1976 - 1989 1976 9 Dec - Annual Concert with Saints & Singers Group Harmony with Humour. Lounge Hall, Harrogate. Conductor: Reg Brown. 1977 1978 Appointment of Ivan Routledge as Musical Director 1979 1980 5 Dec - 5th Annual Concert with Harrogate College Choir. Lounge Hall, Harrogate Programme: Amporita Roca - Texidor; Merry Wives of Windsor - Nicolai; Belle of the Ball - Anderson; Fiddler on the Roof Selection - Bock. Jingle Bells Fantasy - Ployhar; Rudolf's Christmas Concert - Osterling. On the Quarter Deck - Alford; White Christmas - Berlin; Sleigh Ride - Anderson; Fandango - Perkins; Copa Cabana - Walters; Arrangers Holiday - Bennett, Walters & Yoder. Mull of Kintyre & Amazing Grace. Signature Tune - My Gal's a Yorkshire Gal - arr. Brown. 1981 4 Jun - Grosvenor House School, Harrogate. Programme: Thundercrest - Osterling; Lustpiel - Kela Bela; Belle of the Ball - Anderson; A Tribute to Glenn Miller; Superstar - Lloyd Webber; Pop Tunes from the 70's; Gypsy Baron - Strauss; Instant Concert - arr. Walters. Amporita Roca - Texidor; Arrangers Holiday - arr. Bennett, Walters, Yoder; Syncopated Clock - Anderson; Summer Night - Carter; Thunder & Lightning Polka - Strauss; Satin Doll, Take the A Train - Ellington; Copa Cabana - Walters; Hootenanny - Walters; Signature Tune - My Gal's a Yorkshire Gal - arr. Brown. 11 Dec - 6th Annual Concert with the Chapel Choir of Harrogate College and Pipe-Major Stuart Burns of the Royal Scots. Lounge Hall, Harrogate. 1982 11 Jun - Concert featuring Pipe Major Stuart Burns - Royal Scots. Grosvenor House School, Harrogate. Programme: Blaze Away - Holzmann; Plymouth Hoe - Ansell; Slaughter on 10th Avenue - Rodgers; Lowdown on the Hoedown - Fahey; Trumpets Wild - Walters; Black Bear; Amazing Grace; The Muppet Show - Cofield; A Place in the Sun - Loges; Oliver - Bart; Port au Prince - Wayne; The Happy Hippo - Smith; Mull of Kintyre - McCartney; Scotland the Brave; Superstar - Lloyd Webber; Copa Cabana - Walters; Hootenanny - Walters; Signature Tune - My Gal's a Yorkshire Gal - arr. Brown. 10 Dec - 7th Annual Concert with the Chapel Choir of Harrogate College. Lounge Hall, Harrogate. Programme: The Ambassador - Jansen; Light Cavalry - Suppe; Over The Waves - Rosas; Buglers Holiday - Anderson; Gigi - Lerner & Loewe; Jingle Bells Fantasy - Ployhar; Spanish Gypsy Dance - Marquina; Hair - Hautuast; Slippery Gentlemen - Walters; Late Twenties - Arr. Sharpe; Jesus Christ Superstar - Lloyd Webber; Instant Concert - Arr. Walters; Signature Tune - My Gal's a Yorkshire Gal - arr. Brown. 1983 10 Jun - Grosvenor House School, Harrogate. Programme: Semper Fidelis - Sousa; Sound of the Carpenters - arr. Lowdon; Belle of the Ball - Anderson; Memories of Dvorak - Dvorak; Fandango - Perkins; Arrangers Holiday - arr. Walters; Hey Look Me Over - arr. Routledge; Dambusters - Coates; A Tribute to Glenn Miller - arr.Gass; Forgotten Dreams - Anderson; Bossa Nova Holiday - Huber; Paint Your Wagon - Loewe & Previn; The Wee MacGreegor - Amers; Thundercrest - Osterling; Instant Concert - Walters; Signature Tune - My Gal's a Yorkshire Gal - arr. Brown. 9 Dec - 8th Annual Concert with the Chapel Choir of Harrogate College. Lounge Hall, Harrogate. Programme: The Dambusters - Coates; Lustspiel - Keler Bela; French Festival - Osser; Lowdown on the Hoedown - Fahay; My Fair Lady - Loewe; Pops Songs from the 70's - Hatch; Farandole - Bizet; El Abanico - Janaloyes; Colonel Bogey - Alford; Christmas Festival - Anderson; Sandpaper Ballet - Anderson; Rudolf's Christmas Concert - Osterling; The Muppet Show - Cofield; Hootenanny - Walters. Signature Tune - My Gal's a Yorkshire Gal - arr. Brown. 