News

Composition Competition Results!

Back in September we launched a composition competition to find music to be played at Butlins and other concert / contests throught the coming year.

We had an entry of 30 pieces, from up and down the country, with a good standard throughout.

The winner of the competition was Romani Fire Dance by 1st horn with Black Dyke Band Jonathan Bates. Jonny won £750, the piece was performed at Butlins Contest and will be published.

Second place went to Crimea Sutton, with a piece called Verve and Funk! Crimea will receive £500.

Double Champions!

The Flowers Band successfully defend it's Butlins Mineworkers Championship crown last weekend!

As defending champions, we were invited to do a gala concert on centre stage on Friday night, in front of approximately 2,500 people. The band was on fine form, as were our soloists Principal Trombone Robert Marsh and Solo Baritone Ben Stratford. We featured a brand new piece, by Ben, which was very well recieved by the audience. For our encore, which was demanded by the audience, we finished with Toccata in D Minor.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all our supporters and friends!

With just 5 rehearsals left before we defend our crown at the Butlins Mineworkers Championships, everyone is looking forward to starting the year with a great result!

Before that we have a concert at St Andrews Church in Cheltenham, featuring our old friend and current Principal Trombone of the World Famous Black Dyke Band Brett Baker playing four solos with us.

If you wish to be included in our newsletter then please send an email to bandmanager@flowersband.co.uk.

We look forward seeing you at our next concert!

Tickets on sale!

Tickets are now on sale from the Stroud Subscription Rooms Box Office on 01453 760900!

New Website

New Website up and Running!

We will be updating the website on a daily basis, but we felt that it was important to have the website back up and running!