West of England Bandsmen's Festival, Bugle, 15/6/24 Morning March.

[@Cicero1689]

I am more of a fifes and drums type of person, but in all honesty seeing the british spirit, and even the cornish spirit on show gives me hope.

[@christianpatte5045]

In England Ilike this Bands with special sound 😊 it's superb from France

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

So glad you enjoyed it Christian!

[@royharper9224]

Great , love the little uns clapping , making memories 😊 used to play in a town band eons ago so much fun and enjoyment playing music in a great team !!

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

Glad you enjoyed it Roy. It's such a great atmosphere down there!

[@Bands.bands.co.uk21]

I play with Bodmin. We were not expecting to get the deportment prize.

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

@@Bands.bands.co.uk21 Great old march, just the right tempo - well done!!

[@Bands.bands.co.uk21]

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[@doraldeddy1836]

Good to see you Mr Blake with St Dennis band. Lovely posting, with some great music! Thank you for posting.👍 Very impressed to see so many young’uns taking on the banding jobs.

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

So glad you enjoyed it and yes, as always youth is the future!!

[@stevehill1776]

Fantastic to see the toung people of St.Dennis and all in step. Well done

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

Absolutely Steve, start 'em young!!!

[@stevehill1776]

Great sound Bodmin

[@royharper9224]

Bodmins got a great sound , specially the Sop !! ❤ all great though well done to all and thanks for sharing made buttering the days sandwiches go quickly 😂

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

A change of march for Bodmin, always used to play Army of the Nile, but great to hear this old 'warhorse'!!

[@Withering_Emberz]

I was there!

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

Playing or just listening???

[@Withering_Emberz]

@@herbiestrainsbands346 playing lol

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

@@Withering_Emberz Oh, who with??

[@Withering_Emberz]

@@herbiestrainsbands346 can’t really say lol, it’d kinda give away my location and I don’t want that lol It was a youth band tho!

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

@@Withering_Emberz Oh OK, no probs, just curious! Thanks for watching the vid though and taking the trouble to comment, makes it all worthwhile!

[@JJ-hw5ol]

Last band down is St Dennis playing ‘March of the Herald’.

[@clivehughes2179]

How splendid to see and hear these amateur bands who spend many hours practising for events such as this - can anyone tell me the names of the marches played by the first three and last bands = thank you

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

Hello Clive, thought I'd got away with it!!! I've edited comments with full listing. Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate the comment!

[@clivehughes2179]

@@herbiestrainsbands346 thank you

[@brymorian]

Years ago, the Somerset. Carnival were always led by the brass or silver band the of the town whose carnival it was. I played in the Wells silver band, A better time then seventy years ago.

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

I started in a local town band in the early 70's and yes, we did about five or six local carnivals and perhaps it was a strange discipline for someone in their early teens, but always enjoyed it. There's also no doubt that whilst standards are higher generally in bands these days, there is a shortage of players with fewer youngsters getting involved and I think the pandemic took it's toll too!!

[@brymorian]

@@herbiestrainsbands346 Started when. I was eleven yo. Living in a rural village in 1952, hardly anyone had private transport, and a chap from a village closer to Wells than we were, used to cycle two miles to pick me up, and sit me in his crossbar, turn around and go back through his own village and the another two miles to Wells. I then went to one of the older bands men who used to teach me in his garden shed!! Good old days.

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

@@brymorian That's how it was though, Remember having to catch a bus to band after a half mile walk with a Euph, I was 12. People wouldn't let their kids do that today!!! But yes, good times!

[@brymorian]

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[@harryweir5414]

Oh no! What happened to Pendennis?

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

Not all the bands march Harry as it's not mandatory. TBH a variety of 10/12 bands is about right, 9 this year. Pendennis were certainly performing in the contest propper.

[@CharlieGroh]

Wow...yank here and familiar with the British Brass Band idiom (ala "Brassed Off") and I'm assuming these groups sit down later and play their a**es off. That said, Bodmin knocked me out..."Washington Greys" is one I performed in high school here in Southern California...bitchin'! (Haha, we invented that word here in surfland!) BTW, I play tuba and next life will definitely play a trumpet...or, better yet, a piccolo!

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

Hello Charlie. Think I'm right in saying this is the only 'test piece' contest (on the playing field after the march) held in the open air in UK, could be proved wrong though. Sometimes if it's not raining the wind might be coming in sideways, sometimes both!!! You're not wrong about Bodmin and great to hear such a classic for a change. I played tuba also for 47 yrs and always said I'd come back as a Soprano Cornet player!!! Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate the comment.

[@CharlieGroh]

@@herbiestrainsbands346 haha, me as a flute! Just said that yesterday! But, yanno, I kinda like being a farm animal. ;0)

[@herbiestrainsbands346]

@@CharlieGroh lol!! Check back later in the week Charlie, I've got the end of the test piece performance by St Dennis to upload - give you an idea of dealing with nerves and a blustery wind on the stand!!!

[@brymorian]

Herbiestrains. They don't know what they are missing, the rubbish they are listening to with their phones stuck to their ears!! I am glad I am at I am not young again, best regards.