Author: mark

The annual Sea Pie supper held by the Cachalots (the Southampton Master Mariners) held at the City Cruise Terminal at the beginning of February is becoming a regular event for […]

In the middle of January the band travelled to the Isle Of Wight to take part in a Sankey service at St. John’s Church, Sandown. Ira David Sankey was an […]

We are currently looking for additional players to join the band. We are particularly keen to recruit players in the cornet and percussion sections. If you are interested in playing with […]

The band’s annual Christmas concert was held early this year on 30th November at St. James Road Methodist Church in Shirley. A good sized audience were treated to two halves of […]

The band made their annual trip to London for the London 10K run. For the past 5 years the band has been playing at the end of Westminster Bridge as […]

The weather during July has been fantastic and temperatures have reached levels that we haven’t seen since 2007. Our first trip to Bournemouth this year was no exception. The crowds […]

The band were once again invited to play in Winchester Cathedral for the Master Mariner’s Thanksgiving Service on June 13th in the presence of HRH the Princess Royal. The band […]

Recently the band received a £2,000 grant from the Co-op Community Fund to help purchase some pedal timpani for the band. The cost of buying new instruments is expensive and with […]

Our annual concert at Romsey Bandstand is traditionally scheduled in May which leaves it open to the vaguries of the weather. Two out of the last four years have been […]

At the end of April the band played for the HMS Newfoundland Veterans at their annual reunion. Last year the reunion took place in Torquay but this year it had […]