 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | 14.30 |
| Sun | 20/08/2000 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 27/08/2000 | Market Square, Dover | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 10/09/2000 | Eastbourne Bandstand | 11.00 - 12.30 15.00 - 16.30 |
| Sat | 30/09/2000 | All Saints Church, Frindsbury | Evening |
| Sun | 12/11/2000 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| 2001 | Date | Event | Time |
| Sat | 17/03/2001 | St Helen's Church, Cliffe | Evening |
| Sun | 15/04/2001 | Hever Castle | Afternoon (single session) |
| Sun | 29/04/2001 | Herne Bay Bandstand | Afternoon |
| Sat | 09/06/2001 | Gravesend Promenade, Gravesend Regatta | Afternoon |
| Sat | 16/06/2001 | Gravesend Methodist Church | Evening |
| Fri | 06/07/2001 | Letter in Gravesend Reporter with 2 photos of the Band. Gravesend Trades Council Band (1920s) - Related to Trades Unions. I WAS chatting to my uncle Bob last week and he showed me these lovely old pictures of the Gravesend town band which I thought many readers would love to see. The band started out as the Gravesend Trades Council Band. The top picture is taken in the 1920s when it was called the Gravesend Workers' Band. It boasted the first female in a UK brass band — Miss Arlene Baker. Her father was the conductor and he also had two sons in the band. The youngest member of the band in the picture is my uncle, Bob Mealin, who will be 90 in August. He lives in Campbell Road, Gravesend with his wife Elsie, and has many fond memories of the band. He played the cornet and can be seen in the back row on the far left. The man with the dog is Mr Russell, the owner of the local brewery. The cup in the picture is the Crays and Orpington Cup 3rd Section. Later it became the Gravesend Invicta Band. The bottom picture is taken about 1935 at the opening of the Fort Gardens bandstand. The Mayor in the picture is Mr Croft (Mayor of Gravesend) and since then the name has changed again to the Gravesend Borough Band. I wonder how many members of the band in these pictures are still alive. KEITH MEALIN |
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| Sun | 22/07/2001 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 05/08/2001 | Brenchley Gardens Bandstand, Maidstone | Afternoon |
| Sun | 12/08/2001 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | Afternoon |
| Sun | 19/08/2001 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 26/08/2001 | Tea Gardens, Whitstable | Afternoon |
| Sun | 02/09/2001 | De La Warr Pavillion Bandstand, Bexhill on Sea | 15.00 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 23/09/2001 | Eastbourne Bandstand | Morning & Afternoon |
| Sun | 11/11/2001 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Fri | 14/12/2001 | St Helen's Church, Cliffe | 20.00 |
| 2002 | Date | Event | Time |
| Sat | 16/03/2002 | Christ Church, Gravesend for Gravesend Sea Scouts Band | Evening |
| Sat | 01/06/2002 | Gravesend Promenade (May / Jubilee Day) | Afternoon |
| Sat | 22/06/2002 | Dover Road School Fete, Northfleet | Afternoon |
| Sun | 23/06/2002 | Herne Bay Bandstand | Afternoon |
| Sun | 14/07/2002 | Hever Castle | Afternoon |
| Sun | 28/07/2002 | Hythe Town Bandstand, Oaklands Park | Afternoon |
| Sun | 04/08/2002 | Brenchley Gardens Bandstand, Maidstone | Afternoon |
| Sun | 11/08/2002 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | Afternoon |
| Sat | 17/08/2002 | Music & Motors, Gravesend Town Centre | Afternoon |
| Sun | 18/08/2002 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | Afternoon |
| Thu | 22/08/2002 | Fort Gardens Bandstand, Gravesend. For Gravesend Sea Cadets new Colours | Afternoon |
| Sun | 25/08/2002 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | 14.00 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 10/11/2002 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Sat | 14/12/2002 | Carolling outside Gravesend Library, Windmill Street | Afternoon |
