The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band - "The Floral Dance", "high quality"

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11 жыл бұрын

The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band was formed in 1881. It is based in Brighouse, in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
In November 1977, the band reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart with their recording of "The Floral Dance", where they stayed for nine weeks, only surpassed at the time by "Mull of Kintyre" (the first UK single to sell more than two million copies, and third best selling UK single of all time). It was arranged for the band by Derek Broadbent. The b-side was a version of "Girl With The Flaxen Hair", although some copies had a composition by Broadbent entitled "Bachelor Girls" as its B-side. The corresponding album, The Floral Dance, reached to Number 10 in the UK Albums Chart - www.brighouseandrastrickband.c... - Courtesy Wikepedia.

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@robertburke4724 6 ай бұрын

Brian Evans belting out that counterpoint melody - the greatest soprano cornet player ever!

@normanedwards7220 6 ай бұрын

There is something very special about brass band music ❤

@Moosina 2 жыл бұрын

My Grandad adored this. Makes me think of him

@bolshevikproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Remember seeing these play live at harewood house in summer steam fair 1982

@buick6817 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant tune

@russellwilliamson8381 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant real musicians actually plying instruments 😮

@nevilleattkins586 6 ай бұрын

"none more outrageous," said the man wearing that shirt! This is really pretty!

@catherinerosewell5067 Жыл бұрын

I never tire of listening to this tune

@imperatorrm 2 жыл бұрын

imagine going to a Top of the Pops recording to see pop and rock bands and one of the acts is a brass band.

@joshez1 Жыл бұрын

And from brighouse

@ldbonq Жыл бұрын

I'd be pretty bloody stoked about that to be honest

@SuperNellymay Жыл бұрын

Check out the babes at the back

@DianeChristopher-co2xd Жыл бұрын

MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY .. don't know why I thought of this tune 😏,. (old sentiment ) Where's the maypole ?

@robt2778 Жыл бұрын

Could have been worse, you might have got the choir of St Winifred's singing 'Grandad i love you '

@rebirthaudio2023 Жыл бұрын

Despite the song being about the Cornish Floral Dance, this rendition is 100% West Yorkshire

@nancyanderson5310 Жыл бұрын

I never forget the day when I first heard her sing. I was in a small shop and the owner was playing this CD. Seeing my joy, he let me buy the CD! It was not a record shop. The CD was not new. But oh! My joy!

@2100Rose 2 жыл бұрын

Never a fan of brass band music but have always loved this .

@TomthatiscalledTom 2 жыл бұрын

Eating my Ready Brek and waiting for the school bus with this on the radio.

@robgweston965 3 жыл бұрын

I keep playing this over and over. Neighbours must hate me! But, tha can’t beat a good old Yorkshire brass band, by Yorkshire people! Tune, arrangement, and the feeling you get at that last chorus! Stunning!

@pipster1891 2 жыл бұрын

Cornet player, Brian Evans, was from Oldham, Lancashire.

@timhague882 2 жыл бұрын

Playing a tune from Cornwall…

@peterarmistead4617 2 жыл бұрын

And arranged by a lad from Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancs. MD Derek Broadbent!!

@carolinewhitaker967 2 жыл бұрын

@@timhague882 nah, brighouse 1984 John and Simon and Terry Wogan ....

@timhague882 2 жыл бұрын

@@carolinewhitaker967 I suggest you look up Helston Flora Dance, goes back a lot further than poor old Terry!, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_Dance

@mrducky7161 2 жыл бұрын

My grandad is one of those

@2100Rose 2 жыл бұрын

How many of those remain now . One thing worthy of note now is that they ought to be called "The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Hotties" when you see the women they have got now .

@BJH4691 2 ай бұрын

One of what ? A really talented percussionist ? 🙏

@mrducky7161 2 ай бұрын

@@BJH4691 he played the cornet and was the Secretary, Terry Wogan sent a 2 page letter to him I still have it

@VictoriaHarrison-qe3qw 11 ай бұрын

I was 10 when this originally charted & absolutely ADORED it. Odd thing was I grew up to be a Techno raver in the 90's! LOL! Now a techno version of this could be interesting LOL!

