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The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band was formed in 1881. It is based in Brighouse
Brighouse

Brighouse is the second largest town in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, England.The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the town's population as 32,198....
, in Calderdale
Calderdale

The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name....
 in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
.

e January 1995, the band have practised at their purpose-built hall and music library called West Ridings at Brighouse High School
Brighouse High School

Brighouse High School is a modern Comprehensive school secondary school in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England with approximately 1,300 students....
 on Finkil Street in the north of Brighouse near the A644. The band is not sponsored but relies on public subscriptions and fund raising.

ovember 1977, the band reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 with their recording
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 of "The Floral Dance
The Floral Dance

The Floral Dance is a popular England song describing the annual Furry Dance in Helston, Cornwall.The music and lyrics were written in 1911 by Kate Emily Barclay Moss who was a professional violinist, pianist and concert singer....
", where they stayed for nine weeks, only surpassed at the time by "Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre (song)

"Mull of Kintyre" is a popular 1977 song by former the Beatles Paul McCartney and his band Wings . The song was written by McCartney and bandmate Denny Laine in tribute to the picturesque Kintyre peninsula in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, where McCartney had owned a home and recording studio since the late 1960s....
" (the first UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 to sell more than 2 million copies, and third best selling UK single of all time).






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The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band was formed in 1881. It is based in Brighouse
Brighouse

Brighouse is the second largest town in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, England.The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the town's population as 32,198....
, in Calderdale
Calderdale

The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name....
 in West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
.

History

Since January 1995, the band have practised at their purpose-built hall and music library called West Ridings at Brighouse High School
Brighouse High School

Brighouse High School is a modern Comprehensive school secondary school in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England with approximately 1,300 students....
 on Finkil Street in the north of Brighouse near the A644. The band is not sponsored but relies on public subscriptions and fund raising.

The Floral Dance

In November 1977, the band reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 with their recording
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 of "The Floral Dance
The Floral Dance

The Floral Dance is a popular England song describing the annual Furry Dance in Helston, Cornwall.The music and lyrics were written in 1911 by Kate Emily Barclay Moss who was a professional violinist, pianist and concert singer....
", where they stayed for nine weeks, only surpassed at the time by "Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre (song)

"Mull of Kintyre" is a popular 1977 song by former the Beatles Paul McCartney and his band Wings . The song was written by McCartney and bandmate Denny Laine in tribute to the picturesque Kintyre peninsula in Argyll & Bute, Scotland, where McCartney had owned a home and recording studio since the late 1960s....
" (the first UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 to sell more than 2 million copies, and third best selling UK single of all time). It was arranged
Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is either a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet....
 for the band by . The b-side
A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
 was a version of Debussy
Claude Debussy

Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions....
's "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Preludes (Debussy)

Claude Debussy's Pr?ludes are two sets of pieces for solo piano. They are divided into two separate livres, or books, of twelve prelude each....
". The corresponding album, The Floral Dance reached to Number 10 in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
.

See also

  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band
    Grimethorpe Colliery Band

    The Grimethorpe Colliery Band is a brass band, based in Grimethorpe, South Yorkshire, England. It was formed in 1917, as a leisure activity for the workers at the colliery, by members of the disbanded Cudworth Colliery Band....
  • Black Dyke Mills Band
    Black Dyke Band

    The Black Dyke Band, formerly the Black Dyke Mills Band, is one of the oldest and best known brass bands in the world. It was formerly the band of the Black Dyke Mills in Queensbury, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, a company owned by John Foster....
  • Furry Dance
    Furry Dance

    The Furry Dance, also known as Flora Dance , takes place in Helston, Cornwall, and is one of the oldest British people customs still practised today....
  • One-hit wonders in the UK
    One-hit wonders in the UK

    A One-hit wonder has been defined by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles as an artist who has achieved a No.1 hit in the UK Singles Chart and has never had another hit....


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    Francis Winspear Centre for Music

    The Francis Winspear Centre for Music is a performing arts centre located in Downtown Edmonton Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Built in 1997, it is the home of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra....
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  • by Julius Fucík
    Julius Fucík (composer)

    Julius Ernst Wilhelm Fuc?k was a Czech people composer and conductor of military bands.Fuc?k spent most of his life as the leader of military brass bands, he became a prolific composer, with over 300 March es, polkas and waltzes to his name....


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