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Black Dyke Friends Soc.

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Subject: Black Dyke Friends Soc.
From: Les McCormack <lmm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 10:12:59 GMT
Organization: York EMC Services
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> Could anyone out there please inform as to if Black Dyke Mills have a web
> page? Also could they give me any information as to the Black Dyke Mills Fan
> Club? Lastly could anyone help me trace any old copies of the British
> Bandsman. I am looking for as many back issues (even No.1!!) as I can find.
> This is for a dissertation I am hoping to write for my University Degree.
> 

Black Dyke don't yet have a web site. Bradford and Bingley have said
that they will put some stuff on their site about the Band but I
haven't seen anything yet. Also one or two people who aren't in the
Band have said that they'd like to set up a Dyke site although again I
haven't seen anything yet. If  my desk is ever clear and if I get a
weekend when we don't have a gig I may get round to sorting something
out. Don't hold your breath.

Dyke do however have a friends society. I think at present there are
about 1000 people  world wide that are regular subscribers. The
Friends Soc. publish a news letter and run promotions on concert
tickets, CDs, merchandise etc. Merchandise include T shirts,
sweatshirts, polo shirts, badges, key rings, hats, ties, silk scarf's,
you name it. You don't have to be a friend to buy merchandise but if
you are you can claim some discounts. There are also special Friends
concerts and later this year there is a Friends weekend which I'm told
will include visits to local Brass Band places of interest in West
Yorkshire, a guided tour of the Band room and culminating in a private
concert and dinner with the Band. Again, you don't have to be in the
Friends Soc. to visit the Band room, it's open house to anyone at all
rehearsals, Mon. and Thus., 7.30-9.30. However, it's a pretty small
room and there is only room for about 8 guest chairs so arrive early
if you want a chair because most are taken at each rehearsal. It might
be a good idea to mail me if you want to come up just to make sure
that the rehearsal is on and that we're in the Band room. For example,
before the Open last year we didn't use the Band room because it was
too small for the seating required for Phil Wilby's Revelation.

Enquiries about the Friends Society should be sent to:

Mike Heywood
8 Pennine Close
Queensbury
West Yorks.
UK

or you can mail me and I'll pass the stuff on to Mike.

I think that the annual fee for the Friends Soc. is 10 pounds, there
are slightly different fees for family membership or lifetime
membership. I'll get these details and post them soon.

Regards

LM
Black Dyke Mills Band

Leslie McCormack	       EMC Engineer
York EMC Services	     Department of Electronics
University of York		Tel: +44 (0) 1904 434440  
Email lmm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  Fax: +44 (0) 1904 434434


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