From autumn to winter

From the Season of mellow fruitfulness on we go! We hope you were able to join us for our October ceilidh. It was a brilliant evening in aid of a really worthwhile charity. We had a great time and we hope you did too.

So what's next up? The Season to be jolly! Out with the jazzy jumpers and the sleigh bells. The Band's journey to Bethlehem this year will take us wassailing and carolling first to Grange Fell Church for an afternoon of music on Wednesday 9 December at 2pm. It will be fun! Do come if you can, and be sure to say hello.

Grange Fell Church, 49 Grange Fell Road, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6AN

Admission free; donations for church funds.

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It's still Summer!

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.

Marching on

Welcome March and the beginning of Spring! The month starts with St David's Day so we're marking it with a Welsh tune. It's called "Morfa'r frenhines" which we (not being fluent in the language) understood to mean "The Queen's march". That seemed odd as it's a waltz but it's a good tune and we like playing it. But now we stand corrected. Morfa doesn't mean march at all! A Welsh morfa is a saltmarsh, just like ours here in Grange. So maybe The Sands Band becomes Band Morfa if we travel south and over the border? Click on the video to hear the tune.

ABC ceilidh

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!

The Sands Band

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