Timespanners Samba Band

TIMESPANNERS SAMBA BAND

On May 6th 2000 the participants of Timespan were invited to participate in a parade to mark the opening of the Newbury Spring Festival.

The group quickly organised themselves into a Samba band, under the leadership of percussionist Paul Midgely, although at that time they only had African drums and hand percussion rather than genuine Samba drums.

The event was a tremendous success, which you can access elsewhere on this site, and all the participants expressed a wish to do more Samba playing. As luck would have it, by July Paul Midgely managed to acquire a full set of Samba drums for use with his Basingstoke based Drum Runners Group.



So... we had the enthusiasm, we had the drums, we had the leader and with our Newbury Spring Festival gig under our belts we were starting to gain a reputation.

We were invited to do five gigs over the Summer (see below) and interest in the band is so strong that it looks like Timespanners Samba band is going to become a feature of events in West Berkshire in the 2001 - 2002 season.

If you would like to book the band for an event next year, would like a gig list or would like to become a friend of Timespanners then e-mail Paul Midgely at the following address:
Drumrunners@cs.com

The following gigs have been supported by:



Greenham Trust & Sticks & Strings:

Hillview Farm Open Day 5th August
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre Open Day 13th August
Corn Exchange Inside /Outside Season 26th August
Thatcham Kingsland Centre 9th September
Fairclose Day Centre 6th October

You can access them at these addresses:

www.sticksandstrings.co.uk
www.greenham-common-trust.co.uk