Our grand Christmas finale on home ground in the Transhipment Warehouse in Whaley Bridge.
As if the prospect of hearing their own band wasn't enough, the winter sunshine brought the villagers out in droves, a great crowd for the  last fixture of the season.

The Transhipment Warehouse has become the place to be in Whaley Bridge, where it's all happening.
What a privilege for the Band to be a feature of the the Whaley scene, not just now at Christmas but back in the summer when we first started playing again after the covid lockdown. 
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​Thank you to Nev and WB Canal Group for your hospitality, hope you'll have us back next year.

More carols at the Old Hall Inn.  Although the singing was a little subdued to start with, it got better and better once the gluhwein worked it's magic on the vocal cords.

Thank you all for a great evening. 

       

With alarm bells ringing about the new Covid variant, we erred on the side of caution and played outside the church.  Safer for everyone.  The congregation wore masks (which accounts for the carol singing sounding rather more subdued than usual!) but a mask is not an option while playing a brass instrument.

And for a "Plan B" it worked very well.  In addition to accompanying carols in the service (yes, they could hear us through the open porch door,) we played a few others as people arrived, plus our traditional last three - Jingle Bells, Rudolph and We Wish You a Merry Christmas  - at the end, as the light was fading. 

And unlike last week, we struck lucky with the weather, cold but dry and no wind, a window of opportunity between two horrendous days.

Many thanks to Rob and the parishioners for your hospitality.  As always, a pleasure to play in Brierley Green.