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*Latest Members Area Update: September 28th

*If you are using digital devices, please ensure that paper pads are maintained in alphabetical order, in the events that dep players are required*

​Thank you everybody
*Latest Engagements Area Update: September 28th

​PLEASE REVIEW, ADD TO YOUR DIARIES AND CONFIRM AVAILABILITY VIA SPOND

​Engagements Diary
All current engagements are detailed www.lewismerthyrband.com/engagements

*Any dates in italic text are subject to confirmation
*If you cannot make any engagements or rehearsals, please let both Sam know in advance and update Spond
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Pre-Contest Rehearsals
- Rehearsals the week before every contest are Monday, Wednesday & Friday evening
**Please note rehearsals the week before the Regional are different this year**

- Please keep these free, in addition to the contest dates themselves
- Sectional rehearsals are always welcomed and can be arranged at any time

Uniform
- Dress for all engagements is:

Walking Out Uniform
All black with white shirt, band tie & black softshell jackets

Stage Uniform
All black with white shirt, band bow tie & stage jacket

Uniform for percussion is all-black
*Please carry stage jackets in the uniform covers, available in the bandroom, at all times
*If you require any items of uniform, see David Griffiths

Wednesday October 14th
Aberfan 60
Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, London

Full details still being finalised
Large instruments to travel by vehicle for advance security screening
​Daytime tour of Parliament
Performance: 6:00pm
Programme
- Aberfan Requiem (Trott)
- Aberfan (Wood)
​- Aberfan (McGee) *Premiere
Reception: 8:00pm

*Small Ensemble Only*
Tuesday October 20th, Daytime TBD
Aberfan 60
​Pierhead Building, Senedd, Cardiff Bay

Aberfan Requiem (Trott)
Aberfan (Wood)
​Aberfan (McGee) *Premiere

Tuesday October 2Oth, 7:30pm
Aberfan 60
Pontardawe Arts Centre

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Aberfan Requiem (Trott)
Aberfan (Wood)
​Aberfan (McGee) *Premiere

Thursday October 22nd, 7:30pm
Aberfan 60
​St Elvan's, Cynon Valley

Aberfan Requiem (Trott)
Aberfan (Wood)
​Aberfan (McGee) *Premiere

Friday October 23rd, 7:00pm
Aberfan 60
Maesteg Town Hall

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Aberfan Requiem (Trott)
Aberfan (Wood)
​Aberfan (McGee) *Premiere

Wednesday November 4th, 7:30pm
​An Evening of Remembrance
with Cwmdare Voices & Pelenna Valley Male Choir
St Elvan's, Cynon Valley
www.stelvans.com/remembrance

Arrival - by 6:45pm please
Performance - 7:30pm
Close - 9:30pm
Parking  - in adjacent High Street Car Park or Crown Buildings Car Park (both free after 6:00pm)
Act I
Lewis Merthyr Band
- Summon the Heroes
- A Time For Peace
Town Church School Choir
Lewis Merthyr Band
​- Nightingale Dances
St John's School Choir
Lewis Merthyr Band
- Homecoming

​Cwmdare Voices Male Choir
- Big Band Tribute
- Peacemakers


Act II
Opening Fanfare - Intro: Standard of St George
DIRECTLY INTO I Vow To Thee My Country

DIRECTLY INTO Hymn to the Fallen [Torchbearers | Flags | Standards]
DIRECTLY INTO ​Hymn No. 79 – O God Our Help In Ages Past [Intro: Last 4 bars and 1 beat]

Opening Prayers | Reading
Nimrod
Exhortation - Last Post
Two Minutes Silence
Reveille - Kohima Epitaph
Blessing
Hymn No. 268 - Battle Hymn of the Republic [Intro written out at top]
DRUM ROLL - God Save The King [Hymn No 61]
DRUM ROLL - ​Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau [Intro written in at top]

FIVE PACE DRUM ROLL - March Off: Royal British Legion March

Sunday November 8th
​Remembrance Sunday

Bridgend Cenotaph (seated)

Seated Engagement
Arrive 10:00

Repertoire

- Hymns, as required, alternating with choir
Parade Arrives, then As Parade re-positions:
- Hymn: Abide With Me (No 29 - no intro - repeat as required)
Service

