{"id":110,"date":"2019-11-06T16:11:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borderband.org\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2023-05-31T20:56:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:56:59","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As with many of today\u2019s wind bands our history has a strong military\nconnection and our origins can be traced back to the Border Regiment\nAssociation Band. Much has changed over the decades and we have evolved from a\nmarching brass band into a seated concert band but we remain proud of our\nheritage, and delighted to have built and maintained a strong relationship with\nlocal military charities including the Royal British Legion and RAFA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our recent history has included some very sad times for the band. In 2017 we lost four longstanding members. Alan Branstone (bandmaster &amp; trumpeter) who led the band for 15 years, Maureen Wilson (percussionist), Les Pratt (saxophonist) and Jo Taylor (clarinetist). A memorial concert was held in St Aidan\u2019s Church in April 2018 as a tribute to their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Alans sudden death the band was delighted to have the opportunity to welcome Tom Howe to the post of Bandmaster and Musical Director. Tom held the post from 2018 until he stood down in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"639\" height=\"408\" src=\"http:\/\/borderband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Alan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borderband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Alan1.jpg 639w, https:\/\/borderband.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Alan1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As with many of today\u2019s wind bands our history has a strong military connection and our origins can be traced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/110\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borderband.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}