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Alan Webster’s Memoirs

I left the Salvation Army in 1952 to join the St Albans City and British Legion Band, starting on Second Baritone, the Secretary was Alf Martin and the Conductor Ted Longland.   The first engagement I took part in was a parade of one mile to celebrate the Coronation of the Queen in June 1953, …

Brass Band Competitions

Elsewhere on our site you may have seen references to brass band contests. You may have wondered what this is all about and what relevance doing well in them (as we have done in recent years) has for us, or indeed yourselves. Most people are familiar with hearing a brass band outdoors on a Summer’s …

Forthcoming Events

This section shows our up and coming events in calendar form. To view an event, please click on the date. Alternatively to see a bigger calender, click on ‘This month’.