Bethany started her playing career at Cobden and Chadwick band and has had spells at Uppermill on both flugel and cornet, and on front row at both Wingates, and Hepworth. Bethany joins the band on Principal cornet, having previously held this seat at Longridge, Besses and Freckleton.
Paul played front row at Cobden Chadwick Band followed by a long break from playing in the late 1990’s when the family came along. When he returned to banding it was on the front row at Boarshurst Band.
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Phil started his banding at Hade Edge band, aged 11. His musical career includes playing for Skelmanthorpe band and holding the Solo Horn position at both Carlton Main and Hepworth bands.
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Neil’s interest in music Started at the age of 10 years when every Saturday morning he used to shin up a lamp post outside his local school to listen and watch the local music centre band. One morning the conductor Mr Brian Robinson came out and invited him in.
Oliver started playing cornet at age 8 with Kirklees Music School. He joined the Holme Valley Music Centre and the Hade Edge Junior Band shortly after. He moved onto the baritone two years later and was invited to join the Skelmanthorpe Prospect band age 12, eventually working his way onto Solo Baritone, a seat he held for several years. The highlight here was playing with the band at the National Finals in 2013. Oliver also played with the Kirklees Youth Brass Band around this time. He owes his brass band career to the well renowned Phil Garlick who taught him from age 8 through to achieving his grade 8 on Baritone.
Nigel was taught to play cornet with the Heckmondwike Salvation Army Y.P Band and then moved onto Euphonium with the Yorkshire Bus Company Band until getting married and moving to Huddersfield.
Andy – or Mr T as he is known - comes from a brass banding family in Moston, Manchester. He started playing backrow cornet with Moston & Beswick Band aged 9 and was taught in secondary school by Alan Jones, a cornet champion from Wales. He was principal cornet with Cobden Chadwick Band and had a brief spell on soprano cornet with the Manchester Bus Company Band
A Manxman by birth Mark started his playing career on tenor horn with Douglas Town Band and the Manx Youth Band. He subsequently joined Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band whilst at Leeds University and was to stay with them for ten years during which time they became British Open and National Champions and won the Yorkshire Area five times.
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