Arigotogozimasu. :-)

Royal Albert Hall, London, UK

@@SALLYBRASSMAN thank you Dennis- are you in this group? if yes what do you play?

@@richardhertz749 The International Staff Band (ISB) of The Salvation Army is located at International Headquarters, London, and Black Dyke in Queensbury, UK. I wish I did play trombone in the ISB, though it is a bit of a commute from the USA, not to mention the band is composed of extremely highly qualified select Salvation Army musicians from corps (churches) of the United Kingdom.

@@richardhertz749 I wish!!!! I play the trombone in the Tustin Ranch Corps Band of the California South Division.

@@SALLYBRASSMAN nice man- peace cornet here in las vegas brass band-

It was a joke on the audience. The exchanging of tunics, though I know not if it relates, shows the warm relationship of the two bands towards each other. Later both bands would participate in a joint concert to honor the music and legacy of Eric Ball in a concert and DVD titled, "Eric Ball A Celebration in Brass."

@@SALLYBRASSMAN Thanks. Is ISB usually the best salvation army band in the world? And how good are they compared to Cory?

@@Down_is_now_up I would not compare those bands in this public forum. There is appoint particularly in the championship section that the so called best band out of championship bands is one point. The championship title moves from band to band. Staff Bands do not compete. There is little difference in the level of performance of the seven top staff and the exceptional corps bands. The performance of lesser bands to another can change. The performance of Cory and other championship contesting bands and the ISB and the seven top staff bands is consistently of high quality. The 19 May 2021 Sounds of Brass featured the Chicago Staff Band. They sounded just as good as the contesting bands that have been featured in previous podcasts.

Dann hast du wohl keine Ahnung.