1984 28 Jan - Army Apprentices College 8 Jun - Concert featuring Pipe Major Gordon - Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. Grosvenor House School, Harrogate. Programme: Thundercrest - Osterling; Espana - Waldteufel; French Comedy - Keler Bela; The Huntsman - Stanley; Summer of '42 - Legrand; Black Bear; Mull of Kintyre; Hawaii Five-O - Stevens; National Emblem - Bagley; Free an' Easy - McColl; Cats 'Memory' - Lloyd Webber; West Side Story - Bernstein; Amazing Grace; Scotland the Brave; The Rockford Files - Post & Carpenter; Hootenanny - Walters; Signature Tune - My Gal's A Yorkshire Gal - arr. Brown. Appointment of John Higginson as Musical Director 29 Jul - Valley Gardens, Harrogate 5 Oct - Goole & District Round Table Dinner, Harrogate Conference Centre 5 Dec - 9th Annual Concert with the Queen Ethelburga's School Choir. Cairn Hotel, Harrogate. Programme: The Thunderer - Sousa; Hawaii Five-O - Stevens; Memory - Lloyd Webber; Lustspiel - Keler Bela; Alexander's Ragtime Band - Berlin; Alpentanz - Bean; Chariots of Fire - Vangelis; A Swingin Safari - Kaempfert; March from Suite in F - Holst; Kalinka - arr. Woodfield; Bandology - Osterling; Jesus Christ Superstar - Lloyd Webber; Joy to the World - Oxton; White Christmas - Berlin; Chorale & Rockout - Huggens. 1985 6 Dec - 10th Annual Concert with the Queen Ethelburga's School Choir. Cairn Hotel, Harrogate. Programme: Blaze Away - Hultzman; Italian Festival - arr. Osser; Seventy-Six Trombones - Wilson; Selection from Hair - arr. Havtvast; El Abanico - Javaloyes; The Muppet Show - Pottle; Jesus Christ Superstar - Lloyd Webber; The Rockford Files - Post & Carpenter; The Liberty Bell - Sousa; Tribute to Glenn Miller - arr. Gass; Amparito Roca - Texidor; The Dambusters - Coates; Times A-wastin'- Ellington; Perdio - Tizol; Hootenanny - Walters. 1986 Appointment of Bob Thompson as Musical Director 1987 Fountains Abbey 1988 1989 Valley Gardens, Harrogate

 

1990 - 1995 1990 7 Apr - National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music.  Award: Bronze. Gateshead Garden Festival Blackpool 20 Dec - Co-op, Knaresborough 22 Dec - Asda, Harrogate 1991 National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music.  Award: Bronze. 1993 24 Dec - Royal Bath Hospital, Harrogate 1994 26 Mar - National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music 17 Jun - Grove Road Primary School, Harrogate 2 Jul - Knaresborough Lions Country Fayre 27 Aug - Amphitheatre, Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, Harrogate Concert at BASBWE Conference, Huddersfield 10 Sept - Castle Hill Nursing Home, Bardsey 8 Oct - Amphitheatre, Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre 27 Nov - Regional Concert Band Festival, Richmond. Award: Gold. Programme: Early One Morning - Sterling; Jubilee Overture - Sparke; The Shipbuilders Suite - Yorke arr. Duthoit. 10 Dec - Harrogate Arts Showcase, Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, Harrogate 24 Dec - Sainsbury's, Harrogate 1995 19 Mar - Harrogate Competitive Music Festival Programme: Shipbuilders; Frolic for Trombones. 8 Apr - National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music. Award: Bronze. Spring - Concert featuring Harrogate Wind Quintet in memory of Bob Thompson - former Musical Director. Conductor: Philip Skelton Programme: Great Little Army - Alford; Jubilee Overture - Sparke; Masquerade - Khachaturian; Mozart Celebration - arr. Erickson; West Side Story - Bernstein arr. Duthoit; Send in the Clowns - Sondheim; Italian Festival - Osser; Clog Dance - Marcangelo; Barnard Castle - Richards; Appalacian Overture - Barnes; On Richmond Hill Baht'At - Wood; Concert Prelude - Sparke; Crazy Music in the Air - de Haan; Phantom of the Opera - Lloyd Webber arr. Barker. 