{"id":2775,"date":"2025-12-16T14:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2026-01-01T20:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:12:08","slug":"spreading-festive-brass-cheer-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/spreading-festive-brass-cheer-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading festive brass cheer in December!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our Community Band have been out and about spreading festive brass cheer (carolling) in December 2025. Pictures and some clips below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City Band played carols at the St Albans Rotary Club Christmas Dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F841320261973916%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=476&#038;t=0\" width=\"476\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-8.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-9-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-9-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-9-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-9.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the 2025 Annual Meeting, we all played together in the Band Room for the final time in the year (and our conductor and percussionist swapped places)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1353211256530761%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=267&#038;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>And we had a cracking time entertaining the crowd at the FCB Christmas party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-10-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-10-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-10-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-10.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F809437195418733%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=267&#038;t=0\" width=\"267\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>And our Community Band had a lovely (slightly damp) time carolling at Countess Anne School in Hatfield!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7-1024x462.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7-2000x901.png 2000w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7-1536x692.png 1536w, https:\/\/stalbansband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-7.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Community Band have been out and about spreading festive brass cheer (carolling) in December 2025. 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