Guise Dancing in Cornwall is spelt variously as Gees, Geeze, Giz, Geys and Guize but always pronounced as “Geeze”. It is probably a conflation of the Cornish “ges” meaning jeer, joke, mockery, ridicule, satire; the Cornish “gis” meaning fashion, guise, style, way; and the English term “guise”.
Merv Davey- 15 April 2023
Kevin Mackenzie, Camborne Town Band Musical Director. Kevin was born on the 1st March 1977, in Middlesex, and in 1989 he and his family moved to Cornwall. Kevin’s mother and her father are musical and they were very supportive when he showed an interest in joining a brass band.
Tony Mansell
- 20 March 2023
The Roseland with Trewince indicated Trevince March relates to an area in Gwennap, some distance from the Roseland but at some point the name became corrupted to Trewince and adopted into the repertoire of Roseland bands, including St Anthony’s Noyse Band. Whether the slight change in name was deliberate
- 1 March 2023
Awaked from sleep we fall before thee, God of love, and chant the praise the angels raise, O God of might, above: Holy, Holy, Holy! Thou art God adored! In thy pitying mercy show us mercy, Lord. As at thy call I rise, shine on this mind and heart, and
- 27 February 2023
Derek was born in 1945, in the little village of Earby. At that time it was in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire but much to his disgust, the boundary was moved and since 1974 it has been administered by Lancashire County Council. However, it still celebrates its Yorkshire roots
- 17 February 2023