Contesting Not all bands enter competitions and there are some which shun the contest stage, preferring to concentrate their efforts in providing music for local events. For most players, though, contesting has always been an important part of brass banding, the reason that they spend so many hours trying to
Tony Mansell
- 15 April 2020
Veryan is a coastal civil parish and village on the Roseland Peninsula No celebration was complete without a brass band. (Book of Veryan and Portloe by Diana Smith) 1890s: Veryan Brass Band active. (BBHD / Diana Smith) 1893: Hundreds of people were attracted from a distance to the charming
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The church town of St Allen is an isolated hamlet and the main settlement in the parish is Zelah Unknown formation date. 1901: We should also like it to be known that the St Allen Fife and Drum Band did good service by assisting the Town Band during the
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Polruan is a small fishing village in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Fowey Unknown formation date. 1868: Polruan. The arrangements were good, and everything seemed to go on harmoniously. The Polruan Rifle Band attended and played a nice selection of music. (27 August 1868 – Royal Cornwall Gazette) 1870: Polruan Band
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Lanivet is approximately 2¹⁄₂ miles southwest of Bodmin Unknown formation date. 1873: The members assembled at the Court House clothed in regalia, and formed in procession. The adult portion was headed by the Charlestown Band, under the leadership of Mr J Viol and the juveniles by the Lanivet Drum
- 15 April 2020