For a third year the Birmingham Citadel Band (Bandmaster Gavin Lamplough) returned to Tamworth to play at Coton Green Church on 5 October 2011. The band is always well-received in the modern and purpose-built Evangelical Church and was delighted to return for the 2011 season.
The Birmingham Citadel Band celebrated a Band Sunday on 4 September 2011 after giving a concert at Symphony Hall before the British Open brass band contest the previous day.
Bandmaster Graham W. Lamplough of the Birmingham Citadel Band was formally retired on 12 June 2011, after several decades of service as a Salvation Army music leader on both the corps and divisional levels.
The Birmingham Citadel Band (Bandmaster Graham Lamplough) presented their Pre-Tour Festival in the Corps Hall on 26 March 2011 to a packed congregation. The festival was in preparation of the band’s tour of Canada at Easter.
Nether Stowe High School in Lichfield was the venue for a concert in Birmingham Citadel Band’s (Bandmaster Graham Lamplough) pre-tour series on 9 March 2011.
The venue for the last two recordings by the Birmingham Citadel Band (Bandmaster Graham Lamplough) was St. Luke’s Church in Birmingham. As a “thank you”, the band offered to perform a concert, which was held on 26 February 2011.
The Adrian Boult Hall at Birmingham Conservatoire was the setting for the West Midlands Divisional Musician’s Councils. On 6 February 2011, the Birmingham Citadel Band (Bandmaster Graham Lamplough) were invited to be the “duty band” for the afternoon session.
The Birmingham Citadel Band (Bandmaster Graham Lamplough) had the privilege of playing once again at Birmingham’s magnificent Symphony Hall as part of the annual Christmas concert known as “Rejoice”.
On 30 – 31 October 2010, the Birmingham Citadel Band (Bandmaster Graham Lamplough) enjoyed a fantastic weekend in Cardiff as guests of the Cardiff Canton Corps.
Birmingham Citadel Band (Bandmaster Graham Lamplough) welcomed the Sheffield Citadel Band (Bandmaster Keith Wileman) on the weekend of 2 – 3 October 2010, for the “return leg” of an exchange between the bands.