- Hymn: O God Our Help (No. 79 - 3 verses - Last 4 bars & 1 beat intro)
- Last Post & Reveille
Wreath Laying
​- Hymn For The Fallen

- Hymn: Cwm Rhondda (separate sheet - 3 verses - intro as marked)
National Anthems:
- God Save The Queen (Hymn No 61)
- Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (separate sheet)
Parade Departs

- Departure Music: Hymns, as required

Sunday November 8th
​Remembrance Sunday

​Tonyrefail School, Gilfach Rd, Tonyrefail, Porth CF39 8HG
(Road March & Service)

Parade and Service
10:00 Meet Tonyrefail School
10:20 Form Up
10:30 Step Off
​

Route
Tonyrefail School to Trane Cemetery
9 minute march

Parking
Tonyrefail School
Marching Procedure

​
Verbal Instruction: "Parade - Quick March"
Step Off without playing - Bass Drum only plays 2 x 3 pace rolls

Band segue into March: Death or Glory

Music rounds out, Bass Drum continues "Left - Left - Left, Right, Left"
Bass Drum signal to resume - 2 x 3 pace rolls -
Band segue back into March: Death or Glory
Bass Drum signal to end - "Double Tap - Double Tap - Left, Right, Left"
STOP PLAYING BUT KEEP MARCHING
Bass Drum continues - "Left - Left - Left, Right, Left"
Keep Marching, wheel right into Trane Cemetary

Vocal signal to halt - brief pause then second vocal instruction to “Fall Out” and single bass drum double tap to fall out reposition to concert formation

Repertoire

March:
- Death or Glory
Service:
- Hymn: Abide With Me
(No. 29 - 3 verses - Last 4 bars intro)
- Last Post & Reveille
Wreath Laying:

*No Music Required*
National Anthems
- God Save The Queen
​- Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Departure Music:
- I Vow To Thee My Country

Thursday December 10th, 7:00pm
The Snowman LIVE! By Candlelight
​Brangwyn Hall, Swansea

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Sat December 12th
The Glory of Christmas
​with Mountain Ash Choral Society
​St Elvan's
​7:00pm

Arrival & Access throughout the day
Rehearsal with Choir 17:30
Doors Open 18:15
Performance 19:00
Close 21:00
​Parking at adjacent High Street Car Park or nearby Crown Buildings Car Park


​Sunday 13th December, 2:00pm
The Snowman - Live!

St Elvan's, Cynon Valley


​​Sunday 13th December, 6:30pm
The Snowman - Live!

Llandaff Cathedral

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Wed 16th December
Carols By Candlelight 
Heritage Park Hotel

Arrival & Access from 17:30
Doors Open 18:15
Performance 19:00
Close 21:15
​Parking On Site


Saturday December 19th
Carolling
Venue TBC


Sunday December 20th
Carolling
Venue TBC

Sunday December 20th, 6:30pm TBC
Christmas Carol Service

St Fagan's, Trecynon 



2027

Sunday February 21st
Welsh Open Championships
Riverfront, Newport

Rehearsal TBD 
​Likely Rogerstone Bandroom

Programme

Back To The Future [3:15]
TNT [5:10]
Eve of the War [2:45]
Homecoming [excerpt] [3:00]
​Doctor Who | Exterminate [5:00]

​TOTAL: 19:10
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Saturday February 27th TBC
​Hymns & Arias for St David's Day
​St Elvan's, Cynon Valley

Arrival & Access from 17:00
Doors Open 18:00
Performance 19:00
Close 21:00
Programme

​Sosban Fach [New]
*Repeat to Bar 3, then Repeat as printed*
Hymns & Arias
Calon Lan
*Playover - Whole piece 3 times - Repeat Chorus*
Variations On A Welsh Theme

Hymns & Arias
Aberfan
Rachie
*Repeat end of Bar 28 to beginning*
Myfanwy
Hymns & Arias

Zulu

Sosban Fach [Wood]
Doctor Who

Hymns & Arias
Cwm Rhondda
*Playover - Whole piece 3 times - Repeat Chorus*

Was Lebet
*From Letter Y*

Hymns & Arias
Delilah

Legends of Cyfartha
Yma O Hyd
*Repeat end of Bar 40, back to the beginning twice (play three times in total"
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
*4 Bars & 1 Beat Intro - Repeat Chorus*