@kennymackenzie2123 3 ай бұрын

I was 11 and my brother bought me it for Xmas '77. I told him it was what i wanted as i loved it. I had grew up listening to the The Sweet, and Queen, and glam rock, and not long before this i bought my first single, Black Betty by Ram Jam, so i don't really know why i love this tune either. It's on all my playlists and i never seem to get tired of it!

@jessmcgovan2105 Жыл бұрын

Just sat in a cafe with my partner and the man on the tambourine has made me have a look at this 😂❤

@catherinerosewell5067 Жыл бұрын

my late partner loved this music and he would play it loudly and celebrate with the band

@marijenie 9 жыл бұрын

Me and brother danced like crazy to this song when we were kids! Still love it, it's such a funny and sunny tune.. :-)

@eddiehackett5718 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this band well coming from a brass band family as in the 50"s my father and one of my elder brothers played in that band always remember going to band practice on a Sunday morning with them and I guess been bored shit less but now hearing this some 40 years after it was a hit in the UK more than here in OZ still at times makes me well up thinking back of them times

@nickberardo9243 5 ай бұрын

Memories great band reaching No2 in the charts of November 1977. I was 11 then

@specialforces4947 Жыл бұрын

Great arrangement and conducting. That guy knew what he was doing.

@sarahjackson1860 Жыл бұрын

My grandad’s favourite tune. He loved this type of stuff and was always playing it. He passed away in 2000 but I always think of him when i hear this particular tune.

@mcfcguvnors Жыл бұрын

Thats why top of the pops was so cool ,ANY ONE could become a star

@mrducky7161 2 ай бұрын

My Grandad was the Secretary of the band at the exact time he played the cornet , and Terry Wogan sent a 2 page letter to him.I never knew my grandad.But I still have his cornet badges and letter.

@meagera333 3 жыл бұрын

Remember as a kid on holiday following the band at Bude round the town to the floral dance and ending at the grounds of a big house or something, was in the 1980s and I was young. I think it was once a week in the summer for the tourists to the town. Happy memories ☺️

@ttqualle 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome😍

@jamesadm2557 Жыл бұрын

Love the film Brassed off, when Danny says a load of bloody crap lol

@cliffcook3993 Жыл бұрын

In Brassed Off the tune is played by the Grimethope Colliery band as this was the pit used in the film who played all the brass band music for this movie.

@donaldduck3128 10 жыл бұрын

from been a kid and going to a whit sunday march in the late 70s and shouting ready steady go then this song started to been 39 year old my love for this song has never wavered my grandad use to make his own words up many of good memory's to this song

@grahamsullivan6518 6 жыл бұрын

My Dad allways told me about this marvellous peace of music ' when he was in the Lancashire Fusiliers Ken Sullivan Nick name Sulli Derek Broadbent was is best friend. My Dad also had a big part this peace with Derek ' he played the French Horn

@pipster1891 2 жыл бұрын

I've never met a person called Sullivan who wasn't nicknamed Sully.

@stephenpowell5912 5 жыл бұрын

My Uncle George god bless him Got this tune on Record 40 years ago 😢💕

@jgjmulders 3 жыл бұрын

I have the original LP record and sometimes i still listen to It. Just wonderful

@Must_not_say_that Жыл бұрын

At least they didn't rush it like an express train which is what so many bands do!

@richardcummins5465 Ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. ❤

@Kittenwhisperer24 Жыл бұрын

Derek Broadbent throwing some reyt shapes wagging away! The audience must have thought WTF we want Paul McCartney & we have got B&R….. still a drop jaw moment in popular music, all thanks to Terry Wogan

@lisanesbitt1093 Жыл бұрын

Hated it when it first came out. Guess I was too young and immature to appreciate it. Really love it now

@hermanninator Жыл бұрын

Loved it at the time - always listening to BFBS. Love it still.

@craigroberts8907 Жыл бұрын

Great version.

@guidovanhaalen4432 2 жыл бұрын

great ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪ ♫♪ ♫♪great sound! ♫♪♫♪ ☺ ♥ ♫♪☺♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪☺ BRAVISSIMO @bisbis 🎶🎵🎼 great music! a well tuned ensemble that sounds like an organ ! Fabulous banding

@MH-nz4mv 2 жыл бұрын

Must watch Brassed Off again...

@richardbowness1595 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome!!

