Brass on Grass
With Guest Bands:
Cambourne Town Band
Helston Town Band
St Keverne Band
With Massed Bands Spectacular
Compere: Mr Philip Hunt
Admission: Adults £7.00 Children £ 1.00 (Accompanied by an adult)
Parade: 6.30 pm, Concert: 7.00 pm in the marquee on the recreation ground
Free Parking & Special Access for Disabled Persons
Refreshments available
Weekend of Brass & Voice
Constantine Male Voice Choir
Constantine School Choirs
Trengilly Singers
Constantine School Samba Band
Constantine Silver Band
Compere: Mr Arthur Moyle
Admission £3.50 Children £1.00 (Accompanied by an adult)
Port Navas Regatta
This year’s Port Navas Regatta is on Saturday, August 1st. An early tide should allow a 12 noon start. As usual there will be great food available so plan to come for lunch! The Oyster Farm will be running an Oyster Bar and the Port Navas Yacht Club will be serving alcoholic beverages in their car park. There will be the usual mix of rowing, running and swimming races and loads of other diversions for the kids. Everyone is welcome and entry is free!
Gorseth Kernow
Contantine Silver Band’s Gorseth Kernow Award: 26 September 2006
On a summer’s day in Comwall, with a gale-force wind and driving rain, Fran and I set out to Redruth School to attend a Gorseth Ceremony. We had the honour of representing Constantine Silver Band to accept an award from the Gorsedd Council in appreciating the Bands contribution to music.
With much excitement and nervous anticipation we joined other award winners in the main hall to attend the ceremony. It was a very moving experience with hundreds of bards in their blue robes and Cornish colours with the Grand Bard embellished in Copper. After the bards’ procession there followed a formal welcome, a Herald Bard to the Homer to soundEast, South, West and North of Cornwall.
There then followed a prayer, Grand Bard and responses, before the charming Flower Dance of about 20 children in green tunics and wearing beautiful headdresses, giving a delightful dance routine. Then came the offering of the Fruits of the earlh and song relating to the seasons.
The Deputy Grand Bard then acknowledged the comrades who have gone from the world during the past year and acknowledged to God the help He gave them in performing their work in Cornwall, then a hymn and initiation of new bards followed by short speeches, announcements and presentations.
This is our moment and we walk together, heads held high, towards the Grand Bard. In a line of other award recipients at last we go forward accompanied by a bard holding a copper-top staff and receive a beautiful large copper salver and certificate, to much applause. This was towards the end of the ceremony and, with the Sword of King Arthur, Song and Cry of Peace, the ceremony closed with the procession of the bards, headed by the newly crowned bard Mrs V. Beeman and accompanied by members of old Cornwall Societies and other Cornish Associations.
It was a memorable occasion and one on which we were proud to be Cornish and accept the award on behalf of the Band.
W. D. Down
Mrs V Beeman, Fran and Dougie Down with the band's Gorseth Kernow award
