Mortimer

We relocated our rehearsal venue to Mortimer in 2013 and have been thrilled to perform on many occasions since then, either as a full band, or with smaller groups. We provided a few of our musicians to play at most of the Fun Days since then, and to support the singing at the Christmas Carols organised by local churches each year.

For the first 2 years, our regular rehearsal venue was at Mortimer St. John's Infant School with the occasional rehearsal next door in St. John’s Church. In September 2016 we moved to Mortimer Methodist Church for our regular Friday evening rehearsals.  We have since relocated to a larger hall in Tadley for our weekly rehearsals, but still regard Mortimer as our home, performing in the village at least once each year.

Our biggest challenge is finding a place large enough for us to perform in and still have space for an audience. Working with Mortimer Village Partnership helped us to create an opportunity for us to perform in the village for the first time on 5th July 2015. Making the most of the marquee tent still on the Fairground from the Fun Day meant we had the perfect venue for our "Music for a Family Picnic" event. We were pleased to welcome many of the local people to join us and the children from Mortimer St John's Infant School for an afternoon of music. We returned there for our second marquee Mortimer concert "Community Celebrations" in 2016, continued in 2017 with "Heroes and Villains", and then in 2018 with "Stage and Screen". See our pictures of the events in our Gallery 2011-2016, 2017 and 2018 pages. We also played on the Fairground in Mortimer in 2016 during the Queen's Birthday celebrations.

Our first indoor concert in Mortimer was in St John's Church on 15th October 2016. See our Gallery 2011-2016 page for more details. We returned to St John's Church for our Winter Concerts in December 2017, 2018 and 2019, our Spring Concert in March 2019, and then in October 2022 when we were able to return after Covid. We will return for our summer concert in 2023.
SBCB St John's Church
St. John's Church, Mortimer