| 2003 | Date | Event | Time |
| Sat | 26/04/2003 | Gravesend Market, for the opening of outside covered area. | 11.30 - 12.30 |
| Sat | 26/04/2003 | Fort Gardens Bandstand, Gravesend. For Naming of RNLI E-class lifeboat "Olive Laura Deare" | Afternoon |
| Sat | 10/05/2003 | All Saints Church, Frindsbury | Evening |
| Sun | 01/06/2003 | St Marks Church, Rosherville | Evening |
| Sun | 15/06/2003 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | Afternoon |
| Sat | 21/06/2003 | Dover Road School Fete, Northfleet | Afternoon |
| Sun | 13/07/2003 | Dane John Gardens Bandstand, Canterbury | Afternoon |
| Sun | 10/08/2003 | Hythe Town Bandstand, Oaklands Park | Afternoon |
| Sun | 17/08/2003 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | Afternoon |
| Sun | 24/08/2003 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | Afternoon |
| Sat | 06/09/2003 | Cygnets, Northfleet | Evening |
| Sat | 20/09/2003 | Christchurch, Gravesend for Arrow Riding Center | Evening |
| Sat | 08/11/2003 | Lower Halstow Village Hall | 19.30 |
| Sun | 09/11/2003 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Thu | 11/12/2003 | Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre, Christmas Carol Service | 19.30 - 21.00 |
| 2004 | Date | Event | Time |
| 2004s | The website should contain a full list of events from 2004 onwards when the website was introduced. | ||
| Thu | 29/01/2004 | AGM during practice | 20.30 - 21.30 |
| Tue | 04/05/2004 | 04/05/2004 to 09/05/2004, Exhibition at St.Andrews Art Center, Gravesend | 12.00 - 15.00 |
| Sat | 19/06/2004 | Dover Road School Fete, Gravesend | 14.00 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 27/06/2004 | Herne Bay Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sat | 17/07/2004 | Gravesend Promenade, Gravesham Youth Festival | 15.00 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 15/08/2004 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | 14.00 - 16.00 |
| Sat | 28/08/2004 | Hever Castle | 12.45 - 13.45 15.00 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 05/09/2004 | Open air church service at Upnor Hard, Medway. | 16.00 |
| Sat | 09/10/2004 | Pegasus Court Retirement Home, Gravesend (Residents Only - for ex-member Wally Burrows) | 19.30 - 21.30 |
| Sun | 14/11/2004 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Sat | 20/11/2004 | Lower Halstow Village Hall | 20.00 - 22.30 |
| Thu | 02/12/2004 | Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre, Christmas Carol Service | 19.30 - 21.00 |
| Sun | 05/12/2004 | Training Band, Carolling, Gravesend Town Centre | 11.30 - 12.00 13.00 - 13.30 |
| Thu | 09/12/2004 | Gravesend Theatre Guild's "Victorian Christmas", Vale Road, Gravesend | 19.30 - 22.00 |
| Fri | 10/12/2004 | Gravesend Theatre Guild's "Victorian Christmas", Vale Road, Gravesend | 19.30 - 22.00 |
| Sat | 11/12/2004 | Gravesend Theatre Guild's "Victorian Christmas", Vale Road, Gravesend | 19.30 - 22.00 |
| Thu | 16/12/2004 | Band Christmas Meal, The Woodlands, Gravesend | 20.30 - 23.00 |
| 2005 | Date | Event | Time |
| Sat | 14/05/2005 | Training band at Gravesend Methodist Church with other groups, in a charity concert for the Demelza House. | 19.30 - 23.00 |
| Sat | 09/07/2005 | Dover Road School Fete, Gravesend | 14.00 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 24/07/2005 | Brenchley Gardens Bandstand, Maidstone | 15.00 - 16.30 |
| Sat | 30/07/2005 | Gillingham Strand Leisure Park | 14.00 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 14/08/2005 | Dane John Gardens Bandstand, Canterbury | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 21/08/2005 | Gillingham Strand Leisure Park | 14.00 - 16.30 |
| Sat | 27/08/2005 | 27/08/2005 to 09/09/2005 display in Gravesend Library window | |
| Sun | 28/08/2005 | Hever Castle | 12.45 - 13.45 15.00 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 04/09/2005 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
