Epping Forest Band recently undertook a trip to Epping’s twin town of Eppingen to join in the Heimattage festival. As usual, the band were hosted by local Eppingen families, and had the opportunity to participate in many of the events on offer. The town is always busy at the Heimattage weekend,so there was plenty to see and do, including a guided tour of the town and a trip to a winery to sample some of the local vintage.

However, the weekend was not just about having fun and drinking wine - Saturday evening saw the band on the main stage where they entertained the crowds along with some of the bands and dance groups from Eppingen’s other twin towns.

On Sunday morning the band met up again to provide an hour of lunchtime music on the main stage. Following this, the band took part in a procession through Eppingen consisting of 68 groups and floats connected with the town. This is a new experience for Epping Forest Band, who are more used to playing sitting down, so, prior to the visit, the band had to practise marching (and stopping!) in the bandroom car park.

The weekend was a great success. The band enjoyed themselves enormously, and are now refreshed and ready for their next outing, a Proms Concert on Epping Green, which takes place on Sunday 1^st August at 3pm.

23rd of May saw the band presenting an evening of Music from Stage and Screen, with a special guest ensemble from St. Cedd’s school in Chelmsford.

The concert, in the St. John’s Arts and Recreation Centre began with the piece ‘Orient Express’ by Philip Sparke. Sparke is one of a number of composers to write ‘train music’ for bands (think of Vivan Ellis’ ‘Coronation Scot’ for starters), and this evocative piece, whilst not strictly from stage or screen, conjured up the great days of steam in a way which would not have been entirely out of place in any film of the railway era.

Epping Forest Band are pleased to announce that at the SCABA Annual Spring Contest 2008, held in Hove (in the snow) on the 6th April 2008, we won:

Another year and another Proms on the Green concert.  New pictures can be seen here.  Many thanks to all those who attended this free concert for the people of Epping.  We raised over £300.

Epping Forest Band open a web shop!

Shop online and raise money for Epping Forest Band

Epping Forest Band based in Epping has launched a new online fundraising webshop.

Epping Forest Band is asking its supporters to shop online at http://www.buy.at/eppingforestband and raise money at no extra cost for Epping Forest Band.

Over 100 retailers are accessible through the webshop, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis and RAC. Many retailers provide exclusive offers to the webshop, such as discounts or offering free delivery to the customer, providing more reasons for supporters to buy products through the webshop.

The webshop is straightforward to use and no technical knowledge is required.

James Miller at Epping Forest Band says: "The webshop facility is such a simple but effective idea. We receive a commission on each purchase you make. Donating to our organisation couldn’t be easier!"

There will always be a permanent link in the left-hand menu.

Epping Forest Band are pleased to announce that at the SCABA Annual Spring Contest 2007, held in Hove on the 22nd April 2007, we won:

BAND GET TOGETHER BOOKED!

Have a look at www.riverleecruises.co.uk

Linda is arranging a Band social evening - on Saturday 2nd June. It will be a buffet cruise on the River Lee, leaving Broxbourne at 7.30 pm Cost £20 per head (for age over 12)

The cruise lasts three hours and those of us that went in 2005 thought it would be good to go again, this time earlier in the year so we can enjoy a bit more daylight.

This is a social event - partners etc are very welcome (The boat can accommodate 25 to 60 people on a buffett cruise.)

I have personally paid the deposit and will need to know how many people will be going by the Swaines Green job on 5th May.

Bye for now, Linda

Click here for directions to the departure point.

Pictures taken in 2005 can be seen here.

Sorry to all of you who saw the following error message over the last few days:

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Rest assured it was a temporary problem caused by the Guestbook being over run with spam.  I was also on holiday.  I've had to disable the Guestbook for the time being, and also up our server space.  Now you can all upload photos from the last few jobs!

Daniel

EFB Webmaster