Saturday March 13th
Welsh Regional Championships
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea

2026 Grading Table

P*** & D*** 4 + 1 + 1 = 6 PROMOTED
Tylorstown 4.5R + 2 + 3 = 9.5
Pontarddulais 4.5R + 4.5R + 2 = 11
Lewis Merthyr 6 + 3 + 5 = 14
Deiniolen 4.5P + 4.5P + 7W = 16​
Usk 4.5P + 6 + 6 = 16.5
Burry Port 7 + 5 + 7W = 19
Beaumaris 9DNC + 7 + 4 = 20 RELEGATED​

2027
Tylorstown 2 + 3 = 5
Pontarddulais 4.5R + 2 = 6.5
BTM 4R + 4R = 8

Lewis Merthyr 3 + 5 = 8
Abertillery 4P + 4P = 8
Deiniolen 4.5P + 7W = 11.5​

Usk 6 + 6 = 12
Burry Port 5 + 7W = 12

​www.wrbbc.co.uk/grading-tables
Rehearsal
​14:30 [*start*] to 15:30
​*Arrival at 14:00 | 14:15 latest please*

Briton Ferry Bandroom
nr. Vernon Place & Regent St West
Briton Ferry
Neath Port Talbot
SA11 2PL

Directions:
goo.gl/maps/Xk9MbuooEzGJ1zs4A


The bandroom is located in Briton Ferry near the old Llansawel Primary School at Vernon Place. You can find it at the bottom of the lane whose entry is located near the meeting of Vernon Place and Regent St West, opposite the side gate of the old school building

*Please park on the main road - do not enter the lane to the bandroom itself*


2026 Contest Timings
14:30 Draw

17:00 Band Number 1 to 3 backstage
17:20 Band Number 1 commences. Total number of bands: SIX (details available below)
Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall Rd S, Swansea, SA1 4PE


Curry Timings
​20:00 Panshee, Swansea
29 Singleton St, Swansea SA1 3QN
pansheeswansea.online
Menu

pansheeswansea.online/menu


Saturday March 20th
Brass & Voices
with Fron & Gwalia Male Choirs
Morriston Tabernacle Church, Swansea

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Sunday March 21st
Brass & Voices
with Fron Male Choir
​St Elvan's, Cynon Valley

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Sunday May 9th TBC
Senior Cup
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
​*qualification dependent*


Saturday May 15th
​"From Stage & Screen"
with Colstars
St Elvan's, Cynon Valley

Picture

Saturday June 19th
"Time & Space"
Criccieth Arts Festival
​North Wales


Sunday June 20th
Brass & Voices of Wales
with Fron Male Choir
North Wales Venue TBD


Saturday June 26th
​"Time & Space"
​Oriana Festival
​St Elvan's, Cynon Valley

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Dolbadarn (Glyn) 3
Doctor Who (Grainger | Harper) 1.5
Neanderthal (Thorne) [pre-recorded]
With His First Breath (Lovatt-Cooper) 4.5
Men of Stone (Pickard) 3
Sosban Fach (Wood) 4
The Pines of the Appian Way (Respighi / Snell) 5
How To Train Your Dragon (Powell) 7
Canterbury Chorale (Van Der Roost) 5
​
Penrhys Fanfare (Tann) [cornets only] 3
Pastime With Good Company (Henry VIII | Roberts) 4
Toccata In D Minor (Bach | Farr) 4
Ave Verum Corpus (Moazrt / Jakeway) 3
Paganini Variations [Excerpt] (Wilby) 8
Legends of Cyfartha (Hall) 5
Cymmer Colliery Memorial* 15
Doctor Who | Exterminate 6

Thursday July 15th 
Cymmer Colliery Memorial Project

St John's, Cymmer


Thursday July 17th 
Cymmer Colliery Memorial Project

Llandaff Cathedral


Saturday July 31st TBC
Brass & Voices of Wales
​Powys TBC


Sunday August 1st TBC
National Eisteddfod of Wales

Glantwymyn, Powys


November 4th to 8th
Luxembourg International Military Tattoo
D'Coque Arena, Luxembourg City

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Wednesday November 10th
An Evening of Remembrance
St Elvan's, Cynon Valley


