The Sands Band

  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!   

  No, it's not a refresher course on the alphabet.  It's an invitation to the Allithwaite Bowling Club ceilidh at the Allithwaite Community Centre on 26 July 2025.  Come and join the dancers keeping on their toes to music by Grange-Over-Sands' very own Sands Band.  Don't worry if you have never been to a ceilidh before.  Dave Rogers, our caller, will explain how it all works and will call the steps for every dance. All the details you need are on the poster.  Do come along - it will be fun! 

Summer is here and the Band is looking forward to a busy season of gigs and ceilidhs in and around Grange during July and August.  You can get a sneak preview of what they are by checking the "Calendar" tab on our website. And before that?  New tunes!  Alison, our brilliant leader and Musical Director, has arranged some Spanish music for us to play.  But not just that.  She has gone above and beyond, taking up a new instrument to help us get that authentic Spanish sound. Find out what Alison's new instrument is when you come and join us at one of our Summer gigs.  More information about those nearer the time.  Watch this space!