Following the sad death in August of our President Bobby Astill, we were delighted to announce at our Last Night of the Proms concert this evening that our new President is Castletown’s very own internationally acclaimed opera star, Miss Christine Teare.

Christine, who has performed with the Royal Opera, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera and internationally with Augsburg and the Pocket Opera Company Nuremburg, has close family ties with the band. Her late father and brother were both members of the band, and her mother is a regular supporter at our concerts in the town.

On being asked if she would be willing to take up the position of President, Christine said, “she was overwhelmed to be asked to be President of CMSB, and exceptionally honoured to accept, particularly in view of her family connections with the band.”

Band Secretary Simon Court said “Christine was an obvious choice to succeed Bobby as our new President. The band are delighted that she accepted our invitation and look forward to ever closer ties with Christine, including future concerts in which she will hopefully take part”.

The band’s next engagement will be at Victoria Road School, Castletown on November 7^th for our annual Poppy Concert.