Good Job 5th Manchester. It brought back memories of 50 years ago when i was in 20th Bristol band (bugler). I still remember Shamrock and some of the other bugle tunes.
Bought back memories when I was in the BB, and marching band of 3rd cricket green. Shame the drums drowned out some of the smaller, and quieter instruments, that played solo parts, then if bugles joined in, it seemed to be a competition to see who could sound the loudest.
There were quite a few different companies taking part. So each of those companies would have had a few if not all representatives of their individual company drum sections. Always a problem these days is that more people want to be drummers than Buglers. Bugles are supposed to be the dominant instrument though. Hence the term Bugle Band. I think a lot seem to forget about this unfortunately. The Bugle section was quite big on this parade, but a lot were playing very quietly. The drummers should have been playing quietly instead..... not the other way around.
There was a total of at least 38 drummers on this parade. So indeed there was far too many drummers. The ratio as we know it should be 3 drummers to every 6 Buglers. I personally would prefer it if that ratio was 3 to 9 instead. The Bell Lyres were completely drowned out by the drummers which is again, always a big problem. My old company used to have only one drummer playing along with the Bell Lyres. We had 3 Lyres and out of the 3 drummers we had..... they took it in turns per each Lyre tune
We only had a small number of Buglers too. We had 3 Buglers only at the lowest point in the companies history and luckily they built up to my preferred minimum of 9. I often think about the fact that many young people and myself have missed out on the best days of the BB. Particularly here in Manchester. There was still a fair number of companies when I joined in 1987. But that’s whittled down a lot since. I think there was still at least 50+ companies back in the early to mid 1990s. There were a fair few bands still knocking about too. Today however..... there’s only two. 5th Manchester And 3rd Trafford. The true glory days in Manchester Battalion were back in the 30s/40s/50s And 60s And it started gradually declining in the 70s onwards.
Good Job 5th Manchester. It brought back memories of 50 years ago when i was in 20th Bristol band (bugler). I still remember Shamrock and some of the other bugle tunes.
Well done! I'm a BB member myself in Northern Ireland.
I was the 5th Manchester Drum Major whose Enrolment Parade it was! Thanks guys. Spectacular band!
Bought back memories when I was in the BB, and marching band of 3rd cricket green. Shame the drums drowned out some of the smaller, and quieter instruments, that played solo parts, then if bugles joined in, it seemed to be a competition to see who could sound the loudest.
Brilliant ,guys and gals ,most enjoyable .
Awesome Band in Manchester....8D...!!
Love from Nigeria
How many companies took part? There's so many there!
Now thats what i call a band
Great stuff
That is one big arse Band.
*Whistle* Blimey!
Sounds hoffic !! Too many drums I take videos all the time
There were quite a few different companies taking part. So each of those companies would have had a few if not all representatives of their individual company drum sections. Always a problem these days is that more people want to be drummers than Buglers. Bugles are supposed to be the dominant instrument though. Hence the term Bugle Band. I think a lot seem to forget about this unfortunately. The Bugle section was quite big on this parade, but a lot were playing very quietly. The drummers should have been playing quietly instead..... not the other way around.
There was a total of at least 38 drummers on this parade. So indeed there was far too many drummers. The ratio as we know it should be 3 drummers to every 6 Buglers. I personally would prefer it if that ratio was 3 to 9 instead. The Bell Lyres were completely drowned out by the drummers which is again, always a big problem. My old company used to have only one drummer playing along with the Bell Lyres. We had 3 Lyres and out of the 3 drummers we had..... they took it in turns per each Lyre tune
We only had a small number of Buglers too. We had 3 Buglers only at the lowest point in the companies history and luckily they built up to my preferred minimum of 9. I often think about the fact that many young people and myself have missed out on the best days of the BB. Particularly here in Manchester. There was still a fair number of companies when I joined in 1987. But that’s whittled down a lot since. I think there was still at least 50+ companies back in the early to mid 1990s. There were a fair few bands still knocking about too. Today however..... there’s only two. 5th Manchester And 3rd Trafford. The true glory days in Manchester Battalion were back in the 30s/40s/50s And 60s And it started gradually declining in the 70s onwards.