2020 | Date | Event | Time |
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Thu | 09/01/2020 | First Practice of 2020 | 19.30 - 21.30 |
Fri | 24/01/2020 | Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend. Small band (6 members). | 10.45 - 11.30 |
Thu | 19/03/2020 | No practice or concerts until further notice due to Coronavirus Covid-19Best wishes to everyone, looking forward to seeing you all when we return - keep practicing! |
18.30 - 21.30 |
Mon | 26/10/2020 | Recording of Last Post and Revielle for Gravesend Remembrance Service video (Single bugler) | 10.30 - 10.45 |
Mon | 26/10/2020 | Recording of Last Post and Revielle for Stone Remembrance Service video (Single bugler) | 12.30 -12.45 |
Tue | 01/12/2020 | Release of virtual, composite, video performance of "White Christmas" by Irving Berlin | |
2021 | Date | Event | Time |
Sat | 13/02/2021 | Release of virtual, composite, video performance of "Yellow Mountains" by Jacob De Haan | |
Thu | 25/02/2021 | First fortnightly online virtual practice over Zoom, playing along to music recordings, and socialising. Didn't quite stick to the fortnightly schedule - no practice during school holidays and a couple of other weeks missed. |
19.30 - 21.30 |
Fri | 09/04/2021 | No practice this week | |
Thu | 29/07/2021 | First, socially distanced, practice back together after Covidat St. George's Church hall. |
19.30 - 21.00 |
Sun | 05/09/2021 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens First post-covid concert. A warm sunny day with quite a crowd watching, the band received a number of complementary comments from audience members on the day which lifted moods further still. |
14.30 - 16.00 |
Thu | 30/09/2021 | No practice due to lack of available players, because of petrol shortage and illness. | |
Thu | 11/11/2021 | Remembrance Service, Community Square, Civic Centre. Small group due to week-day. | 10.45 - 11.15 |
Sun | 14/11/2021 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
Sun | 14/11/2021 | Stone War Memorial Remembrance Service | 14.30 - 16.00 |
Sat | 27/11/2021 | St Mary's Church Christmas Fete, Wrotham Road, Gravesend | 14.00 - 15.00 |
Thu | 09/12/2021 | Christmas concert St. Helen's Church, Cliffe, Kent | 19.00 - 21.00 |
Thu | 16/12/2021 | Half practice, half social. Last practice of the year. | 19.30 - 21.30 |
2022 | Date | Event | Time |
Thu | 06/01/2022 | No Practice due to reduced numbers and concerns about COVID-19 Omicron variant. | |
Thu | 13/01/2022 | First practice of 2022 | 19.30 - 21.30 |
Fri | 21/01/2022 | Unable to provide music for Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend as not enough members and guests from Gravesend S.A. were available to provide a viable group due to being a week day. | 10.45 - 11.30 |
Thu | 10/03/2022 | First practice for training band since March 2020 (start of Covid restrictions) | 18.30 - 19.30 |
Thu | 02/06/2022 | Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee beacon lighting, Windmill Hill, Gravesend | 21.00 - 21.45 |
Sun | 12/06/2022 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
Sat | 18/06/2022 | Hoo St Werburgh Parish Church | 18.30 - 21.00 |
Thu | 07/07/2022 | No training or main band practice due to lack of musicians. No further training band practices until school returns in September. |
18.30 - 21.30 |
Sun | 24/07/2022 | Henry Wellcome Bandstand, Central Park, Dartford. (Maximum 24 musicians to fit - we squeezed more on but it was very tight) | 14.00 - 16.00 |
Thu | 01/09/2022 | Training Band suspended until further notice due to very limited number of trainee members. | |
Sun | 04/09/2022 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
Thu | 08/09/2022 | No practice due to lack of conductor | 19.30 - 21.30 |
Thu | 08/09/2022 | Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II | Afternoon |
Sun | 18/09/2022 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
Wed | 26/10/2022 | St. John's Church, Meopham for the funeral of percussionist Bill Bates who played in G.B.B. and other local bands. Members of the band along with musicians from Dartford Concert Band and the Second Wind band formed a group to play tunes during the service. | 12.30 - 13.30 |
Fri | 11/11/2022 | Bugler playing Last Post and Reveille at Gravesend Community Square | 11,00 - 11.05 |
Sun | 13/11/2022 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
Sun | 13/11/2022 | Stone War Memorial Remembrance Service | 14.30 - 16.00 |
Fri | 18/11/2022 | Carols, Community Square outside Gravesend Civic Centre for Gravesend Christmas Lights turn on. (Limited numbers due to week-day) | 15.30 - 16.15 |
Sat | 19/11/2022 | Carols at St. Mary's Church Christmas Fair, Gravesend (small band) | 14.00 - 15.00 |
Thu | 15/12/2022 | Open practice/concert, free for all to come and listen, followed by refreshments from 20.30. Last practice of the year. |
19.30 - 21.30 |
Sun | 18/12/2022 | Net Church, Spital Street, Dartford, Christmas Service | 11.00 - 12.30 |
2023 | Date | Event | Time |
Thu | 05/01/2023 | First practice of 2023 | 19.30 - 21.30 |
Fri | 20/01/2023 | Music for Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend (Small band of 8 musicians). | 10.45 - 11.30 |
Thu | 09/02/2023 | Annual General Meeting in second half of practice. | 20.30 - 21.30 |
Thu | 23/03/2023 | New band jackets issued to all members at practice. A darker shade of Burgundy than previously, the lack of availability of new jackets in the previous colour meant new jackets for all. Men were also issued with black bow ties. | 19.30 - 21.30 |
Thu | 04/05/2023 | No practice as St. George's Church hall is in use for local elections. | 19.30 - 21.30 |
Sun | 11/06/2023 | Deal Memorial Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
Sun | 18/06/2023 | Folkestone Leas Bandstand | 14.30 - 16.30 |
Mon | 19/06/2023 | Armed Forces' Day Flag-Raising, Community Square, Gravesend (Week day - Small Band) | 12.10 - 12.45 |
Sat | 01/07/2023 | St Mary's Church Summer Fete, Wrotham Road, Gravesend | Afternoon T.B.C. |
Sun | 09/07/2023 | Folkestone Harbour Arm, for Tall Ships event. | 12.00 - 14.30 |
Sun | 03/09/2023 | Broadstairs Bandstand, Victoria Gardens | 14.30 - 16.00 |
Sun | 12/11/2023 | Gravesend War Memorial Remembrance Service | 10.30 - 11.45 |
Sun | 12/11/2023 | Stone War Memorial Remembrance Service | 14.30 - 16.00 |
Sat | 18/11/2023 | St. Mary's Church Christmas Fair, Gravesend (small band) | 13.00 - 14.00 |
Thu | 07/12/2023 | Open practice/concert, free for all to come and listen, followed by refreshments from 20.30. Last practice of the year. |
19.30 - 21.30 |
Thu | 14/12/2023 | Christmas meal at the Three Dawes, Gravesend | 19.00 - 22.00 |
2024 | Date | Event | Time |
Thu | 04/01/2024 | First practice of 2024 | 19.30 - 21.30 |
Fri | 26/01/2024 | Music for Annual memorial service for General Charles Gordon C.B. (28 January 1833 - 26 January 1885), Gordon Memorial Garden, Gravesend (Small band). | 10.45 - 11.30 |
Thu | 01/02/2024 | AGM held during second half of practice | 19.30 - 21.30 |