Happy New Year

2009 is now upon us and we are hoping that it will be an exciting and prosperous year for Phoenix. Last night was our first rehearsal of the year, and what a great start to the year we had.

Back in December we advertised for new players, and last night saw three new faces come along, Gordon, Becky and Jonathan all joined our cornet ranks. Our thanks to you all for coming, we hope that you enjoyed yourselves and that you will become permanent members of the band.

Considering the freezing temperatures outside, it was great to see a full band turn out last night. What was especially pleasing was the "enthusiasm" that seemed to be apparent in everyone. We hope that 2009 is going to be a big year for the band. Our next concert is at the Castle School in Taunton in a couple of weeks time, after which we will be working hard to achieve a good result at the Area Contest in Torquay.

We have a lot of new ideas and targets for 2009, including a recording later in the year, more concerts, contests and further developments to our website. Watch this space to keep up to date with our band's progress throughout the year and please feel free to add your comments and use the forums.

Released On 7th Jan 2009