Saturday November 13th
Tattoo Cymru
Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon

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​Sunday November 14th, 10:00
March & Service of Remembrance
Bridgend Cenotaph


Sunday November 14th, 10:00
March & Service of Remembrance
Tonyrefail


Saturday December 11th, 7:00pm
The Glory of Christmas
St Elvan's, Cynon Valley


Sunday December 12th, 2:00pm
The Snowman Live!
St Elvan's, Cynon Valley


Sunday December 12th, 6:30pm
The Snowman LIVE! By Candlelight
Llandaff Cathedral


Wednesday December 15th, 7:00pm
Carols By Candlelight
Heritage Park Hotel


Thursday December 16th TBC
Carol Service
Coychurch Crematorium
Simonston Rd, Coychurch, Bridgend CF35 6AB

Arrival & Access from 17:45 
Doors Open 18:15
Performance 19:00
Close c.20:00
Parking On Site



Individual Practice Resources

Below are a few practice routines, free to download
​Warming Up
Straight Forward Warm Up Routine
File Size: 95 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


​Daily Practice Routine
Daily Practice Routine
File Size: 5300 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Six hymns with play along backing tracks

The music and backing tracks can be downloaded from:
Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10lPpTvh1J87tx0qBtmGYqyqjszuc0UF2?usp=sharing
Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aha1hgz1iv0108z/AAAQoeVUPp4gfO5GeLymHpjja?dl=0


The accompaniment videos can be found in this YouTube playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiObarmr8IJ5gzv--FPIhlvD4eXBSrsJY

Backing tracks are also available (in both mp3 and WAV format) to play along with, or piano accompaniments for both Bb and Eb instruments are also included

Arban Cornet Method (Complete)
Click here to download free
​​
Recommended Exercises (page numbers below refer to the pages in the document, not the printed page numbers)
​
Pg 29 - No 47
Pg 30 - No 48
Pg 34 to 36 (single tonguing)
Pg 44 - No 38 (intervals)
Pg 47 to 49 (slurs)
Pg 50 (flexibilities)
Pg 67 (scales)
Pg 84 (chromatics)
Pg 99 (key signatures)
Pg 140 (triplets)
Pg 149 - No 45 & 46
Pg 150 & 155 (key signatures)
Pg 163 (triple tonguing)
Pg 183 (double tonguing)
Pg 293 onwards (studies & air varies)


Past Member Only Recordings

Saturday February 29th
Welsh Regional Championships
​Great Hall, Swansea University
Test Piece: Legacy

LMB live contest performance recording

2020 Results

1. BTM
2. Tylorstown
3. Deiniolen
4. Lewis Merthyr
​5. Parc & Dare
6. Pontarddulais
7. Newport
W Llanrug
www.wrbbc.co.uk/2020-results

Post-Contest 2021 Rankings

Tylorstown 3 + 5 + 2 = 10 PROMOTED
Deiniolen 4 + 4 + 3 = 11
BTM 6 + 7 + 1 = 14
Pontarddulais 5.5 + 3 + 6 = 14.5
Lewis Merthyr 5 + 6 + 4 = 15
Parc & Dare 5.5R + 6R + 5 = 16.5
Newport 5.5P + 6P + 7 = 18.5
Llanrug 8 + 9 + 8 = 25 RELEGATED
*Ebbw Valley relegated from Championship
*Markham and Taff Vale promoted from Second Section


Previous Recordings

Recordings of the band over the past few years can be found below
For video recordings of the band, visit the video section of the website here 
For the Brass & Voices of Wales disc, visit www.lewismerthyrband.com/cd 

The Brass & Voices of Wales album is also now available for download at www.lewismerthyrband.bandcamp.com
Additional videos are available on the band's YouTube channel here

GBBA 2019 Recordings


Band Cymru 2018 Recordings


Band Cymru 2016 Recordings

01_home_of_legends.m4a
File Size: 6528 kb
File Type: m4a
Download File

02_whirlwind.m4a
File Size: 5040 kb
File Type: m4a
Download File

03_abide_with_me.m4a
File Size: 4800 kb
File Type: m4a
Download File

*As a larger file, the fourth track Peacemakers must be accessed for download via the Dropbox folder here or can be played online by clicking on the image above
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