Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band-The Floral Dance

[satinicole]

How I love this tune! Sweet memories of Whitfriday in Mossley, Lancashire. The biggest dance craze ever must be 'The Floral Dance' played after the band competition!

[gfanca1989]

Radio Veronica tune!



[tigerarmyrule]

A great brass band, and B+R are a great band, brings a unique mix os musicianship and pure feelgood factor. I love them. Great vid this. Thanks.

[intercomsec]

I've loved brass bands ever since I used to listen to a programme with my grandfacther back in the 50s & 60s on BBC radio, can anyone remember what it was called?

[MrT9alizee]

@nilgen12,alot of respect for you keeping your dads cornet on display,how proud would he be.

[BubbbaJay]

@dksoseg 2011 National Champions !!

[dksoseg]

I hate to say it, but their not that good today, nowhere near really to be honest.

[PMonty146]

@dksoseg Based on what? Their newest records are still top notch.

[Stemax1960]

Was it really 1977? Where have all those years gone???????????????

[Wellswood4]

Absolutely fantastic! I am taking particular notice of the drummer. Can anyone imagine Ringo Starr being able to play the drums like that? He was hopeless. As John Lennon once said: "He isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles!

[Duncan038]

Superb stuff , love owt like this me!

[niljen12]

Nostalgia...I'm Flemish, my dad used to play the cornet in local Brass Band that had a great connection with Derek Broadbent, the conductor of Brighhouse & Rastrick in the 1970's when the Floral Dance was a huge hit. I was lucky enough to witness B & R win the British Championships in the Royal Albert Hall in 1980. My dad passed away 5 years ago...His cornet sits proudly on a shelf in my living room...Memories...

[MrCsimms88]

They arent trying to copy the uniforms from brassed off that is the colour of brighouse and rastrick brass band uniform

[MDPrsn]

Jesus Christ, is that a young Stephen Fry playing sop?!

[budgie987]

brilliant sop playing

[fishyvix]

great video :-)

(nothing like the brassed off uniforms though really, except that they're purple and worn by a brass band!)

[MDPrsn]

@fishyvix Why would they be meant to resemble the Brassed Off uniform?

[TAZNO1STID]

reminds me im british great

[marham18]

Tremendous-no other word for this!

[trainsrules080908]

i play cornet and so want to learn this

[EmmaBell39]

Truely great, and a very English sound! The uniforms they are wearing are near identical to those worn in the film brassed off.

[Musiclover22766]

I love this band, their music is so good!

[tdurbin001]

Is that Tony Blair conducting?

[t9alizee]

Plays flugal like a good un,rest in peace Pete postletwaite for the amazing brassed off.

[Gail940]

dus je wil gaan kijken naar de fanfares ja, maar alleen op zaterdag, So jy wil die marching bands te kyk, ja, maar net op Saterdag, Så du ønsker at se marchorkestre, ja, men kun om lørdagen Also Sie sehen wollen, Marching Bands, ja, aber nur am Samstag 所以，你要看到，樂隊，是的，但只在星期六

[anglianchannel]

ay lad, bloody good bit of music, only thing missing is t' pit

[TheSquareBrick]

I am still looking for my ex-trombone teacher in there. Alas, I cannot see him.

[jazzinmypantsUK]

the flugal's in a funny place

[ifyouagree]

Jaren terug kwam deze brassband en andere Engelse bands in Koudum, de leden gaven op zaterdagavond een show, Ik ging daar vaak heen met mijn vader, heerlijke muziek

[43447]

En dan is't nu tijd voor dagelijks dingetje!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ZiegeGF]

was almost the first title I´ve heard 20 years ago about "British Brass Bands".

GREAT !!

[MBStargazer]

Bravo Bravo

[cozer13]

whos the conductor?

[PaganiniVariations]

When i become principal in my band, I'm gonna grow a beard like that!

[alnblckmn]

proper brass band, only wish there were more of them these days

[daddygab]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!

[profvanleipem]

De Vaandeldrager van Dingetje!

[hostroute]

The things that made this album special were the choice of material and the engineering and production which was much more upfront than most brass band records where they mike up the band like an orchestra. This had much more separation and deliberate placement of the instruments in the stereo pan plus that very vivid processing.

[acctim100]

Brighouse is a dump it's self & has the most evil School in the UK

[Reluctant5]

@acctim100 Which one?????

[trickyrev]

music to make ya smile :)

thanx for posting

[rightfredsdead]

I thought I could hear the curious tone

Of the chancellor, cabinet and big scots drone

Fiddling, 'printing, a big bank run

flip phone phil spencer and kirsty alsopps bum

Far away, as if in a trance

The entire british public did the mortgage dance

[Pete236]

@rightfredsdead

Thats the best thing I've read all year - next time I play Floral Dance at Band will be singing this to myself!

Thanks!

[rightfredsdead]

umpha umpha......boom boom.

ive got the squits !!!

[freacls]

reminds me of the brass band on the Gala day parade in my town in the summer the band always plays thsie

[stickswiper]

Mr Broadbent in fine form!

[Gulftastic]

Can't beat a bit of proper brass band music.

[mufandduff]

@Gulftastic yes you can PIPE BAND music now were talking lol

[richardfrancisburton]

british Marschmusik.... aberv zack zack! :-0

[TPLR2]

Brian Evans on Soprano Cornet. The best ever!

[balshs]

i played this with the band i was in, south brisbane federal brass band, back in the good ole days

[retrofan1]

Hello folks its retrofan1 here This Tune will always be associated with the Brighouse and Rastrick brass Band which then leads to a Life in Military Music The Tune itself dates back to Heleston which is A town in West Cornwall Now in May of Every Year the Heleston Town Band will form up ready to play this Tune as they Lead the Floral Dance through the Town

all the Best

Retrofan1

[drajwright]

Go Evans go One of the all time greats on sop!

[2100Rose]

One of the best No.2's ever . Sadly that was what it had to settle for in the UK charts

[sidvicious020279]

brian evens from chadderton palying cornet at 34seconds and at 43seconds and 53seconds and at 2min 23sec, blowing his heart out,loves it brian......

andy loves you to bitz and proud as fck of you..

R.I.P. BRIAN EVENS........

THE BUGLE BLOWER......

IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE HEY ANDY.......HA.

LEEZY....

[tpcornet12]

This is great. Why do bands these days play it so fast?? It works so much better at this pace. Great sound too

[Nikicastipica]

Great piece of music and above all great orchestration.

[M0nkeyyyyyy]

Brings back Fond Memerys of bn a boy and my grandad havin this playing and making his own words up XD

and yer rose terry does kill the song :)

[2100Rose]

It could be worse . It could have been Terry Wogan's version .

[pptemple1979]

this son is from brass off

[lighteningconductor]

Hope that everyone is well - 32 years on. An amazing time.

[calypsoben]

Lol He's my bass trombone teacher too :D

[calypsoben]

Minster School, Southwell

[calypsoben]

Rufford more like. Hang on, if you play trombone why aren't you in jazz band we need a 3rd coz i'm on 4th (bass)

[swalloweverton]

all time classic

[drzoidberg71]

agreed :D