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GREETINGS FROM GENERAL SHAW CLIFTON
ON THE
125th ANNIVERSARY OF BOSCOMBE BAND
To: Bandmaster Howard J Evans and the members of Boscombe Band
Dear Bandmaster Evans,
I am delighted to have the opportunity to greet you and all the members of
the Boscombe Band as you celebrate 125 years of ministry through music.
Music-making has for a long time been a distinctive of Salvation Army worship
and Boscombe Corps is renowned for its standard of musicianship,
deportment, and above all, of bringing blessing to its hearers and glory to God.
You have many exciting events scheduled for the year, not least the visit of the
International Staff Band in April and the Chicago Staff Band in May. Special
mention needs to be made of the anniversary weekend in October, led by
Colonel Robert Redhead. May every engagement and endeavour be fruitful
for the Kingdom.
As you look back over many, many years, you will be giving thanks to God for
the faithfulness of all those who have been members of the band. I
encourage you also to look to the future and to seek the guiding hand of God
as you strive to be effective and relevant in your ministry during the years
ahead.
My wife, Commissioner Helen Clifton, joins me in sending you warm wishes,
and may each of you know the blessing and empowering of God as you seek
to witness and minister.
Yours in Christ,
Shaw Clifton
GENERAL
February 2011
Bandmaster Howard J Evans and members of the Boscombe Band
Dear Friends,
Commissioner Betty and I would not want this important occasion to pass by
without sending congratulations to you on achieving one hundred and twenty
five years of service as a Salvation Army Band. This is a fine record of service
and one of which you can be proud.
It is doubtful that any of the present members were in the band one hundred
and twenty five years ago! However, it is only because each is faithfully serving
the Lord today that this celebration is possible. As we celebrate such an
anniversary we are conscious of the quality of dedication which has been
displayed down through the years. The music has been used to bless and
attract people not simply to the Army, but to the message of the Gospel.
The world is clearly vastly different to that experienced by your comrades one
hundred and twenty five years ago. The spiritual needs of people however are
just the same as is the power and love of an unchanging God.
May your continued music-making bring edification to Salvationists and friends
alike but, more importantly, may it encourage and convict those who hear of
their need for a personal, living Saviour - Jesus Christ.
God bless you all.
Yours in Christ,
John Matear
Commissioner – Territorial Commander

Bandmaster Howard Evans
Boscombe Corps
Dear Bandmaster
On behalf of everyone at Divisional Headquarters, I write to
congratulate you and the members of your band as you
celebrate 125 years of Salvationist service and witness.
The excellence of your playing has, over the years, uplifted
both the worship and outreach of Boscombe Corps, and
been the means of drawing many people closer to the
presence of God.
We pray that this will continue to be the driving force of the Band, as you
minister - through your music making - to both corps and community.
Yours Sincerely
Graham Owen
Lieutenant Colonel – Divisional Commander
Dear Bandmaster and Band
Congratulations on the Boscombe Band reaching its 125th Year! One could not
hazard to guess how many million notes have been played to the glory of God and
blessing of people during that time.
Originally formed to aid the street ministry of the Boscombe Corps, itself only one
year old at the time, it was heard by small crowds of people. Throughout the 125
years the Band’s open air ministry has continued, in places like Fisherman’s Walk,
Boscombe Seafront and Boumemouth Gardens and elsewhere at various times of
the year, but its mission and ministry has expanded greatly. Today, through the
miracle of God’s grace and modern technology, the Band’s playing is heard on the
weekly CD ministry by people as far apart as North America, Australia, South
Africa, parts of Europe and South East Asia.
The Band continues to enhance the weekly indoor worship, the monthly
celebration meetings, the Easter convention, monthly visits to hospitals, nursing
homes, and special events like the summer bandstands, the Bournemouth Air
Show, the Keyhaven songs of praise, fund raising concerts for many different
charities, carolling to raise monies to support our community work, the annual
cenotaph service, the Battle of Britain parade, joint concerts with other bands and
with our own songster brigade, visits to local churches and Corps in the UK, and
tours internationally. This year the Band completes an exhausting, but
exhilarating, tour of Scandinavia.
The Band’s repertoire encompasses a huge range of music from traditional hymns
to complex tone poems, from lively marches to soul-searching meditations, from
the classics to jazzy arrangements of negro spirituals, in fact music for almost
every taste. The Band’s recent CD releases have been acclaimed, not just by
Salvationists but by the Brass Band fraternity, as being of a remarkably high
standard of playing. Through the years the Band has been blessed with
excellent bandmasters, each with their own contribution to its development
and effectiveness. Our current bandmaster, Dr. Howard Evans, has enriched,
enabled and encouraged the Band in a wonderful way. Thank you Howard
and your team of band locals. Roll on the next 125 years!
With gratitude to God and all the members of Boscombe Band,
past and present.
Yours sincerely,
Peter and Val Mylechreest,
Majors – Commanding Officers (Boscombe)

Congratulations to everyone at Boscombe on their 125th
anniversary.
Black Dyke and myself have had close relationships with
the Salvation Army and indeed I have had the pleasure of
conducting in your Citadel at Boscombe.
The Band and Corps are a constant inspiration to all who
visit and with your planed tour to Scandinavia, you carry
your name proudly not only in the UK but around the
world!
Here’s to the next 125 years and what you represent so
well!
Dr Nicholas Childs
Director of Music – Black Dyke Band
The Boscombe Band of The Salvation Army
1st March 2011
Dear friends,
Boscombe Band 125th Anniversary
We are living in days when many Salvation Army bands
are celebrating significant anniversaries and, as I look
around the territory, I am constantly reminded of the
dedicated and faithful service that Salvationist
musicians give in their local settings. I therefore count it
a real privilege and pleasure to be able to extend my
greetings and congratulations to you all on the occasion
of the Boscombe Band’s 125th anniversary celebrations.
I am deeply aware of the strong level of commitment
and the high musical standards that have been
maintained at Boscombe throughout the long and
illustrious history of the Band. Such standards are only
achieved and maintained through faithful leadership,
loyal and dedicated support and a strong sense of the
value of Salvation Army banding. I salute the current
leaders and members of the band for their continued
work, but also recognise and acknowledge the strong
foundations and traditions that were laid down and
established by their predecessors.
Knowing the corps as I do, I am confident that this very
significant anniversary will not just be a time when past
achievements are relived and memories stirred. It will
also be a point from which the band will move forward
with renewed enthusiasm and energy to find new ways
of living out the purpose that you outline on every page
of your band website ‘To know Christ, To live Christ, To
share Christ’.
May God continue to bless and use you in His service,
both collectively as a band and as individuals as you
march from this important milestone into the future.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Stephen Cobb
Territorial Music Director
Bandmaster – The International Staff Band
It is a pleasure to send greetings to Boscombe Band on this
remarkable occasion. Achieving 125 years of faithful service,
ministering with music at home and abroad, means that many
people will have been blessed during that time. The world has
changed greatly since 1886, but the need to hear the good
news of the gospel, by a variety of means, including music,
has surely not diminished.
I count myself as one of the many blessed by the band’s
music. In its early days, only local people would have been
able to hear the band; now it is heard around the world
through recordings. Even forty years ago, when I was
commissioned Boscombe Bandmaster, such recordings were
rare. As a composer I am very grateful for the encouragement
that I receive from hearing the band feature my music, and I
have a wonderful sense of reward when I hear that it has been
helpful to others.
As well as extending congratulations on reaching this
milestone, I would urge you all to take inspiration from the
past, and use it to channel your skill and energy towards
achieving even greater things in the future.
May God bless you, your musical message, and all who hear it.
Bandmaster Kenneth Downie

