On Sunday 22nd April the band played on Jamaica Road in Bermondsey to accompany the athletes running the London Marathon and to entertain the many thousands of people cheering the runners on. This is the fifth appearance of the band at the marathon and is the third year we have performed at Jamaica Road. An [...]
Performances for different organisation’s reunion weekends is becoming a staple diet of the band. This weekend the band travelled to Torquay to play for the HMS Newfoundland reunion Sunday service followed by a short concert of typical marine type tunes. These events are always well received by the veterans attending these weekends and this weekend [...]
For the second year running we were asked to play for the Southampton Round Table’s Annual Dinner at the De Vere Hotel in Southampton. The band provided background music throughout the various courses at dinner before finishing with some rousing numbers that the audience were able to join in with that included Eric Coates “Dambusters” [...]
Having had a month to recover from Christmas the band were back in action again on the first weekend in February. Friday night saw the band perform for the Master Mariner’s dinner held in the City Terminal located in Southampton dockyard. The band have accompanied the Master Mariner’s dinner for the past several years but [...]
The band is always pleased to welcome new players. We are a non-competing band who play a variety of different concerts throughout the year. These include playing at local bandstands, playing cruise liners away, the London Marathon, leading the Southampton Rememberance parade, providing music for formal dinners, playing at certain organisation’s reunion events and occasional [...]
Christmas as usual has been a busy time of the year for the band. We have played three times at Marks and Spencer raising money for charity, played the carols for a carol service at St. Albans Church, Swaythling, performed for the Masonic Lodge in Lexby Road, Totton and had a great evening [...]
Our second trip to Coventry in 3 weeks was to support the British Korean Veterans Association whose members fought in the Korean War from 1950-53, the first war to be officially sanctioned by the United Nations. We were asked to play a concert at their formal dinner in the presence of his Excellency the [...]
The band have just returned from a week long tour to Madeira. The weather was fantastic for the duration of the trip and a selection of the photos have been posted in the gallery section of the website. More details of the tour will appear soon.
On the 24th September the band travelled to Coventry for the weekend. The purpose of the trip was to play a concert for the Cornish Clay Miners who hold a reunion annually. This year they had taken over the Royal Court Hotel in Coventry. The band were asked to play a concert on the Saturday night consisting of a mix of brass [...]
On the 31st July the band were asked to play away the P&O Cruise ship Aurora in the traditional style of crusie liners leaving Southampton Docks. The Aurora was starting on its way for a trip round the Western Mediterranean for 12 nights visiting Florence, Rome and Barcelona. For more pictures look at our [...]
