Someone Special

At a Special General Meeting of the Band, Paul Thomason was thanked for his incredible service. Paul retired from playing this autumn after nearly 30 years with Flixton, mostly as Band Manager (12 years) or Assistant Band Manger.

In Paul’s time the band has faced several challenges and we owe our current stability as an organisation in large part to his efforts. Paul’s many achievements include securing a new band room when our previous location at Bowfell House was due to be bull-dozed to make space for a new residential home. He was also instrumental in the vision to create our Community Band and in obtaining the charitable funds to provide new instruments to realise this vision.

Will Haw, who recently took up where Paul left off, presented Paul with Life Membership. The meeting also approved Paul’s appointment as an Honorary Vice President of the organisation.

We wish Paul all the very best and trust that we will be seeing him regularly as he takes advantage of his free concert attendance.