BOSCOMBE SALVATION ARMY
March 2011
I am delighted to send my sincere congratulations on the 125th Anniversary of the
Boscombe Salvation Army Band, particularly as Bournemouth last year celebrated its
own Bicentenary.
The Boscombe Corps plays a very active role in the local community by visiting
Hospitals and Care Homes every week throughout the winter months, and performing
concerts in the Bournemouth Gardens’ Bandstand during the summer. This, in
addition to running various Clubs for the local residents and providing Christmas Day
meals for those in need.
Of course, the Salvation Army is well known for its Band’s visits abroad and the
Mayoress and I wish them well for their forthcoming trip to Scandinavia.
Councillor Barry Goldbart
Mayor of Bournemouth 2010-2011

G Glass
1886
H Langridge
1886
Jack Pond
1886-1908
Albert Webber
1909-1911
Gilbert Anstell
1911-1926
William Walker
1927-1938
Sylvester Henning
1938-1943
Herbert Mountain
1945-1950
Courtney Bosanko
1950-1964
Kenneth Cook
1964-1971
Kenneth Downie
1971-1974
Geoff Otter
1975-1995
Roland Wright
1995-1996
Garry Lawrence
1996-2001

Since its formation in 1886
Boscombe Band of the Salvation
Army has built a tradition of music
making around the foundation of
"the best for the highest". Within
the Salvation Army the role of a band
is like that of the church organ -
providing accompaniments for the
hymn singing as well as musical
contributions to the church services.
However, unlike the church organ, a
band has the ability to take its music
outside the walls of the church and
into the community. Throughout its
125 year history the Band has
always focused on Christian witness
and evangelism.
To this day the main purpose of the
Band is to be a living testimony,
whether it be in the Sunday morning
Holiness meeting; playing to patients
and staff at local hospitals;
entertaining crowds in Bournemouth
Gardens from the Pinewalk
Bandstand; or taking the Christmas
message to hotel residents. The
proclamation of the gospel always
provides the focal point.
The Beginnings
The Band now has a 'traditional'
brass band instrumentation but it
was not always thus. Early reports
speak of "4 cornets, a violin, flute,
triangle and drum" and more than
one report highlighted the drummer.
Just a few years after the Band was
formed the Founder's daughter, Lucy
Booth, wrote in the War Cry - "there
was plenty of drum as might be
expected from a man who evidently
is possessed of the idea he has a
mission and the standard of the
instrumentalists was far above the
ordinary".
The Bournemouth Guardian in
February of 1887 was much less
charitable towards the drummer.
If the Salvation Army wish to retain
the goodwill of the residents here
they will endeavour to restrain the
ardour of the man with the big drum.
It is very annoying for paterfamilias
to be roused from the 40 winks he
generally indulges in after his
Sunday dinner and for
materfamilias, just as she has
succeeded in getting her olive
branches to settle down for the
night, to have them frightened out of
their wits by the banging of the
drum. Less noise and more music
would be more creditable to the
band, and pleasanter to those who
are obliged to be hearers.
By 1895 the Band had grown in size
to 31 members and, according to all
available photographic evidence, has
never fallen below this number.
The Travels
It was in 1891 that the Band
undertook its first recorded trip
outside of Bournemouth - along with
over 100 local Salvationists the
Band boarded the SS Empress and
set sail for Swanage - playing music
on the journey to help defray the
expenses! This was the first of many
trips to be undertaken by the Band.
In addition to well over one hundred
towns and cities throughout the
length and breadth of England and
Wales the Band has also travelled to
Scotland (Glasgow - for the Glasgow
Garden Festival and the Salvation
Army's Scottish Congress), Ireland
(Belfast) and the Channel Islands (St
Peter Port, Guernsey).
On one occasion the Band went
away for a weekend, visiting the
corps of Alton during the August
bank holiday of 1924. Travelling in a
charabanc that they nicknamed the
'egg boiler', they had only reached
Holmsley in the New Forest when the
inevitable happened and the radiator
boiled over. While waiting for the
vehicle to be repaired the bandsmen
did not sit idly by, but enjoyed a
game of cricket. Inevitably the
evening festival started two hours
late, but the rest of the weekend did
pass without further calamity.
Many invitations were received for
the Band to visit corps in the North
of England, but distance always
proved an obstacle. It was overcome
on Friday 16th June 1950 when forty
four bandsmen, plus wives and
sweethearts departed Boscombe for
an eight day tour of the Midlands
and the North - an event then
considered unique in post war
Salvation Army banding. Travelling
over 800 miles, the Band gave
festivals at Nottingham Memorial
Halls, Sheffield Citadel, Hull, South
Shields, Leeds (where they also
played for their lunch at the
Montague Burton factory),
Manchester and Birmingham Citadel.

