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The New Forest Brass Band is a relatively young band, having been formed in 1977. It evolved from a group of like-minded people who came together informally at lunchtimes in the Marchwood Engineering Laboratories of the CEGB. It then became an evening class known as Marchwood Brass under the baton of Mike Swatman and began to accumulate instruments and music.
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The New Forest Brass Band in Plymouth (30th April 1994) |
Later, under the expert tuition of that great Hampshire man of brass, John Knight, it steadily improved. Until recently, the band enjoyed the sponsorship from Vodafone and carried that name, but they are currently looking for a new sponsor.
The band plays all types of music from the classics to pop and can be heard during the year playing on bandstands, in fetes and shows, at cruise liner "sail-aways" and in concerts and contests. At present, we compete in the fourth section nationally and in the first section locally.
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The New Forest Brass Band at Poole Contest 2000. |
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