Cornish Brass Band Contest results are recorded separately and can be found using this link

 

Unknown formation date.

1866 to 1886: Devoran Brass Band contesting. (Contest archive)

1866: Devoran Band active. (15 July 1886 – Cornishman)

1883: Jonathan Webber, Devoran Brass Band MD. (John Brush)

1886: Devoran Brass Band at a Forestry event at Perranarworthal. (27 August 1886 – Royal Cornwall Gazette)

1887: Devoran Brass Band played during a church service celebrating Queen Victoria’s Jubilee, a type of engagement that was not usually entrusted to a Cornish brass band of that time. The reason could well be because they were, at that time, one of the leading bands in Cornwall. (John Brush)

1888: Devoran Brass Band at Devoran Regatta. (16 August 1888 – Royal Cornwall Gazette)

This photograph is thought to be Devoran Band (Courtesy Terry Knight of St Agnes)

This photograph is thought to  relate to Devoran Band (Courtesy Terry Knight of St Agnes)

1894: Devoran Band at an event. (2 August 1894 – Cornishman)

1897: St Erth, Illogan, and Devoran Bands at a New-connexion school at Tuckingmill. (10 June 1897 – Cornishman)

1908: Devoran Brass and Reed Band assembled at the schoolroom, and formed in procession. (2 July 1908 – Royal Cornwall Gazette)

Unknown Closure date.

 

 

Compiled by Tony Mansell (Bardh Kernow)

 

This collection is a part of the Cornish National Music Archive (CNMA) project to Collect, Preserve and Share our Cornish Heritage and Culture.

It is based on location as each may have had more than one band.

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