At South Shields, the bandmaster
took good wishes to Bandmaster
George Marshall, whose weak
condition made it impossible for him
to receive all the Boscombe men
who desired to visit him. He sent
instead a stirring message to the
bandsmen.
With only limited free time - to visit
the Founder's birthplace at
Nottingham, examine the crooked
spire at Chesterfield, and visit a steel
works in Sheffield - the tour was
rather strenuous for the bandsmen.
They no doubt were encouraged by
the support of the ladies for whom
accommodation was reserved in
hotels and hostels, at a total cost of
£4 1s 6d.
This was not the first tour for the
Band. In 1947 they were awarded
the singular honour of being the first
Salvation Army band to campaign
overseas after World War II.
Brindley Boon wrote an evocative
account of the departure from
London for The Musician.
As the clock of a nearby church
began to strike eight on Thursday
evening (June 19th) the Hook of
Holland continental train slid
casually out of Liverpool Street
Station carrying Boscombe Band on
the second stage of its journey to
Holland.
For the 48 men comprising the
touring party it was no casual
departure. Theirs was the first
British corps band to visit the
continent of Europe in this new postwar
era and whilst Major George
Baker (the Boscombe CO -
accompanying the band as IHQ
representative), Bandmaster Herbert
Mountain and the bandsmen were in
excellent spirits, keenly anticipating
the campaign, they were humbly
conscious of a heavy responsibility
resting upon them.
By the time the last stroke had
sounded the train had become
swallowed up in the distant cloud of
engine smoke and as the small
company of well-wishers, headed by
Major Saywell, quietly dispersed it
was difficult to realise that, if
everything went 'according to plan',
the band would have arrived on
Dutch soil before the friendly clock
again struck eight.
The Band returned to Holland in
1961 revisiting many of the venues
of the earlier tour including
Oosterbeek Cemetery near Arnhem
where they had the opportunity to
remember those who had given their
lives for their country.
In 1990, the Band once again went
on tour, this time to Sweden. Hosted
by Södertalje Band a busy week saw
the Band travelling as far south as
Jönköping and as far north as Umeå
for the divisional congress.
The Band’s last two tours have seen
them cross the atlantic - first to
Florida and then further north to
Minneapolis, Chicago, Toronto and
New York, along with a number of
other venues. In addition, a small
group of bandsmen have also played
in Moscow’s Red Square.
Recordings
Early in 1938 the BBC sent Mr Denis
Wright to hear and assess the Band's
broadcasting potential. Following
the audition the bandsmen sat
tensed like ramrods, holding their
breath until the verdict had been
announced. When told of their
success they slumped with relief
and, after the departure of the
assessors, they were nearly dancing
with joy such was their excitement.
Although surely thrilled by the
outcome Bandmaster Walker could
not even raise a smile but sat stern
faced, as usual. Denis Wright highly
commended the bandsmen on their
technique and general performance.
Soon arrangements were made for a
live broadcast which took place at
Bristol Citadel where the Band was
leading the meetings on the 12th
and 13th of February. The
programme notes described the
Band as "one of the best in the
South of England. A great favourite
with Sir Dan Godfrey who speaks in
appreciative terms of its musical
efficiency. The band not only gives
splendid festivals but are particularly
adapted to conducting very
impressive and inspiring services".
On Sunday afternoon the Band
performed their festival as normal
then, after a short interval,
commenced a live broadcast at 4pm.
The twenty minute programme
consisted of Scandinavian Songs,
the cornet solo Wondrous Love -
played by Harold Walker - and the
march The Fount.
Back at Boscombe, Adjutant Wingett
had forestalled any absenteeism
from the afternoon meeting by
installing a radio - daring any of the
congregation to stay at home.
Wives, families and friends sat with
bated breath as the Band came over
the air. When the broadcast finished
there was a sigh of relief and
thunderous applause.
Preparations were soon under way
for the Band's second broadcast on
25th April in the Alexandra Hall,
Bournemouth which earned the
Band a fee of 12 guineas. A printed
card was given to each bandsman
warning against possible pitfalls in
the music and advising of uniform to
be worn. The bandmaster added:
"Be calm and do not overblow. This
is your great opportunity - take it"
The advice was heeded, and the
resultant broadcast was very well
received, with many letters sent
complimenting the Band on their
wonderful playing, tone and
execution.

The Boscombe new building scheme
prompted the Band to produce its
first cassette in March 1983.
Recorded at the Bournemouth
studios of Two Counties Radio, the
cassette took its title “Fisherman's
Walk” from Kenneth Downie's march
and featured a wide range of brass
and vocal music, including Daystar,
Glory and Brooklyn Citadel. Eric
Ball's specially written meditation
Brantwood was also included,
together with solos played by Roland
Wright (cornet) and Graham
Lawrence (euphonium).
Over 1000 copies of this cassette
were sold, even though it was never
made available through shops. In
1985 the recording was re-released
in LP form as Priceless Treasure,
with the title coming from one of the
featured songs. Marching Along was
the Band's second recording,
produced in both LP and cassette
form in 1985, and featuring only
marches and marching songs.
Extracts from these recordings were
often featured by the local radio
stations - 2CR and Radio Solent -
and the Band has also made a
number of recordings especially for
the BBC, both for radio - on Listen to
the Band on Radio 2 and Bandstand
on Radio 3 - and on television.
In more recent years the band has
made a number of CDs - you can
find details of these elsewhere in the
brochure. These recordings have
enabled the Band to be heard in
many far flung corners of the world
that it could not possibly hope to visit
and taken the Band’s message to
thousands of people.
Summer Activities
Ever eager to find new avenues for
band service, Band Secretary Percy
Cutler and the CO Major Baker,
approached Bournemouth Council in
1946 for permission to use the
Fisherman’s Walk bandstand.
Undaunted by refusal Major Baker
later returned to the park
entertainments officials, armed with
the band scores of the Unfinished
Symphony and Memories of the
Masters.
Once convinced that the Band did
feature this type of music in their
festivals a trial programme was
arranged and the Band duly played
at Fisherman’s Walk during the
August Bank holiday.
A short season of about 4 bandstand
programmes was also given in 1947,
but the real breakthough came in
1948 when the Band was invited by
the council to give a series of ten
concerts. Each programme
commenced at 7pm, lasted ninety
minutes and featured music from a
repertoire of fifty pieces. With
marches, selections, meditations,
hymn tune arrangements, the full
range of Army music was
demonstrated. Three soloists of that
time were regularly featured - Harold
Walker, even in his late forties, never
failed to thrill with his cornet solos;
YP Band Leader Reg Tubbs, who had
been the Band’s soprano player
since 1936; and Chris Hayes on
trombone. Nine guineas per
programme was gratefully received
for the band fund.
From this grew a tradition,
maintained to this day, of a series of
bandstand concerts throughout each
summer - recently at Pinewalk
Bandstand in Bournemouth.
This is just one of the ways in which
the Band participates in community
events in association with the civic
authorities. Since 1971 the Band
has led the march of war veterans to
the cenotaph on Remembrance
Sunday, accompanying the hymns
and providing music during the
laying of wreaths.
Another tradition was started in
December 1966 with a concert in
Christchurch Priory. The report in the
Bournemouth Echo read
For the first time in history the Priory
Church, Christchurch, resounded to
the sound of Salvation Army brass
bands, when the massed bands of
Boscombe and Christchurch,
together with their combined singing
companies and songsters, presented
a carol concert at the Church. The
event drew one of the largest
congregations ever known to the
church - some people had to be
turned away - and raised £85 for
Christchurch Hospital League of
Friends. The 40 musicians of the
Boscombe Citadel Band, under
Bandmaster Kenneth Cook, played a
selection of Christmas music
including Christmas in Europe and
the tone poem The Kingdom
Triumphant.
Although this series of concerts was
interrupted during the 1980s it is
now once again established as a
regular part of the Band's annual
programme. Taking place near the
beginning of December it is seen by
many to mark the start of Christmas
and alongside regular summer
concerts and the Battle of Britain
service each September means that
the Band is now a regular visitor to
the Priory.
In July 1970 the Punshon Memorial
Church invited the Band to lead an
after church holidaymaker's service
and this saw the commencement of
another engagement that became an
annual fixture in the Band’s
calendar.
A great honour was bestowed upon
the Band in March 1979 when they
were chosen to play for the visit to
Bournemouth of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Assembled in Madeira Road, the
Band played for two hours while the
royal couple visited the police station
and had a walkabout but, due to the
vast crowds, few of the bandsmen
were able to get even a glimpse of
them.

