14th November 2009 :: A past principal comes home to the Band

It is with great pleasure that I can now announce that a past principal cornet player has re-joined the band.
Carl Gratty played with The Co-operative Band (Crewe) some years ago now, but we are very pleased to welcome him back. He brings experience and talent to the solo cornet bench at Crewe in his new position of joint principal cornet along with Tony Brookes, which gives the band a great line-up.
I believe that Tony and Carl give the band a wealth of ability to lead us all into 2010 with some top flight test pieces only months away. English Heritage will be the test at the North West area, shortly followed by The Year of the Dragon at the Spring Festival in May.
Carl's first concert will be at Nantwich Civic Hall at the end of November and we all wish him well.

Jef Sparkes MD