MEET THE BAND
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
NATHAN WATERMAN
CORNETS – Front Row
EMILY
Instrument/Position
PRINCIPAL CORNET
SIMON
Instrument/Position
SOLO CORNET
NICK
Instrument/Position
SOLO CORNET
Date Started Playing
1984
Favourite pieces
Slane, Gabriel’s Oboe & For The Love of a Princess (Braveheart)
Least Favourite pieces
Padstow Lifeboat
Most memorable event(s)
Being awarded Bandsman of the Year Trophy – 2015
The 150th and 160th Anniversary Concerts
Interests
Brass banding, caravanning and reading.
CORNETS – Back Row
DAVID
Instrument/Position
SOPRANO CORNET
Date started playing
Favourite piece
Least favourite piece
Most memorable moment
Occupation
Interests
PETER
Instrument/Position
REPIANO CORNET
Date Started Playing
1963
Favourite band piece
To play: Purcell Variations
To listen to: Partita (Wilfred Heaton)
Least favourite band piece
Force of Destiny
Most memorable event
Contesting at Belle Vue
Interests
Is there anything in life other than banding?!
ELVIS
Instrument/Position
2nd CORNET
Date Started playing
2011
Favourite band piece
Gymnopedie
Least favourite band piece
None
Most memorable event
When I won the Ernie Baldwin Shield & also coming first in the Midlands Area Regional Championships 4th Section in 2023
Occupation
Apprentice carpenter/joiner
Interests
Carpentry, X-box, Sport, Tae Kwon Do
CHRIS
Instrument/Position
2ND CORNET
Date started playing
1982
Favourite piece
English Heritage & Seascapes
Least favourite piece
A life lived with grace
Most memorable moment
Coming 4th with Kibworth Band at the Grand Shield in 2005 beating GUS & Desford
Occupation
Carpenter & Joiner
Interests
Taxi driver for my twin daughters, watching sport & enjoying a few beers at the weekend!
PHIL
Instrument/Position
3rd CORNET
MAGGIE
Instrument/Position
3rd CORNET
Maggie is a founding member of Boobs & Brass, the all female band which has raised over £260,000 for Breast Cancer research.
Date started playing
1964 with Fairfield (Buxton) Band
Favourite piece
Too many to choose from but the older test pieces that have “a tune”
Least favourite piece
Anything that is all “noise & notes”
Most memorable moment
Boobs & Brass sharing the stage with Brighouse & Rastrick Band at Huddersfield Town Hall, especially when we played Procession to the Minster – surrounded by a wall of sound. Felt very privileged to be invited
Occupation
Retired Finance Manager
Interests
Gardening, Helping my niece & nephew with their 9 kids!
DIANA
Instrument/Position
FLUGEL HORN
Date Started Playing
1989
Favourite piece to listen to
Essence of Time!
Favourite pieces to play
Pieces that put a smile on people’s faces!!
Least favourite piece
Valero
Most memorable event:
Playing my first flugel duet at Welland Park
Occupation
Teacher
Interests: cake baking, reading, sewing, running
HORNS
AMEY
Instrument/Position
SOLO HORN
Date Started Playing
2000
Favourite piece
Slow Melodies
Least favourite piece
Over the Rainbow (Arr. Frank Bernaerts)
Most memorable event
Thrapston Town Band playing at our wedding
Occupation
Animal Health & Welfare Scientist
Interests
Long-distance running, and food
MARION
Instrument/Position
1st Horn
Date Started Playing
1965
Favourite piece
Anything that makes the audience smile!
Least favourite piece
None!
Most memorable event
Playing at the Festival of Remembrance in the Royal Albert Hall in 1972 with the WRAF Central Band
Interests
Family and banding
JANIS
Instrument/Position
2nd HORN
Date started playing
Favourite piece
Least favourite piece
Most memorable moment
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JULIE
Instrument/Position
2nd HORN
Date Started Playing
1987
Favourite pieces
Serenata by Goff Richards
Least Favourite pieces
Pieces in which I spend a lot of time counting many bars rest
Most memorable event
Playing underground in an empty cruise missile hanger.
Interests
Gardening, reading, crochet and lace making.