Prestigious Events
Visits to Crystal Palace in the early
part of the 20th century presaged
involvement in prestigious events in
famous concert halls.
In November 1934 the Band were
honoured by their inclusion in a
festival at Queen's Hall, London,
together with the bands of
Tottenham I, Harlesden, Rayleigh
and Kettering. The first Boscombe
item was the cornet solo Tucker,
played by Harold Walker, during
which he accidentally blew out the
slide of his first valve. Calmly he
bent down, replaced it and carried
on. The audience were thrilled at his
brilliant delivery of this difficult solo
although the composer, Erik Leidzen,
writing his impressions for ‘The
Bandsman and Songster’ found
more than a few faults with it!
In June 1962 the Band was
honoured by a second appearance in
the Royal Albert Hall for the
Bandmasters' councils festival. As in
1949 they shared the platform with
Coventry City Band and the ISB, with
Tottenham Citadel being the other
guests. More recently the Band was
further honoured by appearances in
two major London festivals. At the
Royal Festival Hall, 8th October
1980, they shared the platform with
bands from Derby Central, Ilford and
Belfast Temple, and played Ray
Steadman-Allen's Daystar and at the
Bandmasters’ Councils festival held
in the Royal Albert Hall, 2nd June
1984, they featured another of this
composer's major works - The Holy
War.
For a number of years Eric Ball had
friendly associations with Boscombe
Band, regularly being invited to
conduct a Fisherman's Walk
bandstand programme, lead a band
practice and attend the annual
dinner. He became
widely respected and
admired by the
bandsmen, and it was
fitting then that on his
80th birthday in
November 1983 a
special concert was given
by the Band - supported
by the songsters.
Apart from Symphony of
Thanksgiving - included at his own
request - every item on the
programme was written by Eric Ball
himself and the occasion was truly
savoured by the congregation of
400, which included Harry Mortimer
and other special guests.
It is not only in the United Kingdom
that the Band has performed in
famous venues - whilst on tour
abroad the band have had the
honour and opportunity to play in
great auditoriums such as the
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and
the Historic State Theatre in
Minneapolis.
The Band Today
One recent concert featured Duncan
Hopkins (double bass) as soloist.
This concert was typical of many
instances throughout its history
when the Band has used its music
making to build bridges to the
'secular' music world and therefore
gain opportunities to witness to
completely new audiences. Recent
examples include working with Brett
Baker (trombone) and Steven Mead
(euphonium - a former member of
the Band) on recordings and in
concert as well as partnership
concerts with Fountain City Brass
Band (USA), SWT Woodfalls Band
and Foden's Richardson Band.
Such prestigious events are few and
far between and account for only a
small portion of the Band's workload.
They are more regularly to be found
playing at hospitals or homes for the
elderly; proclaiming the gospel in the
street or on the seafront; witnessing
on the march or in the bandstand.
125 years after its commencement,
Boscombe Band is one of the busiest
in the Salvation Army.
Today the Band comprises around
thirty-seven men and women - who
each give of their time and talent as
volunteers. This considerable
commitment enables the Band to
continue to proclaim the Christian
message through its music.
Clearly these few pages can only
scratch the surface of the history
and heritage of the men and women
who have served in the Band. It is
perhaps fitting to end this summary
with words from Bandmaster Walker
on his retirement.
We have spent years in pegging
away at ourselves and at the music,
but the band has now arrived at the
stage where it is proving a blessing
to thousands who listen to it from
time to time, whether in the Citadel,
in the openair or on the cliffs in
summertime. Many testimonials to
this fact have been received, both
from persons of high rank and from
the man in the street.
Of the musical efficiency of the band
others must speak. Suffice it to say
that I lay down the baton with
confidence that the band is going to
be better than ever. 'Onward and
Upward' must be its motto.
We salute all who
have gone before!

Back Row : Ray Jones, Stephen Main, Niall Marshallsay, Adrian Whittingham, John Pearce-Haydon,
Keith Varley, Nicola Oakden
Front Row : Craig Snell, Kevin Whittingham, Mark Forsyth, George Lawrence, Victor Hinchliffe
Back Row : David Phillips, Ray Moye, Garry Lawrence, Tony Christopher, Malcolm Randell, Barney Lawrence
Front Row : Maurice Smith, Ben Thompson, Colin Lowe, Kevin Bromage, John Starkes

Tom Lynch, Wayne Nock, Trevor Smith, David Wilkinson
Brian Wright, Ian Mercer, Ian Clapcott, John Meredith, Ross Mercer

Back Row : Craig Snell (Treasurer), Terence Carey (PR and Media),
Howard J Evans (Bandmaster), Garry Lawrence (Deputy)
Front Row : Brian Wright (Sergeant), Ray Jones (Librarian),
George McConnell (Secretary)
Matt Worthington, George McConnell
Eric Frampton
The map to the left shows where in
England and Wales the Band have
visited during the last 125 years.
As mentioned in the history pages
the Band has also been to
Scotland, Ireland and Guernsey as
well as undertaking overseas
tours.
Visit the Band’s website to see
details of the tours that have been
undertaken and maps of the
venues that the Band has visited.
www.boscombebandsa.org.uk

In its 125 years the Band has had the privilege of being
associated with (and conducted by) many great musicians -
some from the local area, such as Sir Dan Godfrey (who was
largely responsible for the success of the Bournemouth
Municipal Orchestra) and Eric Ball (a legend within the brass
band world who often worked with the Band, including
regularly conducting at the bandstand concerts), and some
international vistors, most recently with William Himes and,
later this year, Robert Redhead.
However, just fifteen have been privileged to be bandmaster -
many of them amongst the leading musicians and composers
of the Salvation Army. This is exemplified by the current
bandmaster, Howard J. Evans.
Howard has been the bandmaster at Boscombe since April
2001 and has a well-established musical career as a pianist
and teacher as well as a conductor. He graduated with a
Mus.B(Hons) degree from the University of Manchester and
also obtained LRAM, LTCL and ARCM(Hons) diplomas in piano
teaching and performing as well as brass teaching. As a
postgraduate pianist of the Royal Northern College of Music,
Manchester, he obtained a Diploma in Performance Studies.
His piano studies were undertaken with the British pianist
Gordon Fergus-Thompson and later with the distinguished
Russian pianist and international teacher, Sulamita
Aronovsky.
As a pianist and conductor he has performed extensively at
many major concert venues throughout the United Kingdom,
including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Bridgewater Hall and
the Royal Albert Hall. He has also made regular visits
overseas to Canada and the USA, as well as to European
countries such as the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany,
Austria and Switzerland. In addition he undertakes work as an
examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of
Music and maintains a piano teaching practice.
For some time he has also been involved in the Salvation
Army brass scene, becoming the National Bandmaster United
Kingdom in 1988. In May 2000 he was appointed Director of
Music in the Netherlands and conductor of the Amsterdam
Staff Band. During a period of nearly six years with the band
he undertook two major tours - to USA West in 2003 and to
the UK in 2005.
During the last few years he has also been in demand as a
guest conductor for a number of bands at significant events,
directing a Celebrity Brass Band in the premiere recording of
the brass version of Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man; appearing
with the Leyland Band at the RNCM Festival of Brass in 2008;
directing the Grimethorpe Colliery Band for their appearances
at the Deal Festival in the summer of 2008 and the Festival of
Brass in 2011; and an appearance at the Festival of Brass in
2010 with the famous Brighouse and Rastrick Band.
In 2005 Howard completed a performance based
Masters Degree with Distinction from Salford
University, majoring in conducting. Since January
2007 he has also been working as a Lecturer at the
University and was appointed to a Fellowship in
October 2008, specialising in performance areas.
This was followed in July 2009 by the award of a
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree from Salford
University. His doctoral studies included the
recording of The Armed Man. The significance of
this recording rests in pushing the boundaries of the
brass band genre and integration with other
performance disciplines which allows it to build
bridges with the wider music community. Also
within the doctoral submission was the recording
Sanctuary (with the Boscombe Band), a unique
survey from a major area of the Salvation Army’s
reflective music in a form known as the
‘Meditation’. This received critical praise for
renewing a sense of intellectual and musical centre
within church music through the medium of the
brass band literature. Sanctuary was also noted for
performances that gave significant new insights
into repertoire which had developed its own
historicity of performance practice. Distinguished
premieres of the work of Ray Steadman-Allen, one
of the most distinctive voices within the brass scene
across all boundaries, were also a major feature of
his doctoral success.
In November 2010 Howard was appointed as a
permanent Lecturer in Performance and is now the
Classical Performance Director for the Music
Directorate.

