You should watch the 1996 movie "Brassed Off" to see how much their brass band means to mining communities. Featuring Ewan McGregor in an early role, before Star wars.
@iriscollins7583
2 жыл бұрын
My favourite film. Need to watch it every few months, to bring me back earth. Usually Brass bands played cornets, not trumpets, it gave that distinctive sound. Andre Previn made a film about brass bands, admiring the musicianship of the players, which was very Enlightening and interesting.
@lesjames5191
2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewcole7895 that made me laugh 😂
@captainpeacock4442
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film!.
@captainpeacock4442
2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewcole7895 Same here,absolutely love that.
@angelau1194
2 жыл бұрын
Just what I was thinking re: 'Brassed Off" some great music bit sad too.
@joangordon3376
2 жыл бұрын
Have a look at the film *Brassed Off* about a colliery brass band. Lots of this sort of music and a bit of UK history of dark times for the mining communities. The film is a lot better than my synopsis! Enjoy 😉
@marycarver1542
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic film, one of the best I have ever seen !
@guineapigsue7785
2 жыл бұрын
I love that film 😍
@mariecarman4352
2 жыл бұрын
One of the best films ever it’s about grimethorpe colliery band and that band to this day are still going strong and still play on the ground of the old pit offices
@iriscollins7583
2 жыл бұрын
@@marycarver1542 I watch it at least once a year, that speech at the end of the film has me crying every time. Wonderful acting throughout the film.
@grahamhill2267
2 жыл бұрын
Brass Bands we’re formed by workers from various industries, Collieries, Steel Works, Textile Factories etc, the members of the band were usually workers and families within these industries. In recent times any musician can join bands because of the demise of a lot of the industries where the bands originated. Competitions are held to find the best band and they are taken very seriously by band members. The standard instrumentation for a brass band is as follows: 1 soprano cornet (E♭) 9 cornets (B♭) - Front row: one principal cornet, three solo cornets Back row: one repiano cornet, two 2nd cornets, two 3rd cornets 1 flugelhorn (B♭) 3 tenor horns (E♭) - solo, 1st, 2nd 2 baritone horns (B♭) - 1st, 2nd 2 tenor trombones (B♭) - 1st, 2nd 1 bass trombone (B♭) 2 euphoniums (B♭) 2 E♭ basses 2 BB♭ basses Percussion I hope you find this of interest Joel!
@allenwilliams1306
2 жыл бұрын
OK, but there were traditionally the “works” bands, as you say, but also the “subscription” bands (such as Brighouse & Rastrick), which had no connection whatsoever with any business. Funds were raised by subscription of the local people, and the band members themselves. The band room would have been a social centre for the community, and usually had a bar and club room in which the subscribers could get pissed cheaply.
@ianvincent4911
2 жыл бұрын
@@allenwilliams1306 Also the traditional city and town bands. Most market towns in the south have (or had) a band. Having come from a brass band family, I have played for quite a few of them around here.
@e-conthepparesitt7082
2 жыл бұрын
The band was from the north of England. The tune, 'the floral dance' comes from a tradition in the cornish town of Helston.
@DrDaveW
2 жыл бұрын
The Floral Dance comes from a day of celebration in a town called Helston in the English county of Cornwall. (A few miles away from me.) The main ceremony is that couples dress up in their finest clothes and parade around the town accompanied by a brass band playing this music. It’s called Flora Day, (Meaning “Floral Day”), so this is the Floral Dance.
@tabitha4135
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks didn’t know that! Cornwall is beautiful 😻
@DrDaveW
2 жыл бұрын
@Niall Stephen Damn, that completely slipped me by. And I live here as well. I fully support that Cornwall should be seen as separate from England, but I’m torn on full independent government.
@tabitha4135
2 жыл бұрын
@@DrDaveW have they got their own flag?
@georgebarnes8163
2 жыл бұрын
@@tabitha4135 Yes, St Pirans flag but so do all the English counties.
@davidhoward2487
2 жыл бұрын
They also go in and out of neighbours houses!! Dancing all the way...
@andyblogger1
2 жыл бұрын
A band just a few miles down the road from me, and still going strong.
@tordoff80
2 жыл бұрын
didnt they play up at the mills at Queensbury
@pennysargent9557
2 жыл бұрын
A WONDERFUL band
@andyblogger1
2 жыл бұрын
@@tordoff80, no. That's the Black Dyke Mill Band.
