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Watership Brass started life in 1980 and was originally known as The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Band based in Basingstoke. Around 1984 the band moved to Kingsclere, a town located within Watership Down, the name was changed to Watership Brass.
Storm damage to the Kingsclere Methodist Hall in 1990 forced a move, firstly to the Baptist Church Hall and then to our current place of residence, the Newbury Sea Cadets Hall, in Craven Dene, off London Road in Newbury. We rehearse on Tuesday evenings throughout the year and welcome visitors and new members enthusiastically.
Whilst we enjoy our local events, we have also entertained audiences further afield. Past tours have included Holland (1991), Germany (1996), Canada (1998) and South Africa (2001). Our tour to Italy in 2007 successfully strengthened the relationship between Newbury and it's twin town Feltre with plans to visit our other twin towns in the future. We also been to Belgium in August 2012.
The most recent tours have been tri-state European tour to Holland, Luxembourg and Germany in August 2015 and the Czech Republic in August 2018.
Rehearsal Info:
Tuesday evenings 7.45pm - 10pm.
Sea Cadets Hall,
Cravendene,
Newbury,
Berkshire.
Nationals Area: London and Southern Counties (includes Channel Islands)
Section Play In: Unregistered