Shirley Woodward
Coming from a background of teaching and local politics, Shirley Woodward
has thirty years experience of administrative work with Brass Bands in
the North West of England.
She started her involvement with brass bands as Librarian and Band Secretary
of Bold Miners’ Band, St. Helens. Mentored by Stan Winter, she had
a thorough grounding in contest organisation. Whilst serving as Minute
Secretary to the Preston District, she was ‘head hunted’ by
the late Don Redfern to take on the roll of High Peak District Secretary.
This involved being Contest Organiser for the Buxton Brass Band Festival
and to date she has notched up her 18th year in charge of the popular
contest.
Shirley became General Secretary of the North West Area Brass Bands Association
in 1993, an office which takes up much of her time. She was recently instrumental
in setting up their website and enjoys the computer work involved.
She is Chairman of the North West Regional Championships Executive Committee.
As a long serving member of the BFBB Executive Committee, her main interests
are the concerns of lower section and non-contesting bands and above all,
the involvement of young people in banding. Her artistic and computer
skills are used in producing the programme for the National Youth Brass
Band Championships.