@peterjf7723
2 жыл бұрын
That takes me right back to 1977 when The Floral Dance was in the UK charts and frequently played on the radio. I remember hearing it when I was on the bus to 6th form college. Another song I remember from those days was Wuthering Heights sung by Kate Bush. I think that was in 1978.
@gazlator
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Popularised for a short while on the radio at the time by Britain's most familiar and beloved radio DJ (at that time) Terry Wogan - so much it became a phenomenon. The "traditional" brass band piece of music deliberately bucked the the trend of typical popular radio that featured the latest disco, rock & pop music that was otherwise so common.
@ollielowe7534
2 жыл бұрын
That was a 1977 film I think, Noel Edmonds looked practically juvenile!!
A jazzed up version of the original but it's still catchy! We lived in West Cornwall near the town during my school days and my sister danced the Floral Dance in Helston where it is held. The band actually marches (well did back in the late 1950s) in and out of the houses in Helston. I remember watching the big bass drum going through a house or garden door, he was the only band member playing, beating out the marching rhythm. Our garden had a lot of the scented flower called Lily of the Valley and the villagers would come and pick them to wear on the day. Nice memory! D x
@margaretdrew2844
2 жыл бұрын
Was born in exeter76 years ago ,so have grown knowing all about the floral dance , a friend of mine although she was devon born and bread she was allowed to join the dance ,normally you have to be born in cornwall to join so she was very lucky .
@jruz1738
2 жыл бұрын
The Brighouse and Rastrick band are from West Yorkshire.
@abbafan1972
2 жыл бұрын
I love this tune. Try the Terry Wogan version with words. Also “Eye Level” by the Simon Park Orchestra is a good Classical piece.
@frankhooper7871
2 жыл бұрын
Terry Wogan's take is quite good, but for me you can't beat Ken Dodd
@alansmith3781
2 жыл бұрын
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@philipplace9990
2 жыл бұрын
Can't stop smiling at this! You may wish to try a reaction to Morris Dancing! It'll probably raise more questions than answers but I can assure you the comments will be more than a little informative 😀
@alans.2735
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed, this is an extract from Top of the Pops, a one time television institution over here. Try to watch an entire edition from the 1970s. Good wishes from over here.
@philipplace9990
2 жыл бұрын
Good morning Joel. Between you and Connor McJibbin I don't know if you're making an old man feel happy or a happy man feel old!!!😂😂😂 local brass bands were a tradition in many Northern towns. There highly prestigious competitions between them and coveted trophies and prizes to be won. Glad to hear they're still going strong!
@fibromentalhealthstruggles3533
2 жыл бұрын
Ikr ! I thought wogans version was the only one lol, I still bopped along though 😅
@timglennon6814
2 жыл бұрын
@@fibromentalhealthstruggles3533. I love Terry Wogan’s version
@timglennon6814
2 жыл бұрын
I’m the same, McJibben makes me feel old to.
@fibromentalhealthstruggles3533
2 жыл бұрын
@@timglennon6814 mum used to play ot alot, not heard it til I saw this 😂 , teared 😢 up a tad
@roballen5718
2 жыл бұрын
another traditional form of music, performed by men from coal mines, steel works, etc, in Wales, is the male voice choir. they are at their best singing slow, emotional stuff. you should react to the Treorchy male voice choir, singing Myfanwy, or Calon Lan. there's also a video of the biggest male voice choir in the world; choirs from all over Wales, singing together in the Cardiff arm's park rugby ground. very moving.
@allanturner9219
2 жыл бұрын
Rodrigo’s concerto de Aranjuez, featured in the movie Brassed Off, worth a view.
@pattomuso
2 жыл бұрын
Orange Juice?? ;)
@Diamondmine212
2 жыл бұрын
Brass bands are wonderful,this one is very famous( there are several by the way)Iv seen them in concert several times. To hear the first drum beat as they strike up a brass band march still makes me choke up.
@BenRawson78
2 жыл бұрын
If you enjoy this and want to see what life was like back in the early 90's in North of England based around the community and a brass band, you need to watch 'Brassed Off'
@helenagreenwood2305
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I think this band featured in the movie
@pattomuso
2 жыл бұрын
@@helenagreenwood2305 Grimethorpe Colliery Band was in 'Brassed Off'
@helenagreenwood2305
2 жыл бұрын
@@pattomuso oh was it ...my memory not great these days so thank you 🌹
@pattomuso
2 жыл бұрын
@@helenagreenwood2305 Welcome to my world! Take care....