| Sat | 10/09/2005 | St. Georges Church, Gravesend 125 Year Anniversary Concert& Fund raising for Arrow Riding Center |
19.30 - 22.00 |
| Sat | 15/10/2005 | Ebbsfleet Rainbow Center 130 Year Anniversary Celebration, Northfleet | 16.00 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 13/11/2005 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Sat | 03/12/2005 | Pegasus Court Retirement Home, Gravesend (Residents Only, for ex-member Wally Burrow), | 19.30 - 21.30 |
| Thu | 08/12/2005 | Band Christmas Meal, The Woodlands, Gravesend | 20.00 - 23.00 |
| 2006 | Date | Event | Time |
| Sat | 29/04/2006 | 29/04/2006 to 14/05/2006 Exhibition at St. Andrews Centre, Gravesend (Gravesham Arts Council) |
12.00 - 15.00 Daily |
| Sat | 24/06/2006 | St Mildred's Church Garden Party and Companion Dog Show, Nurstead Court, Nurstead, Meopham | 13.30 - 15.30 |
| Sun | 25/06/2006 | Cobham Primary School Fayre Including Training Band |
12.00 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 02/07/2006 | Relay For Life 2006, Harriers Running Track, Central Park, Dartford | 11.00 - 12.30 |
| Sun | 09/07/2006 | Riverview Park Infants School Summer Fayre, Gravesend Training Band Only |
Afternoon |
| Sun | 23/07/2006 | Hythe Town Bandstand, Oaklands Park | 15.00 - 17.00 |
| Sun | 13/08/2006 | Brenchley Gardens Bandstand, Maidstone | 15.00 - 16.30 |
| Sat | 26/08/2006 | Hever Castle | 12.30 - 13.30 15.00 - 17.00 |
| Sun | 03/09/2006 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
| Tue | 12/09/2006 | All Saints Church, Church Hall, Frindsbury for Frindsbury W.I. | 19.30 - 21.30 |
| Sun | 17/09/2006 | Dane John Gardens Bandstand, Canterbury | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 12/11/2006 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Thu | 07/12/2006 | Band Christmas Meal, The Woodlands, Gravesend | 20.30 - 23.00 |
| Sat | 16/12/2006 | Celebration Of Christmas Music, New Road, Gravesend. (Training Band) | 13.00 - 13.30 |
| Sat | 16/12/2006 | Celebration Of Christmas Music, New Road, Gravesend. (Main Band) | 14.45 - 15.30 |
| 2007 | Date | Event | Time |
| Fri | 16/03/2007 | Official Reopening of Gravesend Civic Centre | 11.00 - 12.30 |
| Sun | 27/05/2007 | Deal Memorial Bandstand (Cancelled due to heavy rain) | 14.00 - 16.00 |
| Sat | 23/06/2007 | St Mildred's Church Garden Party and Companion Dog Show, Nurstead Court, Nurstead, Meopham | 13.30 - 15.30 |
| Sun | 24/06/2007 | Cobham Primary School Fayre, including Training Band (Band attended but did not play due to inclement weather) |
12.00 - 15.30 |
| Thu | 28/06/2007 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sat | 07/07/2007 | St Joseph's Convent Preparatory School Summer Fun Day, Gravesend | 12.30 - 15.30 |
| Sun | 08/07/2007 | Gravesend Civic Centre Forecourt, Tour de France celebrations | 09.30 - 12.30 |
| Sat | 14/07/2007 | Training Band at Gravesend Methodist Church with other groups in a charity concert for the Lions Hospice, Northfleet, and Children in Kenya. | 19.30 - 22.00 |
| Sun | 29/07/2007 | Hythe Town Bandstand, Oaklands Park | 15.00 - 17.00 |
| Sat | 04/08/2007 | Strand Leisure Park, Gillingham | 14.00 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 05/08/2007 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | 12.00 - 14.00 |
| Sat | 18/08/2007 | Strand Leisure Park, Gillingham | 14.00 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 19/08/2007 | Brenchley Gardens Bandstand, Maidstone | 15.00 - 16.30 |
| Sat | 25/08/2007 | Hever Castle | 12.30 - 13.30 15.00 - 17.00 |
| Sun | 02/09/2007 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 11/11/2007 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Fri | 07/12/2007 | Christmas Concert, Our Lady Of The Assumption, The Hill, Northfleet | 20.00 - 21.45 |
| Thu | 13/12/2007 | Abbeyfields Dene Holm Residential Home, Northfleet. Carols for residents and their relatives. Small band. | 19.00 - 20.00 |
