The band are delighted to have been awarded a generous grant from The Arts Council of Wales, funding which has been made available by the Welsh Government as part of its Cultural Recovery Fund.
The grant will go a long way in helping the band continue its activites as best as possible during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
The band are very grateful to The Arts Council of Wales for the awarding of this grant and for its continued support.
The band’s first ever ‘Virtual Concert’, published during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, and associated fundraiser has been featured by BBC Cymru, both in a television news broadcast on Sunday 13th July and online.
The Virtual Concert is available to view from the Virtual Concert post on this website.
As mentioned in the news feature, if you would like to make a donation to the band, please follow this link to the band’s current campaign on GoFundMe.
The band would like to congratulate Neil Palmer (a.k.a. Mr. Pontardulais Town Band) on winning the Lifetime Achievement Award in the South Wales Evening Post Community Awards 2019.
The award ceremony took place at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea on Friday 22nd March. The judges for the award were:
Leon Britton – Swansea City AFC Ambassador
Lisa Cameron – Commercial Managing Director of Media Wales
Kev Johns MBE – Actor and Broadcaster
Phillipa Mounsey – representing one of the sponsors, McDonald’s
Mathew Rees – 2018 Amabassador Award winner
Jonathan Roberts – Editor at South Wales Evening Post
February 9th 2019 saw the return of the Pontardulais Town Band Awards Evening, held on this occasion at Tree Tops Country Club in Swansea.
The awards were presented by new Band President, Mr. Garry Owen, and the prize winners were as follows:
Most Improved Player of the Year: Lyndon Harris (Euphonium)
Bandsperson of the Year: Carly Shanklin (Cornet)
Player of the Year: Gareth Halfpenny (Trombone)
Players’ Player of the Year: Kevin Shanklin (Soprano cornet)
A special presentation was also made to Jayne Kinnear for her tireless work ‘behind the scenes’ over the past year, which has included securing numerous grants for the band to fund Workshops, purchase instruments for the Training band and for upgrading band facilities, to name but a few. Jayne was also heavily involed in the planning of the hugely successful Festival of Remembrance Concert held in November 2018.
Most Improved Player of the Year – Lyndon Harris
Bandsperson of the Year – Carly Shanklin
Player of the Year – Gareth Halfpenny
Players’ Player of the Year – Kevin Shanklin
Special Contribution Award – Jayne Morgan Kinnear
All the prize winners, along with Band President Garry Owen, Band Chairperson Sue Aldrich and Senior Band Conductor Paul Jenkins.
The band are pleased to announce that Mr. Haldon Evans, the band’s current composer in residence, has been selected as one of eight composers to take part in Tŷ Cerdd’s new CoDI BUDDIES scheme, working with the Pontardulais Town Junior Band.