Having a father who occupied the
principal cornet seat of the
International Staff Band for a
number of years, there was always
an expectation that Craig would one
day learn to play the cornet. At the
early age of four Craig’s journey
began and then soon took off when
he started playing in the YP Band at
his local Salvation Army Citadel in
Romford.
His family moved to Bournemouth
in 1984, where he began attending
local and national music camps run
by the Salvation Army - for a
number of years enjoying Cobham
Hall Territorial Music School.
Craig joined Boscombe Band in
1986 in the Band’s 100th year and
began his rise up the cornet bench
‘one part at a time’, until eventually
sitting next to his father following
his attainment of principal cornet at
the age of twenty-three. Craig has
also enjoyed the position of
assistant principal cornet or
principal cornet in the Household
Troops Band for ten years, the
Clarence Adoo Brass Band since its
inception, and for various concerts
for local Champion Section bands
including Woodfalls, Bournemouth
Concert Brass, Bodmin Town Band
and Hyde Band. He was also a
member of the Egon Virtuosi Brass
Band.
Barney is a fourth generation
Salvationist and Boscombe
bandsman. He started playing the
cornet as a six year old, passing his
grade 8 exam with distinction when
he was fifteen. He then switched to
Tenor Horn at sixteen, and passed
his grade 8 on horn when he was
eighteen, before passing his grade 8
in music theory a year later.
Barney has always been a lover of
music, studying it at GCSE and A
Level at school. He is very active
within the corps, playing in the Band
as well as playing bass guitar for the
corps songsters. He has also played
bass guitar for the choirs at
Territorial Music School, Northern
Summer School, the Territorial
Youth Choir, and also Salvacosta.
Barney works at Cliff House Holiday
and Conference Centre, which is a
Salvation Army run hotel in
Bournemouth.

Trevor has played in all sections of
Salvation Army bands excluding
percussion with most of his time at
Boscombe being on trombone. He
has played over twenty fie different
solos on four different instruments -
including the Vaughan Williams
Tuba Concerto with orchestra.
In his youth he participated in semiprofessional
orchestras doing pit
work for musicals, opera and many
different choral societies. He has
played with people such as John
Ogdon, John Wilbraham, David
Cripps, Michael Laird, Sarah Walker
and Felicity Lott
Trevor is a Capital Plant Sales
Manager for the largest milking
machine manufacturer in the world.
His interests include travel, eating
out, his grandchildren, listening to
music and regular workouts at the
gym.
John started playing at the tender
age of four within a few years he
was travelling round the north of
Scotland as euphonium player in
Inverness Salvation Army band
learning his art as a stand up
soloist. He was eighteen when he
joined the renowned Govan Citadel
band under the guidance of
Bandmaster John Baillie and he
moved to Boscombe in 1988 where
he really started to learn his craft
under the late Geoff Otter and
former principal euphonium
Graham Lawrence.
John has also been a member of the
Woodfalls Band under the
leadership of Dr. Nick Childs and
Melvin White and is now a member
of Bournemouth Concert Brass.
John is a devoted family man -
husband to Jo and father to
Catherine and Stephen and in all
that he does he embodies the ethos
of “the best for the highest”.
John is a first generation
Salvationist having been introduced
to the Army by the parents of his
friend David Wilkinson at the age of
ten. Attendance at Sunday school
eventually led to becoming a learner
and subsequently joining the YP
Band under the leadership of
Norman Cutler and, for the majority
of the time, Roy Doncaster. Initially
playing second cornet, John spent
most of his time in the YP Band on
euphonium.
In 1961 he transferred to the senior
band (Courtney Bosanko) on Eb
tuba. From 1962 until 1965 John
joined the RAF Music Services as a
tuba player serving at RAF Uxbridge,
Locking and Akrotiri. On his return
to the corps he became the Band's
principal Eb tuba which remains his
current position.
In 2009 John attained a PhD in
composition from Salford University
under the auspices of Peter Graham
and holds a Master of Arts (Dist.)
degree in composition. He also is a
Fellow of the Trinity College of
Music, Licentiate of the Trinity
College of Music and an Associate
of the Royal College of Music.
John, a retired Facilities Manager, is
married to Diane who is the corps
pianist and they have two children -
Timothy and Holly - and a
granddaughter - Abigail.

