The Band purchased this building many years ago. It is a two storey building, The practice room and Music Library is on the upper floor and we have a function room and Kitchen on the lower floor.
Our practice room has quite a high ceiling and produces a nice sound. There is plenty of room for 30 to 40 players.
This is our function Room - The Hille Room (above)
Our function room has been totaly refurbished. A few years ago it was just a very wet cold store room. Several members of the band cleared it out and started working on the walls. A couple of builders were employed to point and plaster the walls and concrete the floor. The rest was done by band members. A new kitchen has just been put in by Phil Weatley. The electrics in the Kitchen were done by Cliford Sheen and the plumbing by Rodger Cox.
We have this room decorated with items that we have been given from our friends from Hille in Germany.
We also have a pool table, dart board, music centre, Piano, and an organ.
We feel very lucky to own this fantastic building,It serves not only as a great practice room but it is also very good for meetings and the social side of the Band. In the function room we are able to hold the odd party and of course it is a place to go after the rehearsals. We also hold events to raise money such as jumble sales, coffee mornings, quiz nights etc. We feel it is very important to take care of the social side as well as making money to run the Band and our Band room does both of these jobs well.