@chrisr5499 2 жыл бұрын

Brass is always Bad Ass

@mrblue193 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic.

@paulmccuytney 10 жыл бұрын

Every time when I'm in a bad mood I go to Belkin59 on KZfaq to play The floral dance. It makes me feel a lot better!

@laurielovett8849 Жыл бұрын

Me too I love it, also the Australian bass baritone Peter Dawson sings a great rendition of it. A tune that lifts the heart.

@waterman2611 7 жыл бұрын

Great song for a saturday morning!!!!!!

@retlaw99malberg 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic !!

@hendrabudiman5060 11 ай бұрын

#2 UK singles chart, 11 December 1977

@ingriddurden3929 4 жыл бұрын

Big hit in Belgium, where I lived at the time. Never saw them we always got the pic on the sleeve of the single

@paulmccuytney 10 жыл бұрын

The only brass band in the world that rocked on through the charts in the late 70's (nr. 2 UK and top 10 in several other European countries). It should not get any crazier!! Nevertheless they deserve a lot of respect.

@jazzblitz9129 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eOCGm8KXq9zNYYk.html brighouse and Rastric New song for Armistic day 2018

@Mike8981 4 ай бұрын

I’ve just discovered the Dad’s Army version. Hilarious

@train4905 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@lizjohnevers 11 жыл бұрын

love it

@kevindicks0n996 Жыл бұрын

I ran around the garden in my vest and pants insteadoff all put together in the floral dance

@mozdickson 3 жыл бұрын

Pete Paphides 'Broken Greek' brought me here.

@trallfraz 2 жыл бұрын

good dynamics!!!

@englishrose47 Жыл бұрын

Coming to Bradford soon!

@farodealer 4 жыл бұрын

Probably the first time they had musicians who could actually play their instruments and read music understanding what the music meant on Top of the Pops

@Woollylinnet 4 жыл бұрын

Well, the second time - after the Simon Park Orchestra played 'Eye Level' live four years previously.

@stuartfinnigan9074 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right Katherine this is superb fantastic tune played by true musicians

@lemonfish4497 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. And to anyone thinking this is 'uncool', playing a brass instrument is extremely difficult and physically demanding. You can easily cover up your mistakes when thrashing about on a guitar but not so on a cornet!

@tomdissonance 2 жыл бұрын

probably not tbh

@NagasakiTeapot Жыл бұрын

I nearly bought a house in Brighouse but it was too much brass...

@rumeunner3245 Жыл бұрын

Good one 😅

@psimondk 3 жыл бұрын

Compared to the record you can hear that this is played life - awesome REAL musicians playing LIVE in a TV show. Must'v been before the invention of the so-called 'music industry'.

@erwindebaets6227 2 жыл бұрын

Very good

@mikewm54jl 6 жыл бұрын

Used to play Brass Band this was always popular

@davidowen6977 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo!

@carolinewhitaker967 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Hetty lad 💞

@lottieaikens1104 Жыл бұрын

love you x

@keef71 2 жыл бұрын

remember this in the charts at the time, loved it then and still love it now. can't stand terry wogan's piss take though

@2100Rose 2 жыл бұрын

Have to admit I like them both myself though this is the one I listen to more

@paulcooper3410 2 жыл бұрын

He wasn't taking the piss he just really liked this song

@barbaraannecortina7899 6 жыл бұрын

I remember this hit with fondness...especially when it was played on the Royal Iris that year. A Christmas party for those who lived on the Falkner Estate was held on board the ship and I was one of those kids who was invited. I remember I got an Action Man Jeep (which some kids ripped the fucking bonnet off...bastards!) and I remember getting a belt off my mum after I got home...still don't know why! Nevertheless, 1977 was a Christmas to remember.

@daveenglish2 3 жыл бұрын

Does the belt still fit you ?

@crazygrainger2006 7 жыл бұрын

I really like how Derek Broadbent made this piece his own, but I had way too much bad luck (band-related politics) with this piece.

@grahamsullivan6518 6 жыл бұрын

So Did my Dad he was in the Lancashire Fusiliers Ken Sullivan ' he also had a big part in this peace of music ' Derek Broadbent was is best friend. Nick name Sulli

@davidb4192 4 жыл бұрын

E lad, they don't mek 'em like they used to.

