Author archives: Melvyn James

The Tiptree Sneeze has attracted both national and worldwide attention! Here are two radio interviews which feature this now ‘viral’ phenomenon: BBC Radio 5 Live – The Danny Baker Show   BBC Radio Essex – Breakfast Show with James Whale   BBC Essex also featured the ‘event’ in their online magazine which can be viewed […]

The band was delighted to support this popular event staged annually at St. Pauls, Knightsbridge. The congregation warmly received a varied programme of festive music which preceded the concert. Items included The Shining Star ( Peter Graham) Deck The Hall ( Barrie Gott) The Everlasting Light ( Martin Cordner) and the almost obligatory Christmas Joy […]

Under the new leadership of  Julian Bright,  the 2013-14 season was  met head on with a trio of rehearsals  in preparation for what has come to be known as “Hendon Night” .  This yearly event has established itself in the band’s diary with a near capacity audience yet again eager to hear and encourage the […]

In reporting a Clarence Adoo Trust fundraising concert recently, the SA  Bandsmen commented, Both David and Phillip (McCann) are of course ‘cornet legends’, but one of the most intriguing aspects of the evening was hearing David Daws under his new guise as a euphonium soloist. Following several years of injury problems with his lip, David […]

2012 proved a year of changes, some good and some unfortunate. We welcomed Major Graham Mizon as our new Executive Officer who also proved to be a very useful 1st Horn player. Only a few months later he and his wife were appointed to be the Corps Officers at the Regent Hall. We valued Graham’s […]

The last ten days of November became a very intensive time for the band, with concerts at Leigh on Sea Salvation Army, Lovat Fields Retirement Village Milton Keynes and finally the prestigious Birmingham Symphony Hall. The Leigh on Sea concert was part of the Corp’s 110th  anniversary celebrations. An appreciative audience received such numbers as […]

The closing curtain to the 2011-12 season was a return visit to the Abbots Langley Parish Church. It hardly seemed possible that two years had elapsed since our first concert in the church of St Lawrence. As before, the event coincided with the church’s flower festival.  It was good to see an almost full house […]

The evening of  October 27th  proved to be unbelievably wet and cold, nevertheless  for those who braved the elements and ventured to the Bishops Stortford Methodist Church, there was warmth and encouragement in abundance. The event was the annual Bible Society praise concert which has, over the years,  been regularly supported by the bands presence. […]