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After a challenging journey despite the local nature of the event (very circuitous route to parking cars;) a large band contingent made their way to the front of the school where we played two long sets of music. We actually had pretty good weather and a varied audience – including lots of dog walkers! Bargains…

Amongst the bouncy castles, melody filled the air – drawing a captive audience away from the stalls to the benches surrounding the bandstand. Lots of cheerful tunes were played to brighten the slightly dull weather, however, just after ‘Here Comes The Sun’ the deluge of rain began. The weather was so intense we sadly had to…

We had an enjoyable evening at a 1920’s themed ball. We played more traditional (big band/blues) music with several uplifting tunes (slightly out of era). It was a delight watching the well-dressed ladies and gentlemen mingling (some even sporting top hat and canes.) The Austin 6 used to ferry some of the guests around was absolutely…

We travelled south unto the Warminster Lakeside Pleasure Gardens; in a very pleasant market town similar to our own Chippenham. There was a delightful group of supporters including a delightful little grey dog. The sun graced…

A gloriously hot summer day awaited us in the floral garden at Bath. There was quite an audience – various people enjoying the weather; sat on deck chairs or upon the grass. We couldn’t keep our jackets on for long despite the shade granted by the bandstand! During the two hours (with a brief pause…