@frankprice3069 Жыл бұрын

Thast reet me ode

@Santandbrighouse 10 жыл бұрын

Take a look at Brighouse and Rastrick Christmas song Santa, they recorded our new song in Feb 2013 just releasing it, this is the instrumental There's a vocal version to follow. If you like it, please pass it on so we can spread the word. will be on iTunes and Amazon shortly. Hope you enjoy it

@turnitback 2 жыл бұрын

Contrary to popular belief, B&R did not record this with Terry Wogan. It was the now-defunct Hanwell Band.

@Fcutdlady 2 жыл бұрын

I think it started when Terry Wogan played this song and sang along with it in his morning radio show back in the day. It may very well have been recorded with the Hanwell brass band but this is the track that started it.

@turnitback 2 жыл бұрын

@@Fcutdlady Yes, that is my understanding too, and my intention was not to take anything away from Brighouse & Rastrick. Far from it. I simply prefer fact to myth, especially when an MD is introducing his or her own band's performance of the piece. I have heard several of them incorrectly name B&R as having performed on the Terry Wogan version.

@Mark64W 2 жыл бұрын

@@turnitback Hi . It's a little bit like the Peter Skellern ' You're A Lady ' hit that a lot of people thought was Grimethorpe Colliery playing . That was Hanwell Band as well . It's a shame they are not going anymore .

@kennymackenzie2123 3 ай бұрын

A strange thing about this song, after watching it on TOTP and getting the single for Xmas, was that it made me want to play the drums, it's not as if the drummer is like John Bonham or anything, but it sparked something in me as an 11 year old.

@belkin59 10 ай бұрын

Total Views by City. 417,442 12,098.6 1:44 London, GB-ENG 4,580 1.1% 136.5 1.1% 1:47 Leeds, GB-ENG 103 0.0% 2.3 0.0% 1:19 Birmingham, GB-ENG 25 0.0% 1.0 0.0% 2:27 Sydney, Australia 24 0.0% 0.8 0.0% 1:56 Chorley, GB-ENG 23 0.0% 2.1 0.0% 5:34 Antwerp, Belgium 18 0.0% 1.2 0.0% 3:57 Bebington, GB-ENG 16 0.0% 0.0 0.0% 0:01 Roodepoort, South Africa 11 0.0% 0.3 0.0% 1:26 Bonn, DE-NW 11 0.0% 0.1 0.0% 0:24 Rotterdam, Netherlands 11 0.0% 0.3 0.0% 1:22 Joure, Netherlands 11 0.0% 0.1 0.0% 0:40 Leeuwarden, Netherlands 11 0.0% 0.3 0.0% 1:48 Dublin, Ireland 11 0.0% 0.4 0.0% 2:13 Helston, GB-ENG 11 0.0% 0.3 0.0% 1:48 Pontypool, GB-WLS 11 0.0% 0.2 0.0% 1:02 Halifax, GB-ENG 11 0.0% 0.3 0.0% 1:54 Melbourne, Australia 11 0.0% 0.3 0.0% 1:41 Zwolle, Netherlands 10 0.0% 0.1 0.0% 0:40 Bristol, GB-ENG 10 0.0% 0.2 0.0% 1:01 Bolsover, GB-ENG 10 0.0% 0.1 0.0% 0:18 Manchester, GB-ENG 10 0.0% 0.5 0.0% 2:55 Bacup, GB-ENG 10 0.0% 0.5 0.0% 2:53 Edinburgh, GB-SCT 10 0.0% 0.3 0.0% 2:01 Adelaide, Australia

@themanfromvolantis 8 ай бұрын

Not entirely accurate. Not all the places are cities. Also, I live in an actual city which isn't listed and I have played the video before. I'm currently in a small town and I've just played it again.

@fordsierrars500cosworth 4 ай бұрын

Helston isn't a city, it's the town in which Flora Day takes place

@jonkheere1 10 жыл бұрын

Only denied the Christmas No1 by Mull Of Kintyre,in 1977.

