The Verwood Concert Brass Ensemble were very honoured to have been asked to play at the Tarrant Rushton airfield D-Day commemorations which were held on Sunday 2nd June 2019. If you saw our posting of the Verwood Training Band playing in damp conditions then that’s nothing compared to the down pour the ensemble got caught […]

The weather forecast for 3pm on Sunday 2nd June was not looking favourable for an open air concert but the Verwood Training Band are made of sturdy stuff . . . and so are many of our supporters. It was decided that the show would go on so everyone set to in setting up and […]

Monday 27th May Verwood Concert Brass were delighted to take part in the Verwood Carnival procession as it has done ever since the carnival started in 1929 – so 90 years! It was brilliant to have players from all parts of the VCB i.e. Verwood Concert Brass Band, Verwood Town Band, Verwood Training Band and […]

Saturday 18th May Newsflash – contest result. Verwood Concert Brass came 3rd!!! A fantastic result for the band in their first time competing in the Spring Festival Senior Trophy contest in Blackpool. They were up against 19 other bands from around the UK with 13 of them being ranked higher than VCB in the world […]

The Band was saddened to hear the news about David Williams who died on May 4th. David was a member of the Training Band for many years and when the Town Band was formed, he became one of the third cornet players as well as often helping out behind the scenes. Unfortunately David had to […]

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 […]