James Anderson
Camp Happyland
Goldcrest
The Pioneers
Michael Babb
Love Cannot Fail
John Larsson
Eric Ball
Glory To His Name
Star Lake
The Eternal Presence
The Old Wells
The Kingdom Triumphant
Leonard Ballantine
Heart Beat
His Eye is on the Sparrow
'Mid All The Traffic
O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen
Norman Bearcroft
Just Like John
Spirit of the Army
Suite - Reflections
The Call of Christ
The Calvary Track
Albert Orsborn
The Word of Grace
David Bertie
Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission)
Ennio Morricone
Thomas Bidgood
The British Legion March
Ivor Bosanko
Share My Yoke
Joy Webb
Brian Bowen
Amen, Amen!
City of God
Ray Bowes
Abide with Me
Dudley Bright
Are You Joyful?
Paean
The Greatest of These
William Broughton
Deep River
Negro Spiritual
Stephen Bulla
Washington Salute 125
Morley Calvert
My All is on the Altar
Phil Catelinet
Reclamation
Bramwell Coles
Lloyd
Cuthbert Howard
The Story of Old
James Asher Parks
Treasures From Tchaikovsky
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Victors Acclaimed
Martin Cordner
In Christ Alone
Stuart Townend, Keith Getty
Light-Bringer
Round-Up
The Name
Ray Cresswell
The Defenders
James Curnow
A Psalm of Praise (Psalm 100)
Breathe on me, Breath of God
Ellacombe Chronicles
Procession of Nobles
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Henry Walford Davies
RAF March Past
Howard Davies
You Know That We Love You
Trevor Davis
All over the world
Swan Lake - Extract from Act I
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Kenneth Downie
Brother James' Air
The Lord's my Shepherd
James Leith Macbeth Bain
Christmas Angels
Coming Home! music of reconciliation
William Thompson
Even Me
Grant us Thy peace
In Perfect Peace
Jesus Answers Prayer
My Name is Written There
Myfanwy
Joseph Parry
Purcell Variations
Quiet Time
Reverie
Silent Vigil
Stars of the Morning
The Great Parade
Through the Blood of the Lamb
You Know That We Love You
After the song by Howard Davies
Paul Drury
Such Love
Howard J Evans
Amazing Grace
Beauty for Brokenness
Chassidic Dance
Easter Hymn
Full Surrender
Joy Through the Ages
Dedicated to all those who have
served in Boscombe Band -
“Now you are kept for good by the
Shepherd of your soul”
(1 Peter 2:21)
Lobe Den Herren
Miles Lane
Now Thank We All Our God
Passport to Heaven
Ride on in Majesty
St Clements
St Francis
Westminster Abbey
When He Cometh
Ray Farr
Toccata in D minor
Johann Sebastian Bach
Dorothy Gates
Agape
All Glorious
Dean Goffin
Nimrod
Edward Elgar
Wonderful Healer
Henry Goffin
The Red Shield
Arthur Goldsmith
Hallelujah Chorus
Georg Friderich Handel
William Gordon
God be With You
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Barrie Gott
Let There be Praise
Dick and Melody Tunney
Light Walk
Power in the Blood
Peter Graham
Bravura
A Fantasy on British Folk Songs
Dance Before the Lord
Dear Lord and Father
Lament
Ronan Hardiman
Shine as the Light
Swedish Folk Song - O Lord my God
Traditional
The Shining Star

Arthur Gullidge
Emblem of the Army
Philip Harper
In Love For Me
Carol and Jimmy Owens
Eiliv Herikstad
All to Jesus
William Himes
All That I Am
Cause for Celebration
Festival Prelude - Ellacombe
Motivation
Pastorale - Precious Fountain
for my father on his 80th birthday
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Procession to Covenant
This I Know
To my friend, James Anderson,
for his faith and courage
To Know Thee
To the Chief Musician
Total Praise
Richard Smallwood
Paul Hindmarsh
Pilgrim Song
Wilfred Heaton
Brian Hogg
Trust and Obey
Albert H Jakeway
Ave Verum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Jerusalem
Hubert Parry
Rosehill
Dean Jones
Written in Red
Michael Kenyon
The Magic Flute Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Simon Kerwin
Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg
Castle in the Sky
Norwegian Traditional
Erik Liedzen
Steadily Onward
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
'neath Dublin Skies
Andrew Mackereth
Fall Afresh
Daniel Iverson
George Marshall
God So Loved the World
Sir John Stainer
John Meredith
Come See the Lord
Down Ampney
Heaven’s Gate
Here is Love
In Moments Like These
Jesus is the Name
Lord of the Years
Make me a Channel of Your Peace
One More Step Along the World I Go
Pieds-en-l'Air
Peter Warlock
Tell Out my Soul
The Quiet Heart
June Collin
What a Faithful God
Ed Mylchreest
I the Lord of Sea and Sky
Hugh Nash
Demelza
Kevin Norbury
Pie Jesu
Gabriel Faure
Ramsgate
Edgar Hollis
Ralph Pearce
Ascalon
Grace
Whisper a Prayer
Richard Phillips
Blaenwern
There Will Be God
Joy Webb
Who is He?
Benjamin Hanby
Steven Ponsford
Fanfare to Worship
Turris Fortissima
A. Stanley Raikes
Cairo Red Shield
Robert Redhead
Christ Hymn
Euphony
Quintessence
Reflections in Nature
Goff Richards
Hymns of Praise
I Will Follow Him
Franck Pourcel, Paul Mauriat
I'll Walk With God
Nicholas Brodszky
Olaf J Ritman
Denn er Hat Seinen Engeln Befohlen
(Psalm 91)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Greater Things
The Lord Bless You And Keep You
John Rutter
Ian Robinson
To a God Like This
John Larsson
Paul Sharman
Righteousness, Peace and Joy
Erik Silfverberg
Don't Let the Devil
Graham Press
Nobody Knows
Negro Spiritual
Tony Small
Benedictus
Karl Jenkins
Kenneth Smith
Bless our Army!
The Wonder of it All
George Beverley Shea
Ray Steadman-Allen
A Gaelic Blessing
John Rutter
Angels Watching Over Me
Negro Spiritual arr. Joy Webb
Evening Hymn
Hadleigh Camp
Holy, Holy, Holy (Nicæa)
Suite - Lord of the Sea
The Ransomed Host
Alastair Taylor
Chorale and Prelude - Beethoven
Andrew Wainwright
Carol of the Bells
traditional
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar
Gavin Whitehouse
Forever You Will Be
Craig Woodland
Don't Doubt Him Now
Leonard Ballantine

For full details of all the band recordings visit
www.boscombebandsa.org.uk
Older
Recordings
Our current CD is detailed on a
later page in this brochure
A collection of Salvation Army meditations
Featuring Brett Baker
The two bands live in concert and featuring
Brett Baker on trombone
Double CD with 30 marches
Featuring Steven Mead as soloist with the
band he grew up in

