I just heard the band playing and they are sounding Wonderful. Heard them awhile back and they were just OK, Much Better Now!! Still wish they played more traditional brass band pieces instead of pieces that are adapted for brass band. But, still all in all a wonderful, entertaining show, the band has defiantly grown up a lot.
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Poor...a waste of time
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 03/30/06
Having recently come across the pond, I eagerly anticipated my first concert in the States, hoping to hear a classic British Brass Band. The shrill, shrieking tone, the out of tune caterwalling, imprecise playing and the singularly distasteful dour personage of the Music Director left me waiting for the interval, whereupon I could sneak out, all ...
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Out of Tune, Out of Time
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 03/30/06
Maybe the current crop of Cornet players will be able to turn this band around.
However the band leadership is very poor and the Music Director seems to have lost touch long ago.
I guess this is just a "fun" hobby sort of group.
Oh, my poor ears! Stay away!
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An affront to music
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 03/30/06
I liked the shiny instruments, and the nice people...it was the music that these people made come out of those shiny instruments that was hard to stomach. Not recommended. I'd rather sleep on a bed of nails.
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