25 May - AGM 4 Jun - Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough 18 Jun - St Andrews Church, Burnt Yates 22 Jun - RNIB Summer Fayre 25 Jun - Castle Yard, Knaresborough 9 Jul - Aldborough Garden Party 17 Jul - Pets Service, Ripley Market Square 6 Aug - Castle Yard, Knaresborough 13 Aug -  Valley Gardens, Harrogate 27 Aug - Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough 29 Oct - Concert at BASBWE Conference, Royal Northern College of Music Nov - Knitting & Stitching Show, Harrogate 26 Nov - Regional Concert Band Festival, Richmond. Award: Gold. Programme: Prelude, Siciliano & Rondo - Arnold; Bridges Over the River Cam - Bourgeois. 13 Dec - Friends of Northern Aldborough Festival, St Andrews Church, Aldborough 16 Dec - Asda & Morrisons, Harrogate 23 Dec - Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, Harrogate 24 Dec - Sainsbury's, Harrogate

 

1996 - 2000 1996 30 Mar - National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music. Award: Bronze. Programme: Cameos; Hobbits. 21 May - Joint concert with Harrogate Grammar School 23 May - AGM 9 Jun - Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough Ripon Spa Gardens Castle Yard, Knaresborough 30 Jun - Band-a-thon in aid of Muscular Dystrophy, Valley Gardens, Harrogate 28 Jul - Music Day, Fountains Abbey 14 Sep - All Saints Church, Spofforth Workshop, Ingleborough Hall 8 Nov - RAF Leeming 1 Dec - Regional Concert Band Festival, Bingley. Award: Gold. Programme: White Rose Overture & ? 8 Dec - Lightwater Village Dec - Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, Harrogate Dec - Co-op, Knaresborough 21 Dec - Sainsbury's & Asda, Harrogate 22 Dec - Safeway, Harrogate 24 Dec - Food Giant, Boroughbridge 1997 22 Feb - 'Banding Together' - joint concert with Harrogate Band, Christ Church, Harrogate. Conductor: John Farthing. Programme: Toccata for Band - Erikson; White Rose Overture (premiere) - Sparke; Phantom of the Opera - Lloyd Webber arr. Barker; Schottische (from Suite of Old American Dances) - Bennett; Send in the Clowns - Sondheim; Sinatra in Concert - Novak. 22 Mar - National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music. Award: Bronze. Programme: Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett. 5 May - Project 555 Fun Day 22 May - AGM 20 Jul - Music Day, Fountains Abbey 15-16 Nov - Weekend Workshop, Ingleborough Hall 30 Nov - Regional Concert Band Festival, Bingley. Award: Gold. Programme: Bouree from Fete Galante - Horowitz; Chaconne, Intermezzo & March from Suite in Eb - Holst. 6 Dec - Asda, Harrogate 7 Dec - Lightwater Village 12 Dec - RAF Leeming 20 Dec - Sainsbury's, Harrogate 21 Dec - Co-op, Knaresborough 24 Dec - Safeway, Harrogate 1998 4 Apr - National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music. Award: Bronze. Programme: Marching Song - Holst; Song of the Sea Maidens - Andrew Boysen; Chorale & Shaker Dance - John Zdechlik. 16 May - Massed Band, Adult Learners Week, Centenary Square, Bradford 21 May - AGM 26 Jul - Music Day, Fountains Abbey 16 Aug - Valley Gardens, Harrogate 23 Aug - Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough 7-8 Oct - Weekend Workshop, Ingleborough Hall 14 Nov - Children In Need - joint concert with St Aidan's School Concert Band. Conductor: Debbie Schearer. Programme: Finnegan's Wake - Potter; Clog Dance - Herold arr. Bashford; Ronde for Isolde - Bedford; A Cornish Overture - Harris; Keeping Up Appearances - Ingman; Bandology - Osterling; Amparito Roca - Texidor. 