Past Concerts and Events - 2010s

2010 Date Venue Time
Thu 07/01/2010 No practice due to heavy snow, see you all next week 19.30 - 21.30
Tue 26/01/2010 Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend. Available Borough and Salvation Army band members formed a band to play incidental music and hymns for the service. 10.45 - 11.30
Sat 20/02/2010 Tidy of band store & sort-out of music. 14.00 - 16.30
Thu 01/04/2010 No practice - Maundy Thursday 19.30 - 21.30
Sun 09/05/2010 Fort Gardens Bandstand, Gravesend. Attended by the Mayor of Gravesham, Councillor Mrs Bronwen McGarrity 14.00 - 16.00
Sat 26/06/2010 St Joseph's Convent Preparatory School Summer Fun Day, Gravesend. 12.30 - 15.30
Sun 27/06/2010 Cobham Primary School Summer Fayre. With training band. 12.00 - 15.00
Sun 11/07/2010 Folkestone Leas Bandstand 14.30 - 16.30
Sun 15/08/2010 Greenwich Park Bandstand, London 14.00 - 15.15
15.45 - 17.00
Sun 29/08/2010 Hever Castle 12.30 - 13.30
15.00 - 17.00
Sun 05/09/2010 Broadstairs Bandstand 14.30 - 16.00
Sat 18/09/2010 Gravesend Methodist Church 19.00 - 21.00
Sun 26/09/2010 Annual Bandstand Marathon, Fort Gardens, Gravesend 14.00 - 16.00
Thu 11/11/2010 AGM (during practice).
Long serving member Vera Bennett recently retired from the Band.
21.00 - 22.20
Sun 14/11/2010 Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service, Clarence Place 10.30 - 11.45
Thu 02/12/2010 Main and Training band practice CANCELLED due to thick snow. 18.30 - 21.30
Sat 04/12/2010 Christmas tunes for the residents of Gravesham Court. Small band.
CANCELLED due to thick snow.
19.00 - 21.00
Thu 09/12/2010 Abbeyfields Dene Holm Residential Home, Northfleet. Christmas tunes for residents and their relatives. Training band. 18.30 - 19.30
Sat 11/12/2010 Christmas Fete, Hoo St Werburgh - Small band 12.00 - 13.00
Thu 16/12/2010 Band Christmas Meal, The Woodlands, Gravesend 20.00 - 23.00
2011 Date Venue Time
Wed 26/01/2011 Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend. Available Borough and Salvation Army band members formed a band to play incidental music and hymns for the service. 11.00 - 11.30
Sun 10/04/2011 Shorne Village Hall, arranged by the Early Retirement Club (82) 15.00 - 17.30
Thu 21/04/2011 No Practice - Maundy Thursday 19.30 - 21.30
Thu 05/05/2011 No Practice - Polling Day 19.30 - 21.30
Sat 14/05/2011 Gravesend Methodist Church. Training Band Only Afternoon
Sat 11/06/2011 90th Anniversary party for the Royal British Legion. Royal British Legion Club, Greenhithe. (Small band) 17.00 - 18.00
Sun 19/06/2011 Dartford Bandstand, Central Park. (Maximum 24 musicians to fit) 14.00 - 16.00
Sun 26/06/2010 Cobham Primary School Summer Fayre. With training band. 12.00 - 15.00
Sat 09/07/2011 St Joseph's Convent Preparatory School Summer Fun Day, Gravesend. With training band. 13.30 - 16.30
Tue 19/07/2011 Incidental music for the official opening and naming ceremony of the redeveloped Gravesend Civic Centre forecourt (Community Square) and for the Mayors inspection of 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales Royal Regiment who were celebrating being given the freedom to march through the borough.
A week day, so available band members attended plus support from Gravesend Salvation Army.
12.00 - 14.00
Sat 23/07/2011 Big Day Out, Fort Gardens Bandstand, Gravesend. 12.00 - 14.00
Sun 07/08/2011 Hythe Town Bandstand, Oaklands Park 15.00 - 17.00
Sun 14/08/2011 Folkestone Leas Bandstand 14.30 - 16.30
Sun 28/08/2010 Hever Castle 12.30 - 13.30
15.00 - 17.00
Sun 04/09/2011 Broadstairs Bandstand 14.30 - 16.00
Sat 01/10/2011 Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre family day. Training Band only. ??.?? - ??.??
Tue 04/10/2011 Official Re-Opening of Gravesend Library, Windmill Street (Small band, 15 members, due to being a working day) 09.45 - 11.00
Sat 12/11/2011 St. George's Church, Gravesend with Matinee Singers as part of Gravesham Arts Festival in conjunction with Gravesham Arts Council. 19.00 - 21.30
Sun 13/11/2011 Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service 10.30 - 11.45
Sun 20/11/2011 Cancelled - due to lack of ticket sales.
Shorne Village Hall, arranged by the Early Retirement Club (82)
15.00 - 17.45
Thu 24/11/2011 AGM (during practice) 20.35 - 21.30
Thu 08/12/2011 The Hive, Northfleet. Christmas tunes for Christingle service. Small band. 15.00 - 16.00
Thu 08/12/2011 Abbeyfields Dene Holm Residential Home, Northfleet. Christmas tunes for residents and their relatives. Training band. 18.30 - 19.30
Thu 15/12/2011 Band Christmas Meal, The Woodlands, Gravesend 20.00 for 20.30 - 23.00
2012 Date Venue Time
Thu 26/01/2012 Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend. Available Borough and Salvation Army band members formed a band to play incidental music and hymns for the service. 10.45 - 11.20
Sat 28/01/2012 First of two events to launch the interpretation materials telling the story of The Old Town Hall in Gravesend as part of the HLF project "Talking Halls". Old Town Hall, High Street, Gravesend. 10.00 - 11.00