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26th July 2010 :: National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
The Co-operative Band Crewe are very very proud to announce not one but a trio of its younger members are currently away taking their seats with the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain .
The three members Nick Birch (Euphonium), Rory Rolfe (Cornet) and Neil Raisbeck (Tenor Horn) are due to take their places for the summer session .
Nick Birch has been the Principal Euphonium player for The Co-operative Band for approx three years and has impressed audiences and adjudicators alike with the quality and maturity of his playing. He now takes his seat as Principal... [Full Story]

8th July 2010 :: Baby arrives at last !!!!!!!
Baby Harrison John Lewis has arrived >>>>>>>
After a few days of labour at Crewe's Leighton Hospital the latest member of the Bands family arrived. Solo horn player Annette Lewis and her husband Simon who is a past member of the band are very proud new parents to Harrison John Lewis born at 2.10 am this morning after C section. Coming in at 7lb 1 oz he is said to be a full on little one so a typical member of the Sparkes side of the family then !!!!!
Congratulations go to the new Mum and Dad... [Full Story]

4th July 2010 :: Summmer Concert & Prize Draw
PRIZE DRAW WINNERS 2010

000909 A.DIXON...... TV
000919 K MOWBRAY...... ASTON MARTIN DRIVE DAY
000328 S REDGRAVE...... CAMERA
000499 D NICKOLS...... FAMILY VOUCHER FOR CINEMA
000623 T PALEHTORPE...... FAMILY VOUCHER FOR CINEMA
000816 C BALL...... FAMILY VOUCHER FOR BOWLING
111146 COOPER...... FAMILY VOUCHER FOR BOWLING

A big thank you on behalf of The Co-operative Band... [Full Story]

21st June 2010 :: Brassed Off
The Co-operative Band from Crewe is due to star as the Grimley Colliery Band, treading the boards alongside actors in the stage play version of Brassed Off. The play follows the heart-tugging fortunes of a colliery brass band, made famous in the 1996 movie of the same name. Players are busily fitting in rehearsals around their work, school, college, exams and home commitments, ready for the show, which opens on Tuesday 22nd June at the Regent Theatre, Victoria Hall, Stoke on Trent.

Nick Birch, 18, is one of the band’s three rising young talents who... [Full Story]

20th June 2010 :: The Co-operative Band - Prize Draw
Due to the rescheduling of events and the involvment of the Band in Brassed off, the draw will now take place on Sunday 4th of July at the Platform Morecombe when the Co-operative Band will be performing along with the Co-operative Youth Wind Band and other groups supported by The Co-operative . Winners will be contacted during the following week . [Full Story]