| Fri | 14/12/2007 | The Fairway, Gravesend, in association with the Gravesend Messenger. Carols, as part of making a young girl's Christmas wish. A very small band due to being a weekday daytime. | 14.00 - 15.00 |
| Fri | 14/12/2007 | Christmas concert Cliffe Woods School. Training band only. | 17.00 - 18.00 |
| Thu | 20/12/2007 | Band Christmas Meal, The Woodlands, Gravesend | 20.30 - 23.00 |
| 2008 | Date | Event | Time |
| Sun | 27/04/2008 | The Gravesham District Scout Association Annual St George's Day Parade and Service, Fort Gardens Bandstand, Gravesend. Played for the arrival of the procession, hymns for the Service, and some music afterwards. | 14.40 - 16.10 |
| Sat | 31/05/2008 | Children's Day, New Road, Gravesend. Stand to publicise the band. | 10.00 - 16.00 |
| Sat | 31/05/2008 | Children's Day, St George's Centre & High Street, Gravesend. Training band only. | 13.30 - 13.50 14.40 - 15.00 |
| Sat | 14/06/2008 | St Mildred's Church Garden Party and Companion Dog Show, Nurstead Court, Nurstead, Meopham | 13.30 - 15.30 |
| Sun | 22/06/2008 | Cobham Primary School Fayre | 12.00 - 15.30 |
| Sat | 05/07/2008 | St Joseph's Convent Preparatory School Summer Fun Day, Gravesend | 12.30 - 15.30 |
| Sun | 17/08/2008 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | 14.00 - 16.00 |
| Sat | 23/08/2008 | Hever Castle | 12.30 - 13.30 15.00 - 17.00 |
| Sun | 07/09/2008 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
| Sun | 09/11/2008 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Fri | 21/11/2008 | St Paul's United Reformed Church, Gravesend, for Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre | 19.45 - 21.45 |
| Thu | 27/11/2008 | AGM (during practice) | 20.45 - 21.30 |
| Sat | 29/11/2008 | Christmas tunes for the residents of Gravesham Court. Small band. | 19.00 - 20.00 |
| Thu | 18/12/2008 | Band Christmas Meal, The Woodlands, Gravesend | 20.30 - 23.00 |
| 2009 | Date | Event | Time |
| Sat | 25/04/2009 | St George's Church, Gravesend. Celebration of Vera's 60 Years as a Band Member. Compere: Frank Oliver The band numbered 37 musicians including 4 guests and was primarily conducted by Colin Brown, with individual pieces conducted by Beverley Prankard, Gary Rossiter and Alan Jones. The Training Band played during an extended interval. |
19.00 - 21.30 |
| Sat | 06/06/2009 | Royal Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Incidental music and hymns for naming of RNLI 85-class lifeboat "Olive Laura Deare II" | 14.00 - 15.30 |
| Sat | 13/06/2009 | All Saints Church, Frindsbury. In aid of 'Living Stones' | 19.30 - 21.30 |
| Sat | 27/06/2009 | St Joseph's Convent Preparatory School Summer Fun Day, Gravesend | 12.30 - 15.30 |
| Sun | 28/06/2009 | Cobham Primary School Summer Fayre. With training band. | 12.00 - 15.00 |
| Sun | 05/07/2009 | Greenwich Park Bandstand, London | 14.00 - 15.15 15.45 - 17.00 |
| Thu | 09/07/2009 | Training band at Riverview Junior School, Gravesend. Part of a concert including the school's music clubs. | 19.30 - 21.00 |
| Sun | 19/07/2009 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 09/08/2009 | Hythe Town Bandstand, Oaklands Park | 15.00 - 17.00 |
| Sun | 16/08/2009 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
| Sun | 06/09/2009 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
| Sat | 24/10/2009 | St. Paul's United Reformed Church, Gravesend for Christian Aid | 19.30 - 21.30 |
| Thu | 29/10/2009 | AGM (during practice) | 20.35 - 21.30 |
| Sun | 08/11/2009 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
| Sat | 05/12/2009 | Christmas tunes for the residents of Gravesham Court. Small band. | 19.00 - 20.00 |
| Thu | 10/12/2009 | Abbeyfields Dene Holm Residential Home, Northfleet. Christmas tunes for residents and their relatives. Training band and friends. | 18.30 - 19.30 |
| Thu | 17/12/2009 | Band Christmas Meal, The Woodlands, Gravesend | 20.00 - 23.00 |