Dumfries Town Band celebrates 150th Anniversary
The sound of voice and brass featured in a celebratory concert on Saturday evening when Dumfries Town Band joined forces with the town’s men’s choir to mark its 150th anniversary. Dumfries Town Band was formed in 1873 when a group of musicians got together with the support of the town council.
Among the more recent highlights of its illustrious history are the playing for Royalty on a number of occasions, for the visit of the late Queen and Prince Philip to the town in 1993, for Prince Charles in 2000 and for the official opening of the DG1 leisure complex in 2008 when Princess Anne was in attendance. The band is a very busy organisation, playing for many local gala days and festivals during the summer, including the town’s Guid Nychburris week of celebrations, and in various concerts and park engagements.
The combined forces, including some friends from Dunaskin Doon, delighted the audience with repertoire including ‘When I’m 64’, ‘An American Trilogy’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘The Rose’, ‘Singing in the Rain’ and plenty more. The band’s proud MD commented on the event stating, “What a night that was. The band thoroughly enjoyed it, the choir enjoyed it and the audience seemed to love it. Personally I would love to thank the band for their hard work over the last 4 weeks getting ready for this concert. It has been a busy few weeks but definitely worth it. The band put in 100% tonight and I couldn’t ask anything more from them. Thank you all.”
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