April 5th 2022: Unfortunately due to illness, we have canceled the practice this Sunday 10th April. The following Sunday 17th is Easter Day, so no practice until Sun 24th April. Enjoy the break and have a great Easter. March 10th 2022: The up and coming Jubilee events are going to be busy for the band. Delamere Community have changed their event from the Saturday to the Friday 3rd June to avoid a local clash with Tarporley Village nearby, who had both independently picked Saturday the 4th. February 2022: Back to regular Sunday practices, and a new music selection for the forthcoming season. June 2016: After our AGM in May, we have had a few changes. Chris Hardy has been kindly acting as Musical Director and Conductor for a couple of years, and he has now stepped down. The band is grateful to Chris for all his hard work preparing musical arrangements for us and organising our concert and practice programmed. We are now sadly without a conductor at present but are hopeful that this is but a short interlude. As you read this and either wish to help us out either on a temporary basis or potentially more permanently, you are welcome to ether come to our practice and make an introduction to us or seek further details in confidence from the Secretary Alan Walker or Treasurer Jonathan Howell.

Our strategy is to recruit more members and improve the band room to support our members. We have plans in progress for an inside toilet and possibly small refreshment area on a temporary basis while we seek charitable funds for larger improvements. To enable the future success of the band, we have decided to seek Charitable Status, and this will open a range of opportunities to the band in its organisation and community outreach. It is sad to say that a band so long established and with so illustrious a past could close due to a lack of members. The field next to the band room has planning permission for a new housing estate, and once this is completed, a new road will approach the band room and allow some easier access. We hope that this development will aid access for the band members to the band room.

September 2018: With great sadness to this band and many other banding friends, we heard the sad and unexpected news that Trevor Sutherland had died. Trevor, a musician, teacher, conductor, arranger and with associations to many bands and players, over a lifetime of music, was a regular conductor of our band. Trevor was full of enthusiasm and knowledge with a wit and humour that will be greatly missed. The band send deepest sympathy to Rita and his family at this sad time.

Winter 2019:A period of improvements have been started to add a new toilet, kitchen area and storage. The whole hall has been repainted and many areas improved by finishing touches and repair. The furniture has been improved, and a huge tidy up of old things has made quite a difference. With thanks for assistance from the Tarporley Parish Council for the successful grant, which helped fund the materials for the refurbishment.

February 2019: Hilary has kindly offered to conduct the band while we look to the future and try to build the band numbers. With the newly improved band hall, we hope improves our ability to recruit.

March 2020: We are sorry that as the COVID-19 restrictions will not allow band practices to continue and we must stop our regular practices. JH

September 2021: With the easing of lock-down restrictions and availability of vaccines, we are pleased to resume regular band practices on Sundays. This has been the only period where the band has not met since it formed in 1875, including both World Wars, so it has been a disappointment to have had to decline kind offers to play at resuming events this year. We look forward to much happier times ahead.

October 2021: We acknowledge the immense support as a Trustee, Chairman, player and organiser and other significant roles over many years, to Alan Kay, who announced his retirement from the band. In recent years he has played Baritone Horn, and a familiar face at our events, and someone we have been happy to know. We all wish Alan a very happy future. JH.

Wishing Ingrid Victor, who has been playing cornet for quite some time with Tarporley Band, our very best wishes and thanks.