For many years the Easter weekend at Boscombe has been a special time. This year, with special guests Staines Songsters and the leadership of Majors Paul and Jenine Main, proved to be a fitting continuation of a fine tradition.
Following close on the heels of their visit to Lower Earley, the Boscombe Band(Bandmaster Dr. Howard J. Evans) provided a Sunday evening concert at Boscombe Corps. The chosen theme for the concert, held on 25 March 2012, was “A Prelude to Easter”.
The Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army (Bandmaster Dr. Harold J. Evans) undertook its first “away” engagement of 2012 on 24 March with a visit to Lower Earley Corps (Reading).
The Boscombe Band (Bandmaster Dr. Howard J. Evans) celebrated its 125th anniversary on the weekend of 22 – 23 October 2011. Special guests for the event were Colonels Robert and Gwyneth Redhead.
It is not every day that one hundred years of loyal banding is recognized, but that is what happened at Boscombe on 10 April 2011.
The Boscombe Band (Bandmaster Dr. Howard J. Evans) performed in its first engagement of the year on a Saturday evening in February, supporting the Staines Songster Brigade (Songster Leader Samantha Turner) on their visit to Boscombe.
The 2010 Rotary Carol Concert in Boscombe, in aid of the Youth Cancer Trust, was held on 9 December and featured the Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army (Bandmaster Dr. Howard J. Evans), the choir of the Epiphany Church of England Primary School and guest vocal soloist Hilary Bromage.
Bandmaster William Himes of the Chicago Staff Band was the special guest for events celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Boscombe Corps, 18 – 21 November 2010.
The Boscombe Band (Bandmaster Dr. Howard J. Evans) had the pleasure of playing to a packed United Reform Church in Lymington on Saturday, 6 November 2010.
On Sunday evening, 25 September 2010, the Boscombe Band of the Salvation Army (Bandmaster Dr. Howard J. Evans) visited Winchester to give a concert in the United Church.