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 [...]
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 [...]
Bournemouth Bandstand is always one of the highlights of the year for the band. The bandstand is situated in an ideal place to attract the passing visitors and therefore there is always a good crowd to listen to the music being played. The band played two concerts on the 24th July, one in the morning [...]
Having played at the London Marathon in April, the band made a second trip to the capital in July to play at the London 10K run. As was the case last year, the band were staged at the end of Westminster Bridge outside the historic County Hall building home of the GLC for many years. The [...]
On the 26th June the band made its annual appearance on the Southampton bandstand. For the previous two years the weather has been unfavourable with only a small handful of hardened followers in the audience. What a change therefore, to be bathed in beautiful sunshine for a two hour concert in the park. There were [...]
The band played two short sets at Wordsworth Infant School in Shirley for their May Fayre on Saturday 14th May. The event gave some of the members of our junior section an opportunity to play with the full band in an environment that was not too intimidating. The band are always keen to attract new [...]
On the 17th April the band made what is becoming its traditional trek to the London Marathon. We were allocated to play in the same place as last year on Jamaica Road in Bermondsey which is at about the 12 mile point of the marathon. It was an early start for the band leaving Southampton [...]
The band recently received an unusual request from Abdul Salam to play whilst he proposed to his girlfriend Shariah Haque. He had decided that the perfect spot to do this was at the picturesque location of Reinfield House in the New Forest. And so on Saturday, 2nd October to the accompaniment of “Can You Feel the Love [...]