Friday at 7.30pm : Band Dinner
Saturday at 2.30pm : March through Bournemouth town
centre to Civic Reception at the Town Hall
Saturday at 4.30pm : Reception for present and former
bandsmen
Saturday at 7.30pm : Evening Concert
Sunday at 11.00am : Holiness Meeting
Sunday at 4.00pm : Sunday Concert
Special guests for the weekend will be Colonel Robert
Redhead and his wife Gwenyth. The Redheads retired in
Canada from active service on July 1, 2005. While
continuing to receive invitations to share in ministry in a
variety of ways in all parts of the world, since September
2008 they have become “worship practitioners” in their
local corps of Orillia where they co-share the leadership of
the Worship Committee. In addition, Robert is the lead
worshipper with the worship team, and leader of the corps
band.
Their last appointment was as the General’s
representatives for the Development of Worship and
Evangelism through music and other creative arts. For two
years they travelled extensively, in fulfillment of their
mandate, visiting territorial leaderships and conducting
workshops in 31 territories and commands.
In June 2004 they hosted MOSAIC in Toronto, the second
International Music and Other Creative Ministries Forum,
attended by 61 territorial creative ministries leaders from
34 territories and commands, with an African version of the
forum being held later in the same year in Nairobi, Kenya
for delegates from 6 African territories and commands.
In the years immediately prior, they had been Chief
Secretary and Territorial Women’s Ministries Secretary
respectively in both the New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga
Territory, and the Canada and Bermuda Territory, and had
held divisional leadership in the latter territory.
Earlier, from 1990 - 1994 Robert had been the Head of the
International Music Editorial Department and bandmaster
of the International Staff Band. Later he became the Head
of Creative Ministries in the new UK territory. During this
time, sweeping changes were made to International Orders
and Regulations governing Salvation Army music and
musicians, opening up what had previously been a very
closed area of Salvation Army ministry. During this time
Gwenyth applied her gifts towards teaching biblical studies
at the UK training college for officers.
Prior to this, in 1985, they had been appointed as
corps officers of the Southmount Corps in
Vancouver, Canada, following nine years at
Territorial Headquarters during which time Robert
served as Territorial Music Secretary and
Bandmaster of the Canadian Staff Band.
Gwenyth became the territory’s first Drama
Consultant, and began to use her gifts through
the medium of writing and drama towards
creative approaches to worship. She collaborated
with Robert in the writing and production of
several musicals.
Besides writing lyrics for many published songs,
Gwenyth has had a novel published, and many
articles featured in Salvation Army periodicals
internationally. Robert’s music has been
published by the Salvation Army around the
world, and many of his works have been recorded.
The Redheads were born and bred in England,
and trained to become Salvation Army Officers in
London. Robert was commissioned in 1964 and
married Gwenyth following her commissioning in
1965. Corps and training college appointments
were followed by six years in the International
Music Editorial Department before they were
appointed to the Canada and Bermuda Territory.
They have two daughters, two grandsons, and one
granddaughter. Joanne is a school principal and
lives in Bolton, Ontario. Corinne, and her husband
Steven Cameron, are corps officers at the Haven
of Hope Church in Regina, Saskatchewan.

The Band have a number of special events this year, but the focus of its service will continue to be its week to week
activities supporting the services at Boscombe as well as outdoor activities - in Bournemouth Gardens, at the hospital and
at various homes throughout the area. Listed below are some of the extra events that will be happening and that will
keep the Band busy throughout the year.
Saturday February 5th
Supporting Staines Songsters
at Boscombe
Thursday, March 17th
Band Open Evening and CD launch
Saturday April 9th
Wedding of Ben Thompson and Ali
Thursday April 21st
Maundy Thursday Music
Friday April 22nd
Good Friday Service
Saturday-Sunday April 23rd-24th
Visit of the International Staff Band
Saturday May 7th
Visit to Exeter
Friday-Sunday May 27th-29th
Visit of the Chicago Staff Band
June 11th-19th
Tour of Scandinavia
Thursday June 30th
Concert at Christchurch Priory
guest soloist- Les Neish (tuba)
Friday July 1st
Pinewalk Bandstand
Friday July 15th
Pinewalk Bandstand
Thursday July 28th
Pinewalk Bandstand
Sunday July 31st
Keyhaven Songs of Praise
Thursday August 11th
Pinewalk Bandstand
Sunday September 18th
Battle of Britain Day Parade
Friday-Sunday October 21st-23rd
Band 125th Anniversary Weekend
Sunday November 13th
Bournemouth Cenotaph
Sunday November 13th
A Night to Remember
Thursday December 1st
Christmas Concert at
Christchurch Priory
Friday December 16th
Tree of Light Service
Sunday December 18th
Hospital Carol Service
Sunday December 18th
Corps Carol Service
Saturday December 24th
Carolling at Hotels
Sunday December 25th
Bournemouth Hospital
For up to date information about the Band’s engagements visit
www.boscombebandsa.org.uk
March - The Defenders - Ray Cresswell
Coming Home - Kenneth Downie
Horn solo - His Eye is on the Sparrow - Leonard Ballantine
Are You Joyful? - Dudley Bright
Joy Through the Ages - Howard J. Evans
Cornet solo - The Call of Christ - Norman Bearcroft
Lord of the Sea - Ray Steadman-Allen
The Quiet Heart - June Collin trs. John Meredith
Euphonium solo - The Ransomed Host - Ray Steadman-Allen
Male voices - The Calvary Track - Albert Orsborn arr. Norman Bearcroft
The Eternal Presence - Eric Ball
Première recordings

The first tour of Norway was made in 1891 by the Norwegian Staff Band. Hopefully our travels around
the country will be far easier than was the case in those days. However, one thing we do have in
common is the reason for taking our music around the country. That original staff band adopted a
“mission statement” (in today’s parlance) that is apt for our own tour as well.
To bless as many people as
possible, encourage officers
and soldiers and use every
opportunity to play, sing and
witness for both great and
small, and win souls for Jesus.
Vi gleder oss til å bli bedre kjent med Norge

Dear Comrades,
A trip from Boscombe, in the south of England, to Trondheim, in
central Norway, may not be as daunting today as it would have
been in those far-off days of the marauding Vikings. Despite the
challenges of transporting a brass band bass section (I am
referring to the instruments, not the players – though you may
well have cause to wonder about some of them as well, if your
bass players are anything like some of those I’ve encountered in
the various bands in which I’ve occupied a seat on the trombone
bench!), modern travel is such that the relatively short distance
is covered long before the journey becomes uncomfortable.
The cultural distance between Boscombe and Trondheim (or any of the other Norwegian cities you will visit) is traversed as
easily these days... there is no need to be apprehensive about meeting these descendents of Thorkell the Tall – they have
been transformed into a peace-loving, amiable people who though reserved generally, are very warm in their welcome of
visitors - especially their own. Your love for Christ, for the Army, and for brass banding (preferably in that order!) will
ensure that the welcome you receive is warm, the hospitality benevolent and the reception of your ministry enthusiastic.
“The song of the Lord began with the trumpet” (2 Chron. 29:27) is often quoted in the context of a band’s ministry. It is
appropriate because it describes worship being led by the musicians in the context of the sanctification of God’s people.
We look forward to being blessed, sanctified, and – yes – entertained by your ministry. Welcome!
Clive Adams
Territorial Commander
Dear Friends!
We are very excited about hosting the Boscombe Citadel Band as part of
your Scandinavian tour. The Salvation Army Corps centres you will be
visiting will have made great preparations believing that your visit will
present an opportunity to celebrate Christ in their locality in a wonderful
way. They also hope that the occasion will also present a chance to
experience enriching fellowship with fellow salvationists from overseas.
Norway should be at its most beautiful at the time of your visit, and I am
sure that you will enjoy the journey almost as much as the meeting with
salvationists, the concerts and the meetings. Please be assured that we
are praying for you and the tour.
We are happy that you followed the saying "look to Norway"! And the
best way is come to see it with your own eyes. You are most welcome.
May God bless you.
Major Jan Harald Hagen
Territorial Music Secretary.
Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Ellis, tour leader, is
well acquainted with Scandinavia having served
in Norway for nearly 30 years in a variety of
appointments at corps, divisional and territorial
levels. His service has taken him to all the
Nordic countries, including Iceland, The Faeroes
and Spitzbergen.
Now retired to his home territory, the Colonel
soldiers at Boscombe and is well acquainted
with excellence of the Band, and appreciative of
their faithful service week by week in the
Bournemouth area.
The Colonel's book What a Hope! was published
in 2010 and has been well received throughout
the British Territory. It will be on sale during the
Band’s tour of Scandinavia