@derekatkinson3498 3 жыл бұрын

Good.brass.band

@jamesadm2557 Жыл бұрын

Never played this one, used to play trombone

@kevindicks0n996 Жыл бұрын

My girlfriend plays the pink flute and I hum this to my self hahaha

@TheSproutarian 3 жыл бұрын

Brian Evans = sop, John Gillham = b flat bass, Stephen Lord = eupho (the old greats)

@Mark64W 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly many players are no longer with us in February 2022 . But I never get tired of watching this .

@frankprice3069 Жыл бұрын

@@Mark64W Is Tony Whittaker still with us?

@Mark64W Жыл бұрын

@@frankprice3069 Sadly no . I believe he passed away a few years ago .

@jerrycarroll9243 Ай бұрын

Was Terry wogan late for the recording? Still sounds good though 😂

@Hayden1969-ws4vy Ай бұрын

Yeah, by a year! 😄

@catherinerosewell5067 Жыл бұрын

do they tour anymore? They used to come to Hull every January

@colinmcmahon5829 5 жыл бұрын

The Brig,then.

@panDyletant 3 жыл бұрын

0:01 - I want this haircut

@Horichdaslicht1858 2 жыл бұрын

Not a big fan of Brass Bands, but the tune is a great platform for their virtuosity. Many will know this from Terry Wogan, but my favourite renditions are Norman Bailey, a great Wagnerian bass-baritone, and Ken Dodd, who needs no introduction.

@arinyyssonen2183 4 жыл бұрын

Mahtavaa....

@paulgriffiths6060 4 ай бұрын

Wait till you hear Terry wogan singing the song lol

@farodealer 9 жыл бұрын

have actually played this very arrangement under the arranger Derek Broadbent

@grahamsullivan6518 6 жыл бұрын

Yes my Dad also played this with Derek ' had a big part in this peace of music. When he was in the Lancashire Fusiliers. Derek was one of his best friends ' Ken Sullivan. Nick name Sulli

@pauloaa11 10 жыл бұрын

Yes, this version has some "je ne sais quoi". No more comments are necesary.

@daveenglish2 3 жыл бұрын

Why not ?

@josephinemitchell9504 3 жыл бұрын

Home meeeee

@alhine1963 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band had a bust up with The Top Of Pops Orchestra?

@robertburke4724 6 ай бұрын

No - they'd have just drank them under the table. That's how we brass band musicians used to sort things out in those days.

@nancyanderson5310 Жыл бұрын

Oops. I was talking about Nana Mouskorski. Didn’t push button fast enough!

@interestedErvini 2 жыл бұрын

Sure you'd never see this nowadays

@trallfraz 2 жыл бұрын

there are still plenty of "concert" bands around, it just takes some exploring as they're not in every city.

@tenor1190 Жыл бұрын

Lots of brass bands around if you know where to look!

@interestedErvini Жыл бұрын

@@tenor1190 Oh aye indeed what I meant was you won't see a brass band reach second on the charts.

@tenor1190 Жыл бұрын

@@interestedErvini true enough, quite the shame

@ruthnaismith519 Жыл бұрын

no it'd be some grunting arsehole

@MickeyMouse-ul2zs 2 жыл бұрын

This sound is part of the English culture and heritage and hearing it brings a tear to the eye, a lump to the throat and a swelling of the heart and chest. This of course will disappear soon as the new, culture diverse and inclusive state of Britain takes over and old English customs and culture are oblterated and consigned as being rascist and out of date.....

@batcow1 2 жыл бұрын

What a little **racist** you are even though the spelling of it defeated you! Why bring race and culture into it?

@Jcbc1406 2 жыл бұрын

@@batcow1 "Why being" do sort yourself out.

@batcow1 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jcbc1406 yeah a spelling error is more important than racist rhetoric lol

@Jcbc1406 2 жыл бұрын

@@batcow1 Can't agree more.

@edwardcoe7293 2 жыл бұрын

Get a grip mate. People haven't stopped joining brass bands because they are racist - the reasons are complex but involve serial governments (mostly right wing 'conservatives') devaluing arts and music teaching in schools by, for example taking away state funded music lessons. Things change, sometimes for the best, sometimes for the worst. There was a time before brass bands and sadly there will be a time after brass bands. Thankfully we have recordings to remember and enjoy such traditions so they are not lost altogether. Nothing to do with any deliberate obliteration. Have you joined a brass band? Do you help to run one? Do you have children in a band? Are you doing your bit to stop the decline or just moaning?

