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Introducing Our Bass Section

Bill Willis
Eb Tuba

Previous Bands:
Winton Salvation Army Junior Band
Poole Salvation Army

Nickname: Family call me by my middle name (Harding).
Others call me anything from Bill, Will, Billiam, Willers

Favourites
Brass Band: Dyke and BCB (Of Course)

Brass Band Composition: Blitz: Devil and the Deep Blue See (Derek Bourgeois)

Musical Composition: Shostakovich 5th Symphony and any Mozart

Musical Moments
Most Memorable:
1st - Conducting Poole Salvation Army Choir in one of my own compositions at Poole Arts Centre to a full house.
2nd - Playing with BCB at Royal Albert Hall in National Brass Band Championships 2005

Most Embarrassing:
Turning up to a rehearsal with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra to play 1812 with my cornet case, but no cornet!! (left at home!)

Andy Robertson
Eb Tuba

Previous Bands:
Hyde Band
Woodfalls Band (Now SWT)

Nickname: To Follow

Favourites:
Sheppard's Pie.
The Soprano Cornet played well.

Brass Band: To Follow

Brass Band Composition:
Paganini Variations

Musical
Composition:
To Follow

Musical Moments
Most Memorable:
Playing at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005 in the National Finals with BCB.
Performing at Glastonbury Music Festival in 2005 with Yeovil Town Band.

Most Embarrassing
To Follow

Phil Henley
Bb Bass

Previous Bands:
Oakmead School Band
Sandleheath Youth
Verwood Concert Brass
Ringwood & Burley
Ferndown Concert
Broadstone Community Band

Nickname:
At work-SPRINKLER

Favourites: Curry

Brass Band:
Grimethorpe and The Fairey Band.

Brass Band Composition:
Variations on a Ninth - Gilbert Vinter.

Musical Composition:
Handal's Messiah.

Musical Moments

Most Memorable:
Royal Albert Hall when Cory Band won on Harrision`s Dream and with BCB in the 2005 National.

Most Embarrassing:
Playing solo euphonium in the Winter Gardens stage in Bournemouth. Just as we started to play my mouthpiece shank split and I could not play a note because as much air as I put in came straight out again.

Martin Collett
Bb Bass

Previous Bands:

Nickname:

Favourites:

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Musical Moments
Most Memorable

Most Embarrassing

Colin Bourne
Bb Bass
(Honorary Member)

Previous Bands:
Haywards Heath Town Band
Uckfield Concert Brass
Handcross Brass
Chichester City Band
Also playing for Otterbourne Brass

Nickname:
'Nobby'  ....but don't ask

Favourites:
Food:   Cornish pasties
Cars:    Sleek Mercedes

Brass Band:
Grimethorpe

Brass Band Composition:
Music of the Spheres: Philip Sparke

Musical Composition:
To Follow

Musical Moments
Most Memorable
Playing at Royal Albert Hall for National Finals with Handcross Brass.

Playing Paganini Variations with Thornbury Band as a guest player at Reading Contest having had only one rehearsal on the piece with them.

Most Embarrassing
Doing the draw for a National Finals with a severe hangover. Trying not to throw-up into the draw bag.

Bart Van der Cruys
Bb Bass
(Honorary Member)

Previous Bands:
Brassband Midden Brabant
Brassband Willebroek
Also Playing for Brassband Buizingen, Holland

Nickname: 'Bassboss'

Favourites:
Food: Italian
Cars: Matra Bagheera (Fr)

Brass Band:
Fairey's (cond. Peter Parkes)

Brass Band Composition:
Salute to Youth, Gilbert Vinter

Musical Composition:
To Follow

Musical Moments

Most Memorable:
Playing at Royal Albert Hall for National Finals with Bournemouth Concert Brass

Playing with Black Dyke at Chichester Cathedral
Playing with Grimethorpe in Norwich

All engagements for Bournemouth Concert Brass

Most Embarrassing:
Going on stage with a set of Eb parts while dragging a BBb bass (I've had no rehearsal with the band and I was given the wrong parts...)

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