EUPHONIUMS
MARK
Instrument/Position
PRINCIPAL EUPHONIUM
Date started playing
1966 aged 7 Kettering Rifles Junior Band
Favourite piece
Carnival Romaine GUS & the solo by the great Trevor Groom
Least favourite piece
Miller Magic or anything with Glen Miller in it!
Most memorable event
Playing the duet Another Fine Mess at a prestigious concert – the first time we got it right and it brought the house down!
Interests
Exploring with our motorhome
Narrowboating & motorbiking when we can fit it in around band jobs
BOB
Instrument/Position
2nd EUPHONIUM
Date Started Playing
September 1974
Favourite pieces
The Lonely Mill
Least Favourite pieces
Hootenanny
Most memorable event
All players of TTB, past and present playing in the Church.
Interests
Motocross and working my 3 dogs
BARITONES
ED
Instrument/Position
1st BARITONE
Date Started Playing
1983
Favourite pieces
Trumpet Blues
Cantabile
Least favourite pieces
Rise like a Phoenix
Most memorable event
Meeting Alison… Marrying Alison… Playing next to Alison
Occupation
BMS Project Manager
Interests
Sheep! LOL
ALISON
Instrument/Position
2nd Baritone
Date Started Playing
1985
Favourite piece
Donegal Bay
Least favourite piece
Hootenanny
Most memorable event
My daughter, Amey, playing her first solo on Tenor Horn for TTB, at the Oundle Music Festival, when she was 10.
Occupation
Sheep Farmer
Interests
Family, triathlon, running, agricultural shows, and all things SHEEP!
TROMBONES
ROB
Instrument/Position
PRINCIPAL TROMBONE
Date Started Playing
1975
Favourite pieces
Concierto de Aranjuez
Least favourite pieces
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
Most memorable event
The way the band stuck together throughout the pandemic. And winning the Areas in 2023!
Occupation
Brand & Marketing Consultant
Interests
Road cycling and Liverpool FC.
BRIAN
Instrument/Position
2nd TROMBONE
Date Started Playing
1982
Favourite pieces
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Least Favourite pieces
A Winters Tale
Most memorable event
Playing for TADS for Brassed Off
Interests
Gardening & Swimming
ELAINE
Instrument/Position
BASS TROMBONE
Date Started Playing
1966 aged 11 Ellesborough Silver Band
Favourite pieces
Pirates of the Caribbean (for fun)
Scheherazade (for serious content)
Least Favourite piece
Hootenanny
Most memorable event
Exhilarating playing Seascapes on percussion at Area Championship qualifiers, quite a buzz even though we didn’t come anywhere!
Interests
Machine knitting & crafting
Playing the piano & recorder
Motorhoming, narrowboating, motorbiking,
Keeping fit & pumping iron at my local gym
Everything really!
BASSES
ALEX
Instrument/Position
Eb BASS (PRINCIPAL)
Date started playing
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DAVE
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Eb BASS
Date started playing
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CHRIS
Instrument/Position
Bb BASS
Date started playing
Xxxx
Favourite piece
Xxxx
Least favourite piece
Xxxx
Most memorable moment
Xxxx
Occupation
Xxxx
Interests
Xxxx
CONNOR
Instrument/Position
Bb Bass
Date Started Playing
Started playing on Bb cornet in February 2010. Transitioned on to Bb Bass in September 2022
Favourite piece
Anything that’s upbeat & is a crowd pleaser are favourites for me!
Least Favourite pieces
Anything that’s REALLY slow …..
Most memorable event
Brassed Off with a drama society (Thrapston Plaza)
Interests
Gaming on PC & Xbox
PERCUSSION
TRACEY
Instrument/Position
TUNED PERCUSSION
Date Started Playing
2014
Favourite pieces
Pirates of the Caribbean and anything that requires jumping from one instrument to another.
Least Favourite pieces
Cornfield Rock
Most memorable event
Playing in Brassed Off with Thrapston Amateur Dramatics Society
Interests
Holidays, holidays and more holidays.
ALAN
KIT PERCUSSION
Date started: 1993
Favourite piece: Music For A Festival (great for kit and percussion)
Least favourite : None
Memorable moment: Winning the 2023 Midlands Area Contest with Thrapston
Occupation: Security Officer
Interests: F1, photography, a good boxset to binge on, historical interests and a very eclectic taste in music
ANNABEL
PERCUSSION
Date started: 2019
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Occupation: Sudent:
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