@davey16100 Жыл бұрын

Thank god it's not the Terry Wogan version lol. God rest his soul

@davey16100 Жыл бұрын

Only the Brits

@BABYWOLF--1966 Жыл бұрын

NEW ESSEX OH DEAR

@myrnaritson7002 5 жыл бұрын

Sammi fan Sami tan

@tonxlookatlife7242 3 жыл бұрын

Brighouse Leeds

@Mark64W 2 жыл бұрын

Nearer to Bradford , and the band is still one of the best in the world .

@tonxlookatlife7242 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mark64W 😂

@Steve14ps 2 жыл бұрын

I've cycled from Brighouse to Leeds, it's just under 14 miles, the first bit was steep uphill to the A58

@tonxlookatlife7242 2 жыл бұрын

@@Steve14ps do you. Up Da Ra

@tonxlookatlife7242 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mark64W what band ?? Up Da Ra

@splatbubble 10 жыл бұрын

Something about this version....and this version only....

@badboyalan 5 жыл бұрын

This is way much more better than Terry wogan who cannot even SING!!!!!!!!

@trevorfeelgood 2 жыл бұрын

you wouldn't know about the song if it wasn't for him

@carolinewhitaker967 2 жыл бұрын

How do you know? Maybe he was in amateur operatics and panto at 13

@badboyalan 2 жыл бұрын

@@carolinewhitaker967 i know more than you will ever know!!!.... Take care....

@leoluthge5097 3 жыл бұрын

Radio 10 Somertijd met Dingetje

@bertdegroot9427 2 жыл бұрын

Ja gewedig...

@paultowle7507 4 жыл бұрын

Is that Bobby Platt on 3rd man

@davidrichards3314 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is, What a player.

@Jojoseahorse Жыл бұрын

Is that Simon Parks conducting?

@johnd8892 9 ай бұрын

No. The amateur band leader whose name I should know but can be researched. His vision for it was a big part of the success

@johnd8892 9 ай бұрын

I now see it was Derek Broadbent.

@Jojoseahorse 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info! @@johnd8892

@johndebmax 6 жыл бұрын

Its the dogs bollocks.

@paulsherwood8364 6 жыл бұрын

Yikes.... 40 years old!!!!

@butenator6668 2 жыл бұрын

POMMERSCHE AUS DEM BUCHENRAUCH, NATURGEWÜRZT UND DAS SCHMECKT MAN AUCH

@kurtgodel5236 2 жыл бұрын

UND POMMERLAND IST ABGEBRANNT

@butenator6668 2 жыл бұрын

@@kurtgodel5236 Forever J.B.O.

@robsijberden49 3 жыл бұрын

Met moppen, limericks en narigheid Somertijd!!

@johnbakker312 3 жыл бұрын

Geweldig

@keyabrown390 4 жыл бұрын

Kids on top of the pops 🤣 How the fuck do we dance to a tuba?

@andylea2377 3 жыл бұрын

Conductor busted a move better than all of them

@farodealer 3 жыл бұрын

@@andylea2377 he is also the arranger named Derek Broadbent

@albrechtvonbrandenburg2406 3 жыл бұрын

Not as outrageous as your suit, compere!!

@mac1975 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if any of these guys are still alive?

@hanniebeckie1521 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of them are! In fact B&R had a reunion concert with old members a couple of months ago. And I can say with full certainty that Derek Broadbent is definitely still alive (my grandad!)

@Mark64W 2 жыл бұрын

@@hanniebeckie1521 Mr Broadbent composed a march for my band ( Uppermill ) in 2019 and we had the pleasure of his company to rehearse his music , and then play it in public with him conducting for the world premiere of U.B. March . Please send him our regards !

@pipster1891 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mark64W Unfortunately, Brian Evans on cornet there, from Chadderton, is no longer with us. A brilliant cornet, died too young. Got a CD of him from my dad.

@Mark64W 2 жыл бұрын

@@pipster1891 I totally agree . He was one of my soprano cornet playing idols , and probably the most musical exponent of the instrument . Sorry to brag , but there is a trophy in is honour at the Brighouse march and hymn contest that I have won twice . I am flattered to have my name on that trophy .

@frankprice3069 Жыл бұрын

Is Tony Whittaker still around?