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Milnrow Band leading Milnrow & Newhey Carnival in June 2019


         Milnrow Band also won the All England                brass bands have sadly struggled to survive due
         International Masters contest in Kettering,          to financial pressures and loss of players.
         before completing the year with another win
         at the Rochdale contest, to add to victories in      “We are still a village band, and whilst
         2014 and 2016.                                       competing at a high level, we are still very
                                                              much part of the village community, leading
         Towards the end of 2018, Milnrow partnered           the annual carnival, remembrance parade and
         with current conductor Dennis Hadfield.              playing carols all over the village at Christmas.


         To celebrate their 150th anniversary, Milnrow        “Our 150 years of Milnrow Band celebration
         Band will be performing a special concert at         concert will be on Saturday 21 March 2020
         Rochdale Town Hall in March 2020, where the          at Rochdale Town Hall and we hope as many
         band will also launch a special commemorative        people as possible will come and celebrate
         CD to mark the occasion.                             with us.”


         The band will also be playing at this year’s
         Scottish Open on Saturday 23 November, as
         part of the Scottish Brass Band Association’s
         celebratory Festival of Brass 2019, before
         performing at the annual Christmas Concert at
         Milnrow Cricket Club on Sunday 22 December.


         Band manager, Francis Thewlis said: “We are
         really proud to be celebrating 150 years of
         Milnrow Band; it is quite an achievement to
         reach this milestone, particularly when some
                                                                Milnrow Band in 1960
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