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Merry Christmas Askern!

Merry Christmas Askern!

Merry Christmas Askern Come along and join the fun as we raise the rafters at the Askern Miners Welfare Club to let the old sleigh-driver in with this year's cargo of goodies.

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Birthday Boys

Birthday Boys

Birthday Boys Sunday 11th November and half way through the band's WW1 Remembrance "Battle's Over" concert in the Askern Miners Welfare Club, we took time out to celebrate a brace of recent milestone birthdays. Vintage cornetist...

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Ian Returns a Favour: With Thanks!

Ian Returns a Favour: With Thanks!

Less than a year ago Ian Kennedy, solo trombone with the Hatfield and Askern Colliery Band, was a patient undergoing chemotherapy in the Chatsfield Suite at Doncaster Royal Infirmary. Today, accompanied by Doncaster Mayor Ros Jones, he made a return to the suite to...

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A Star On Our Horizon

A Star On Our Horizon

We are delighted to announce that the band will be joined in its forthcoming September concert at Doncaster Minster by Richard Marshall, currently Principal Cornet with the world famous Black Dyke Band. The concert will take place in the Minster from 7:00-9:00 pm on...

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Legends in Brass: Remembered!

Legends in Brass: Remembered!

Saturday 21st July 2018 saw a good crowd of brass enthusiasts filling the concert room at the Askern Miners Welfare Club to enjoy the second concert in the "Legends in Brass" series - Remembering.  On this occasion the featured Legends comprised Kevin Crockford (Sop...

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Back with a Bang! Spring Festival Joy

Back with a Bang! Spring Festival Joy

After a disappointing Yorkshire Area contest in March, which saw Hatfield Band drop through the trap door to the 1st Section for next year, the band was looking forward to restoring pride and performance at this year's Spring Festival contest in Blackpool. Heading...

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Legends in Brass – “Remembering”

Legends in Brass – “Remembering”

The second in the Legends in Brass concert series takes the theme "Remembering" as we look back and remember some of the stalwarts of banding in the Yorkshire area over the years. There will be fun, frolics and fantastic music from our legends as they return to grace...

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