Coalburn recorded for documentary
THE Coalburn Silver Band is to feature in a film celebrating the mining heritage of South Lanarkshire.
Members of the band were filmed during a recent rehearsal as part of the Pits, Ponies, People and Stories project. The scheme, which is financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund and managed by South Lanarkshire Council, aims to gather and record knowledge, experience, stories and songs relating to the mining history of the area.
Recent filming in the band room will form part of an all encompassing short film covering all aspects of the project. The footage of the band will be used and the music, Abide With Me and the march Castell Coch, will be used as overlays in various parts of the film.
Coalburn Silver's involvement with Pits, Ponies, People and Stories stretches back to October 2014, when the band sent a soloist to the National Mining Museum in Newtongrange for a commemorative event relating to the Blantyre Mining Disaster in 1877 (Scotland's worse ever mining disaster).
It was then involved in a showcase event at Hamilton Townhouse which brought together pupils from 30 schools across the region where a quintet supported pupils from Duncanrigg Secondary School, East Kilbride playing live music (Brassed Off repertoire). The event was seen by all primary six pupils in the region, along with parents and friends, at a packed evening performance.
The band is sending another quintet back through to the National Mining Museum in Newtongrange later in October to perform at another commemorative event.
A spokesman for Coalburn Silver Band said: "We have thoroughly enjoyed being part of the Pits, Ponies, People and Stories project. All in all it's been a fabulous experience and one which the band is extremely proud to be associated with."
