You can contact our secretary by email [email protected]
or telephone this website / publicity officer on 01204 303971 - email: [email protected]
From January 2017 the "official" website of the Band is www.eastlancsconcertband.org
This site is maintained only to preserve the history previously published and to maintain a record of more recent events.
or telephone this website / publicity officer on 01204 303971 - email: [email protected]
From January 2017 the "official" website of the Band is www.eastlancsconcertband.org
This site is maintained only to preserve the history previously published and to maintain a record of more recent events.
Introduction.... should you wish to engage us.
East Lancashire Concert Band
Musical Director – Dale Grindrod
We are an amateur Concert Wind Band consisting of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. Our band normally performs with between 25 to 30 musicians who require seating, adequate lighting and approximately 40 m2 of floor space. We provide varied concerts of mainly light, popular music, but our programmes are tailored to the needs of our event organisers. Most commonly our performances tend to be made up of two sets of music of c.45 minutes duration, separated by an interval. Although we perform both indoors and outdoors, we are not a marching band. When we perform outdoors, we require a reasonably flat, level surface for our seating and music stands. In the event of inclement weather, we need shelter from rain and wind in order to protect our sheet music and instruments.
In addition to the most obvious requirements, we do appreciate accessible car parking with special consideration for those musicians who have to transport bulky instruments and equipment, and we do need adequate toilet facilities. At indoor venues, it is usual for us to have access to a room where we can store instrument cases and coats, and enable us to tune up before we go onstage.
The provision of simple refreshments is always welcome!
If you were considering a smaller ensemble, we can sometimes provide this as an alternative to full band.
If you wish to book our band for your event, please contact our secretary for further details, including fees etc.
It is most helpful if you can provide our secretary with the following;
• Event description and venue
• Date
• Starting and finishing times
• Concert or background music
• A rough idea of the type of music you would like us to provide
• Your contact details