The Band have returned to Parsons Green (our former home) for the weekend in order to close the annual Parsons Green Fair.
Under the baton of Alan Duguid, the Band entertained the crowds with a selection of light music ranging from brass band classics to more contemporary theme tunes and followed a very pleasant afternoon of music with a few drinks at the White Horse (an old band favourite).
Fulham attended the Royal Festival Hall on Friday night to appear in BBC Radio 3’s Brass on the Bridges feature, the grand opening to their Light Fantastic Festival. Fulham were one of four bands invited to record a specially commissioned fanfare by Anne Dudley which was broadcast on Radio 3 on Saturday 25th June (to listen click the link below) and coordinated by several members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Listen to an audio clip here: Fulham plays Brass on the Bridges
Fulham Band have enjoyed another Whit Friday weekend in 2011! As last year, the band performed at the Whit Walks on Friday morning in Mossley, before taking part in seven contests around the Saddleworth area. Our Lady Gaga compilation went down splendidly in every village and other highlights from the weekend included a guest percussionist in Uppermill, a last minute dash (beer in hand / chips in bell) to the start line at Greenfields and a Born-Free-Challenge introduction to Ravenswood at Scouthead.
On Saturday, 19th March, the Fulham Brass Band will be competing in the Second section of The London & Southern Counties Region of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, at the Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre. This brings to an end the band’s reign as Champions, when the trophy is handed back. Continue reading »
Fulham were booked to appear at Comic Relief’s 24 Hour Panel People – the UK’s first-ever live, online streamed 24 hour panel show. David Walliams was to be involved in the entire show from start to finish and joined and ably assisted by a whole host of stars including David Tennant, Jack Dee, Stephen Fry, Miranda Hart, Claudia Winkleman, Jason Manford, David Mitchell, Dara O’Briain, Paul O’Grady, Sue Perkins, Jo Brand, Jimmy Carr, Lee Mack, Richard Bacon, Vernon Kay, Sir David Frost, Barbara Windsor, Russell Tovey, Charlie Brooker, Christopher Biggins, Ulrika Jonsson, Patricia Hodge, Jedward plus many more. Continue reading »
On Saturday 26th February 2011, Fulham began to move out of the British Legion, which has been their home for the past 10 years. Several volunteers took on the non-insubstantial task of moving music, instruments, uniforms and the like, from various locations dotted around the Legion.
The move has been necessitated by changes at the Fulham Branch of the Royal British Legion and we would like to thank all the people who have been involved with hosting us over the last 10 years. They have been kind and generous hosts and we would like to thank them all for their efforts, time and flexibility. I am sure that we will maintain the excellent links forged with the Legion over the coming years.
On February 19th, members of the Fulham Brass Band featured in an episode of Ant and Dec’s Push the Button and played to the biggest audience we will probably ever achieve (6.57 millon).
The band had been approached to play the programmes’ theme tune. As well as this, we were involved in a game that was entitled, “You do the Maths”. This entailed the contestants selecting members of the band such that their combined ages added up to a given number. To make the game more achievable for the contestants, the band numbers were swelled by some, let’s say, more elderly individuals. That might have accounted for those instruments that were being held upside down during the playing of the theme tune!
Fulham Brass Band entered for the Butlins Mineworkers National Open Brass Band Festival, held on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd January, for the third consecutive year. This year was, however, a little different and special. This was the first outing of the band in a second section contest. Continue reading »
It’s not something that we can normally report (and I suspect, for that matter, neither can other brass bands) but love bloomed at one of our extensive programme of Christmas Carol gigs. These included Westfield shopping complex, Parson’s Green, the Elk Bar in Fulham and Somerset House Ice rink. Continue reading »
Fulham Brass Band competed in their final 3rd section competition on Sunday 28th November at the Leicestershire Brass Band Association Open Competition , held at Burleigh College and Garendon High School, Loughborough, Leicestershire. Continue reading »
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