1836: Bodmin Band at Fowey Annual Rowing Regatta. (RCG 22nd July 1836) 1836: Bodmin Band playing the most popular airs. (RCG 5th August 1836) 1837: Bodmin Band at Tywardreath Friendly Society event. (RCG 26th May 1837) 1840: Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia: 3rd Battalion (Militia) Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. “This
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Cornish Brass Band Contest results are recorded separately and can be found using this link 1841: Newspaper reports of Camborne Band formation. (Camborne Town Band by Tony Mansell) 1846: Camborne Band at an event. (14 August 1846 – Royal Cornwall Gazette) 1848 – 7th August: Camborne Band played at
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Boscastle is a village and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall 14 miles south of Bude and 5 miles northeast of Tintagel 1898: Boscastle Brass & Reed Band formed. Played at carnivals, fetes and for dancing on the lawn opposite Manor House. (John Brush) Boscastle Brass & Reed
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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
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This was the contest site during the 1940s/50s and may have been the location of the early contests The first series of Mid-Cornwall Bandsmen’s Festivals, better known as Stenalees Contest, began in 1922 and ended with the ninth contest, in 1930. Why it ceased is unknown, especially as it
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