Articles
June 11, 2009
The 150th year anniversary of the railway coming to Gillingham
On Saturday the 2nd of May 2009 The Gillingham Imperial Silver Band led a parade through the town to celebrate the 150th anniversaryof the railway coming to Gillingham.
May 8, 2009
Concert With Guest Soloist Brett Baker
On the 4th of April at Gillingham School, The band with Guest soloist Brett Baker played to a packed audience. The concert sponsored by Murray Hawkins of the Winning Smiles was a great Success.
January 24, 2009
Gillingham Band Exchange Visits With Hille Germany
Since 1983 the band has continued to exchange visits with the Musikzug Viktoria Hille from Germany, in 2008 it celebrated 25 Years of exchange visits.
October 18, 2008
History of Gillingham Band
The article below was provided by Gillingham Town Museum, Courtesy of David Lloyd (Gillingham Museum) Brass instruments have been played for many generations in Gillingham. In the past, smaller churches did not have organs and had, instead, gallery bands, employing any instrumentalists and instruments that were available. Many of these were brass instruments, including the odd’named [...]
August 10, 2008
25 Years of Exchange Visits with Hille!
Gillingham Imperial Silver Band celebrated its 25th year Anniversary of exchange visits with the Musikzug Viktoria Hille from the North of Germany last weekend.