On 27th April 2019 the bands of Verwood Concert Brass held their spring concert at the Verwood Hub. The music for the concert was all themed around heroes and villains which made for a wonderfully colourful and varied programme. As per the usual format, the Verwood Training Band opened the show starting with Scooby Doo! […]

Saturday 9th March & Sunday 10th March Well Verwood Town Band gave a credible performance for their first time competing in the 3rd section and despite receiving some good comments from spectators and brass band publication who placed the band third, the adjudicators, who are the ones that count on the day, placed Verwood Town […]

What a turn out for the Verwood Training Band Musical Coffee Morning concert held at the Verwood Memorial Hall on Saturday 16th Feb. It is probably the largest audience to date for this event and they were certainly treated to a great selection of music from the Training Band – the reigning Wessex Champions – […]

Saturday 26th January The Verwood Training Band and Verwood Youth Ensemble once again took part in the Wessex Brass Band Association contest and were absolutely thrilled to have played well and come away with some of the prize winners silverware. Overall between them they were awarded six prizes plus a silver award for the Youth […]

It is with great sadness to bring you news that we have lost another member of our VCB family – Kate Ward – who passed away on Sunday after a few years battling cancer. Kate was not a player in VCB but a helper who, as any banding organisation knows, are just as important and […]

Better late than never as the saying goes but after a busy time of carolling and enjoying the festivities here is a review of the VCB Christmas Concert that took place at the Verwood Hub on Saturday 15th December. It was a delight to see a full Hub auditorium with all 300 seats sold and […]

It was very touching to see Pam’s VCB Cap placed on her coffin. The ensemble played beautifully and both Nigel Tiller and Mike Dunnings gave lovely speeches alongside others who spoke of Pam. The service was a very fitting tribute which whilst of course being sad was at the same time uplifting to see so […]

Saturday 24th November The Verwood Concert Brass organisation had a wonderful day at the Wessex Brass Band Association 62nd Winter Contest. There was plenty of silverware up for grabs and quite a few came VCBs way. Verwood Concert Brass conducted by Kevin Smith (played ‘Dances & Arias’ by Edward Gregson) won: * Overall Wessex Champion […]

Verwood Training Band were delighted to perform their Coffee Morning Concert on Saturday 17th November. It was great to see so many people turn up to listen to the band whilst enjoying a cuppa and cake. As usual the Training Band served up a real treat with a great selection of music under the direction […]

The Verwood community was outstanding in paying its respects on this special centenary Remembrance Sunday. The church was pack for the service. The parade from the church to the Memorial Stone was outstanding. The number of people who attended was amazing and so many youngsters too. The poppy display was simply beautiful. And there was […]