Saturday 11th June and Sunday 12th June
København (Copenhagen) is the capital and largest city of Denmark,
with an urban population of over 1m (2010) and a metropolitan
population of nearly 2m (2010). It is situated on the islands of
Zealand and Amager. Copenhagen has repeatedly been recognised
as one of the cities with the best quality of life. It is also considered
one of the world’s most environmentally friendly cities. The water in
the inner harbour is so clean that it can be swum in, and 36% of all
citizens commute to work by bicycle.
In addition to a concert at the Temple on the Saturday evening the
Band will also be marching on Sunday morning and participating in
the Holiness meeting.
Sunday 12th June
Göteborg (Gothenburg) is the second-largest city in Sweden (after
Stockholm) and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. The city was
founded in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. It lies by
the sea at the mouth of Göta Älv - the river running through the city
- and is the largest seaport in the Nordic countries. The city proper
has almost 1m inhabitants in the metropolitan area and is also
home to many students, as the city includes both the University of
Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Volvo Cars
was founded in Gothenburg in 1927.
On the previous visit to Sweden in 1990 the Band did not come to the
west of Sweden so this will be their first concert in Gothenburg.
Monday 13th June
Halden is a beautiful town, situated between Oslo and
Gothenburg (Sweden). The majestic Fredriksten fortress
towers over the town with the marina nestling at it's foot. The
fortress was previously the bastion of Norway's defences and
the town itself is today's gateway to Norway.
The Band will perform a short outdoor concert at the fortress at
lunchtime during their journey from Gothenburg to Askim.
Monday 13th June
Askim is a town and a municipality in Østfold county. It was
established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 and is the
largest population centre in Indre Østfold. It lies next to the
longest river in Norway, Glomma, which forms the border with
Spydeberg to the north and west, and Skiptvet to the south.
Askim produces large amounts of hydroelectricity at three dams:
Solbergfoss, Kykkelsrud, then Vamma. There was nickel mining
at Kykkelsrud at the turn of the 20th century. These mines are
also one of the few places where "kulenoritt" is found. An
industrial city for most of the 20th century, the main employer,
Viking, shut down its rubber product manufacture in 1992.
Glava is the main employer today.
The Band will be giving a concert in the Askim Menighet.

Tuesday 14th June
Røros is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county - part of the
Gauldalen region. Røros was established as a municipality in 1838 and
was split into four municipalities in 1926 (Røros town, Røros landsogn,
Brekken, and Glåmos), but these four were merged together again in
1964. Røros municipality has been used by the South Sami people for
reindeer herding up until today. Known for its copper mines, Røros is
one of Norway’s two nationally significant mining towns with activity
starting in the 17th century - the other one being the "silver-town"
Kongsberg.
Wednesday 15th June
Trondheim, historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in
Sør-Trøndelag. It is the fourth most populated city in the country. The settlement was
founded in 997 as a trading post, and was the capital of Norway during the Viking Age
until 1217. From 1152 to 1537, the city was the seat of the Archdiocese of Nidaros;
since then it has remained the seat of the Diocese of Nidaros and the Nidaros
Cathedral. Trondheim lies on the south shore of the Trondheimsfjord at the mouth of
the river Nidelva.
The Band will be giving a concert at Lademoen Menighet, an openair in Trondheim and
will also have the opportunity to visit the Ringve museum.
Thursday 16th June
Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Oppland county, globally known for
hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of
Gudbrandsdal. As of January 2010, the population of the town of Lillehammer
was 26,381. The city centre is a late 19th century concentration of wooden
houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of
lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains.
Friday 17th June
Drammen is a city and municipality in Buskerud county. It is a suburb of
Oslo. The municipality of Drammen was established in 1838. The rural
municipality of Skoger was merged with the municipality of Drammen in
1964 and was transferred from Vestfold county to Buskerud county at the
same time. The city has 62,566 inhabitants, making it Norway’s seventh
largest.
Saturday 18th June and Sunday 19th June
Oslo was founded around 1048 by King Harald III "Hardrada" of Norway.
The city was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624 and The Danish-Norwegian
King Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania (briefly also spelt
Kristiania). In 1925 the city reclaimed its original Norwegian name, Oslo.
The diocese of Oslo is one of the five original dioceses in Norway, which
originated around the year 1070. As of 2010, the metropolitan area of
Oslo has a population of 1.5m and is increasing at a record rate of over
2% annually, making it the fastest growing capital in Europe. This growth
stems from immigration changing Oslo into a multicultural city. In 2009
Oslo regained its status as the worlds most expensive city.
On the final weekend of the tour, the Band will have an openair concert in
Oslo and a concert on the Saturday evening as well as sharing in worship
on the Sunday.

Victors Acclaimed Bramwell Coles OR Rosehill Albert Jakeway
To the Chief Musician William Himes
Congregational Song
Two solos from:
Cornet : Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission) Ennio Morricone arranged David Bertie
Cornet : Glory to His Name Eric Ball
Horn : Demelza Hugh Nash
Horn : His Eye is on the Sparrow Leonard Ballantine
Euphonium : Bravura (A Fantasy on British Folk Songs) Peter Graham
Euphonium : The Ransomed Host Ray Steadman-Allen
Trombone Trio : I Will Follow Him Franck Pourcel and Paul Mauriat
arranged Goff Richards
Eg Veit I Himmerik Ei Borg OR All to Jesus Eiliv Herikstad
(Castle in the Sky)
Norwegian Traditional arranged Simon Kerwin
Ellacombe Chronicles James Curnow OR Quintessence Robert Redhead
–Interval–
Chassidic Dance Howard J Evans OR Light Walk Barrie Gott
A Hymn to Christ
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is
above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven
and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil 2: 10-11)
Are You Joyful? Dudley Bright
Congregational Song
All Glorious Dorothy Gates
Ascalon Ralph Pearce
Coming Home! music of reconciliation Kenneth Downie
Joy Through the Ages Howard J Evans
Dedicated to all those who have served in Boscombe Band
Now you are kept for good by the Shepherd of your soul (1 Peter 2:21)
Christ Hymn Robert Redhead
Benediction

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Acknowledgements :
Formal Band Photography - Alan Edwards (Studio 38)
Brochure Concept - Terence W Carey
Brochure Printing - Kolour Krazy (www.kolourkrazy.com)