29 Nov - Regional Concert Band Festival, Horsforth. Award: Silver. Programme: Rondo for Isolde; Finnegan's Wake. Dec - Lightwater Village 13 Dec - Asda, Harrogate 19 Dec - Safeway, Harrogate 1999 21 Mar - Harrogate Competitive Music Festival Award: Distinction + Dales Band Shield Programme: Invercargill - Alex Lithgow; Szekler Men's Dance - Istvan Bogar; The Drunken Sailor - arr. Stubbs. 1 May - Thirsk Racecourse 8 May - Concert at West Park United Reformed Church, Harrogate 27 May - AGM 6 Jun - Castle Yard, Knaresborough 4 Jul - Party in the Park, Valley Gardens, Harrogate 11 Jul - Pateley Bridge 25 Jul - Music Day, Fountains Abbey 1 Aug - Castle Yard, Knaresborough 8 Aug - Valley Gardens, Harrogate 29 Aug - Castle Yard, Knaresborough 6-7 Nov - Weekend Workshop, Ingleborough Hall 11 Nov - Joint concert featuring Sue McKenzie (sax) and musicians from Harrogate Grammar School Programme: Slipstream - Sparke; Variations on a Korean Folk Song - Barnes Chance; Titanic - Honer; Themes from Green Bushes - Grainger; Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Band - Ball. 28 Nov - Regional Concert Band Festival, Bingley 9, 11, 16, 18 Dec - BHS, Harrogate 12 Dec - Safeway, Ripon 23 Dec - Safeway, Harrogate 2000 5 Feb - Joint concert featuring Sue McKenzie (sax) and Harrogate Granby High School Concert Band Programme: Incl. Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Band - Ball. 19 Mar - Harrogate Competitive Music Festival. Award: Distinction. Programme: Fandango - Perkins arr. Werle; Sax Serenade - Schwarz; Sousa! - arr. Barker. 30 Apr - Harrogate Spring Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground 1 May - Repertoire Day with Kevin Lamb, Army Foundation College, Harrogate 25 May - AGM 4 Jun - Castle Yard, Knaresborough 11 Jun - Valley Gardens, Harrogate 25 Jun - Peasholm Park, Scarborough 28 Jun - Joint rehearsal with Doncaster Concert Band 9 Jul - Hall Park, Horsforth 15 Jul - St Michael's Hospice Concert, Birstwith Hall 20 Jul - Pateley Bridge 10 Sept - Pateley Bridge 7 Oct - Joint concert with Treble Clef, St Peters Church, Harrogate 17 Dec - Wyevale Garden Centre, York 22 Dec - Concert at Army Foundation College, Harrogate 23 Dec - Safeway, Otley 24 Dec - Harrogate Hospital

 

2001 - present 2001 14 Jan - Music Workshop Day, Army Foundation College, Harrogate 28 Jan - Regional Concert Band Festival Feb - Appointment of Ben Tierney as Musical Director 12 May  - Wedding Reception, Valley Gardens, Harrogate 20 May - Music workshop with Doncaster Concert Band, Doncaster School for the Deaf 24 May - AGM 10 Jun - Recreation Ground, Pateley Bridge 17 Jun - Valley Gardens, Harrogate 1 Jul - Ripon Spa Gardens 15 Sept - Viva Volunteering, Exhibition Hall, Harrogate 3 Nov - 25th Anniversary Concert featuring Emily Hall (flute), and the Chapel Choir of Harrogate Ladies' College, St Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate Programme: White Rose Overture - Sparke; A Lindisfarne Rhapsody - Sparke; Oregon - de Haan; Signature Tune - My Gal's a Yorkshire Gal - arr. Brown; Finlandia - Sibelius. 22 Dec - Safeway, Otley & Sainsbury's, Harrogate 23 Dec - Harrogate Cricket Club 24 Dec - Harrogate Hospital 2002 27 Jan - Regional Concert Band Festival, Bingley. Award: Gold. 9 Mar - Robertshaw Festival of Music, Speech and Drama, Bingley. Award: Merit. Programme: March - Jaguar; Hymn - St Clement; Overture to a New Age. 20 Apr - CD Recording - Soiree Jubilante - Bates Centre, Army Apprentice College, Harrogate 28 Apr - Harrogate Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground 1 Jun - Madeline Wolfe's Wedding Reception, Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate 2 Jun - Jubilee Fireworks Fiesta, Harrogate Cricket Club Grounds organised by WRCB. A CD recording of musical items from this event is