Kingston & Malden Scout & Guide Band

Marsden March – and a very special award!

simonjdigweed — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:20:31 +0000

On Sunday 11th March, the band played to over 4,000 marchers, sponsored to walk the 14 miles between the Chelsea and Sutton Royal Marsden Hospitals. The Marsden March is a way for individuals, friends and family to raise funds for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and to show their support for the charity or to honour a …

Band camp in the snow!

simonjdigweed — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:17:33 +0000

Our annual band camp at Gilwell Park was accompanied by a welcome addition to the team, ‘Pete’ the snowman! A heavy snow flurry overnight put paid to our well planned day of music rehearsal and instead led to snowball fights and a snowman building competition – we even made it to the front page of …

Annual awards night!

simonjdigweed — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:34:51 +0000

The first Saturday in December is traditionally the time for K&M’s annual awards night – a mix of concert style music with the added recognition of all the hard work of our young people throughout the year! This year was no exception, and we were delighted to welcome the deputy mayor of the Royal Borough …

Racenight!

simonjdigweed — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:17:43 +0000

Saturday 7th October saw the band’s second ever race night held at Rowe Hall. Around 80 band members, friends and family joined in the fun – each taking it in turns to field a ‘horse’ in 8 races throughout the evening. Bets could be placed at the tote before each race, with winnings contributing to …