Category: News
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Remembrance Sunday 13th November 2022
Once again this November it was our great honour at Eagley Band to lead the Remembrance Sunday march and parade through Little Lever as we have done for many decades whilst at the same time, divide our player resources in two by having part of the band also play at the Walmsley Cenotaph in Bromley…
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Another Great Victoria Hall Night!
On Saturday night October 15th we took to the stage at the Victoria Hall in Bolton once again and with Community Choir and Community Band we celebrated 100 years of Rotary clubs existing in Bolton. Concert organiser Graham Yardley obtained a fantastic sponsorship from RRG Bolton Toyota, who parked a brand new car outside the…
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Eagley Band – First Section Winners! Blackburn & Darwen Annual March & Hymn Tune Contest 2022
On Sunday September 25th, the town centre in Darwen was the venue and setting for the 7th Annual Blackburn & Darwen Open Air March & Hymn Tune Contest, postponed at the last minute from its original date two weeks previously as a mark of respect due to the sudden passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The…
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When King Charles III Met Our Eagley Principal Cornet Lynsey Hayes & MD Chris Wormald
Ever since our MD Chris Wormald returned to lead Eagley Band in September 2016, just over half of the band’s players have comprised his former pupils and award winning instrumentalists from the many World and National Champion Smithills School Senior bands which Chris formed from scratch and conducted continuously for nearly three decades, between 1990…