available. Also involved Harrogate Music Centre Intermediate Band, Harrogate Chamber Singers, Harrogate Choral Society, HYJO, Doncaster Concert Band. 6 Jun - AGM 16 Jun - Recreation Ground, Pateley Bridge 30 Jun - Ripon Spa Gardens 14 Jul - Ripon Spa Gardens 15 Sept - Harrogate Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground 6 Oct - Repertoire Day, Harrogate Granby High School 16 Nov - West Park United Reformed Church, Harrogate 19 Dec - Morrisons & Sainsbury's, Harrogate 21 Dec - Safeway, Otley 24 Dec - Harrogate Hospital 24 Dec - Oakdale Golf Club, Harrogate 2003 26 Jan - Regional Concert Band Festival, Bingley. Award: Gold. Programme: Viva Musica - Alfred Reed; Time Remembered - Philip Sparke; North West Rising - Robert Sheldon. 22 Mar - Master Class with professional trombonist Nick Hudson 22 Mar - Joint concert with St John Fisher High School, featuring Bourgeois Trombone Concerto played by Nick Hudson 13 Apr - National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music. Award: Bronze. Programme: Freefall - Ron Goodwin; Time Remembered - Philip Sparke; Viva Musica - Alfred Reed 27 Apr - Harrogate Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground 15 May - AGM 17 Jun - Joint concert with Torbay Police Choir, St Peters Church, Harrogate 15 Jun - Valley Gardens, Harrogate 29 Jun - Ripon Spa Gardens 13 Jul - Pateley Bridge 10 Aug - Harrogate Rotary Club Malawi Appeal, Valley Gardens, Harrogate 14 Sept - Harrogate Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground 5 Oct - Repertoire Day, Harrogate Granby High School 57th Bradford Festival of Remembrance, St Georges Hall, Bradford 22 Nov - Joint concert with Saxism, St Peters Church, Harrogate 14 Dec - Sainsbury's, Harrogate 20 Dec - Safeway, Otley 24 Dec - Harrogate Hospital 24 Dec - Oakdale Golf Club, Harrogate 2004 11 Jan - Regional Concert Band Festival, Bingley. Award: Gold. Programme: Oregon - Jacob De Haan; A Tameside Overture - Philip Sparke. 28 Mar - National Concert Band Festival, Royal Northern College of Music. Award: Bronze. Programme: Japanese Slumber Song - Gareth Wood arr. G.Brand; Suite of Old American Dances (I,II,V) - Robert Russell Bennett. 25 Apr - Harrogate Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground 20 May - AGM 13 Jun - Recreation Ground, Pateley Bridge 20 Jun - Ripon Market Square 4 Jul - Castle Yard, Knaresborough 19 Sep - Harrogate Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground 19 Sept - Saltaire Festival, Victoria Hall, Saltaire 7 Nov - 58th Bradford Festival of Remembrance, St Georges Hall, Bradford 28 Nov - Regional Concert Band Festival, Whitcliffe Mount High School, Cleckheaton. Award: Silver. Programme: White Rose Overture - Sparke; Prelude, Siciliano & Rondo - Arnold. 12 Dec - Sainsbury's, Harrogate 18 Dec - Asda, Harrogate 24 Dec - Harrogate Hospital 24 Dec - Oakdale Golf Club, Harrogate 2005 15 Jan - Tsunami Appeal, Harrogate Market Square 13 Mar - Repertoire Workshop, Harrogate Granby High School 23 Apr - Joint concert featuring Simon Crick (trumpet), Woodlands Junior School Choir, the Main Band and Training Band, West Park United Reformed Church, Harrogate. Programme: SC - Caprice (Bozza); Quiet City (Copland); Scherzo (Brandt). WJSC - Cool School Concert; The Jumblies; A Tall Story; Time On Our Hands; The School Rule Song. MB - Tall Ships (Goodwin); Curtain Up (Reed); Leroy Anderson Portrait (arr. Barnes); Theatre Music (Sparke); The Symphonic Gershwin (arr. Barker). TB - London Pride (Johnson); El Condor Pasa (arr. Kenny); Bach Minuet (arr. Farnon); Theme from Schubert Symphony No 5 (arr. Johnson). 30 Apr - Harrogate Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground