The Sands Band

Christmas is just round the corner and the Band is celebrating the festive season again at one of our favourite venues, the Fell Church in Grange.  It's at 49 Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS   LA11 6AN.   If you haven't been in, take this opportunity as it's a gem.  We shall be playing at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday 10 December for about an hour, and there will be refreshments too.  Admission is free but if you've enjoyed the music please do make a donation to the church.   And why the bells?  Well, to learn more about them, come to the concert!  

With the nights drawing in we all need some Winter Cheer to drive away the cold and the dark.  And in the Sands Band we've got some to share!  Come along to our concert on Friday 28 November, 7.00 p.m. at Grange Methodist Church and you can find some too.   Admission is free - no tickets needed - but donations towards the church redevelopment fund would be appreciated.   

  Join the Sands Band and caller Dave and bring your dancing shoes to the CEILIDH on Saturday 4 October at 7.00 p.m., at the Allithwaite Community Centre.  Together we shall be raising money for "Beyond FGM - saving girls from FGM".  Tickets £10 on the door.   You will have a great evening - and your contribution will make a real difference where it is so desperately needed.  See you there!

It's still Summer in Grange-over-Sands.  It must be, because the Sands Band is playing for a Summer Fair.  It's on Saturday 20 September at Bridge House Residential Home, Flookburgh, LA11 7JS and we are playing from 1.00 to 2.15 p.m.  Do come along and help us help them to raise money for a new Summer house.  You see?  If it's a Summer house it must still be Summer!  QED. 

Sands Band has nominated August as Transport Month!  So far we've taken you to the station and the car show - now we're going paddling on Lake Windermere.  Well, not literally.  We're playing for the Windermere Paddlers for Life ceilidh at Allithwaite Community Centre, LA11 7QJ, on Saturday 23 August.   Dave, our caller, will teach all the dances.  All you need to do is to bring some food for a Jacob's Join, some drinks for yourself, £10 per person for admission (children free) and you are all set for a grand evening out.  You can reserve tickets in davance from dave@daveandjean.co.uk or paddlersforlife@gmail.com   Proceeds will be shared between Windermere Paddlers for Life, and Water Aid.  Doors open at 7.00 p.m. so get your dancing shoes on!  

  Whether it's the Runaway Train or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - or even the Rail Replacement Bus service - we have transport to delight you this Summer.   First up are train tunes (and lots more besides), at Kents Bank Station on Saturday 2 August.  We shall be playing during the afternoon at the Friends of Kents Bank Station Summer fete.   Or if your preference is for road transport, we shall be at the Classics Over Sands car show the following weekend on Sunday 10 August, starting around 1.45 p.m.  That's on the Memorial Playing Fields, Yew Tree Road, Grange-over-Sands.  (see: https://classicsoversands.org/)     See you there!