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St Austell Church Tower Piper
St Austell Church Tower Piper
The piper on the top of St Austell church tower serenades the streets of St Austell. . We know little about the carving of the piper except that it presumably dates to the building of the church in 1500 making it one of the oldest depictions of bagpipes in Cornwall.
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Bennett Swaffield and the St Austell Choir
During the 1820s the activities of the parish church choir, under the direction of Bennett Swaffield, became a feature of the accounts of musical events noticed by  the  newspapers. No record of instrumental concerts taking place in the town has been found, but the performances of the choir, both   in 
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Cornwall For Me
"Cornwall For Me" was written by Oscar Yelland and entered for the Kernow Pan Celtic competition in 1989
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We Be (Whip the Cats)
We Be, traditional Cornish Tailors song from St Austell.
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White Gold Dance
White Gold Dance
The music for the White Gold Dance was composed by Oscar Yelland in 1990 and Jo Tagney choreographed the dance.
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Albert Chappell
Albert Chappell
July 2020 Albert Chappell 1985 (Photo: courtesy Tamsin Carter)   By Tony Mansell   Born: 1917 in Rugby Married: Eileen Died: 1999 Albert Chappell had a major influence on the UK and Cornish brass band scene and there are many whose musical career was enhanced by their involvement with him.
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St Austell Territorials Brass Band Contest
  The St Austell Territorial’s Contest seems to have been a one-off. It was organised by, and in aid of, the St Austell Territorials and held at Trevarrick on either the 28th or 29th August 1909. Mr J Brier of Bradford was the adjudicator. Playing the test piece Le Domino
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St Austell Cottage Gardening Society Brass Band Contest
    It was not uncommon for a diverse range of organisations to organise brass band contests as a way of boosting attendances to their events and the Royal Cornwall Gazette included notice of the 1st August event stating, “There will be a Band Contest in connection with the exhibition
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St Austell (Town Band) Brass Band Contest 1920
  The St Austell Contest was organised by St Austell Town Band and took place on the 15th May 1920. It was held at Trevarrack about 1,600 people attended. J Ord Hume was the adjudicator and he considered that the pieces selected for the march past were too old fashioned
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St Austell Brass Band
St Austell Brass Band
1837: “St Austell [Amateur Brass Band]. It gives us much pleasure to announce that several young men of this town have formed themselves into an amateur Brass Band, under the able tuition of Mr Colless, professor of music from Jersey, whose efforts to instruct them seem to be crowned with
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