@OrganMusicYT
2 жыл бұрын
The Floral Dance was written in 1911, and recorded in 1912 for the first time, by Peter Dawson, an Australian baritone.
@sobelou
2 жыл бұрын
You're one of the lucky ones. Admittedly, you haven't been schooled in music, but music speaks to you. Keep that alive!!
@AndrewHalliwell
2 жыл бұрын
If you liked that, you might like the film "Brassed off" . When a factory closes, what happens to their brass band?
@tordoff80
2 жыл бұрын
good film
@judewarner1536
2 жыл бұрын
Brassed off was a brilliant film with a punning title. To be ''brassed off'' means to be annoyed, saddened and disappointed. Many industries in the North of England supported workers' bands, which often reached professional standards. The film itself is set in the Margaret Thatcher era and concerns the fate of the Brass Band when the local PIT (a colliery NOT a factory) is closed. While Thatcher started the battle to undermine (pun intended) the Miners' Union in 1984, most of the damage was done under her successor John Major. From a major industry of hundreds of thousands of very well paid jobs the UK coal industry now has about 2,500 employees. Whole Northern England communities were effectively bankrupted by pit closures, while management & politicians basked in the Metropolitan Bubble (London) buoyed by foreign coal imports. Many stirring brass band pieces are played in the film by one of the best actual colliery bands that was affected by pit closures, Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Lovers of classical music and marching bands will LOVE this music & the movie. Two lessons to be learned: 1) What happens to an industry when you destroy its Unions? 2) what happens to communities when you export their jobs abroad to increase the corporate bottom line?
@tordoff80
2 жыл бұрын
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@helenagreenwood2305
2 жыл бұрын
Loved Brassed Off
@frm_boro_me_like5205
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, didn't expect that!
@byeckfella
2 жыл бұрын
You need to check out Brassed Off - Concierto d’Aranjuez. Brassed off is a movie that deals with a mining community dealing with pit closures in the 1980s.
@sianashley-tait7496
2 жыл бұрын
Your reaction just makes me smile, glad you like this sort of music, not many people of your age do. 🎶🎧😁👍
@cf3619
2 жыл бұрын
I can just about remember that song from when I was little. I think it had words.
@bigdaddigaming
2 жыл бұрын
Someone dropped the ball here they should have asked for the version where Terry Wogan sings on it, if you can call what Terry dose is singing
@jillhobson6128
2 жыл бұрын
I hated Terry Wogan!
@bigdaddigaming
2 жыл бұрын
@@jillhobson6128 there's enough people in this chat telling him he should watch that one so I guess if he dose you won't be watching it then
@jillhobson6128
2 жыл бұрын
@@bigdaddigaming 🤢
@bigdaddigaming
2 жыл бұрын
@@jillhobson6128 sorry, he was well loved as you know, I'm sorry you wasn't a fan
@KernowWarrior
2 жыл бұрын
Growing up in Liskeard, Cornwall every May 1st (May day) Everyone, kids and adults would all dress up in flowers and costumes and dance following the brass band around the town, In pairs holding hands, stepping in time with the music, and at the 1:42 point we would then 2 pairs would combine in to a group of four each with one hand in the middle and we would then spin around, then back to pairs stepping in time, the band would pretty much play this song on a loop until we had danced around the whole town. This song brings back great memories. Found a few clips from m home town, this was 9 years ago, delighted to see its still going on, although its a lot smaller than when I was a kid. kzitem.info/news/bejne/knmfm6ifkKqdepg & kzitem.info/news/bejne/lKKYzXyFgF-cp2U
@sophiemudge5529
Жыл бұрын
Now it’s may the 8th
@debbieparfitt7192
Жыл бұрын
Fond memories of having to take part with the school in the dance - usually freezing cold or wet
@antiqueinsider
2 жыл бұрын
Your reaction is just like the whole UK when it came out. It was just too cute for the hipsters to be nasty about! And it went to the top!
@MakerfieldConsort
2 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you so obviously love this - not a reaction any of us would have expected!
@southendonseaarts
2 жыл бұрын
Brass bands were popular in the North of England especially, Brighouse is in West Yorkshire.and this song tapped into peoples love for this music. The Floral Dance is however Cornish in origin. Check out the film Brassed Off about a similar band on its uppers. Great British comedy. The Terry Wogan version was just him talking the lyrics over a tune not particularly good it was more about his popularlity as a radio and TV presenter.
@alansmithee8831
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Joel. Welcome to Yorkshire. This band is from the traditional woollen mill area I am from. As someone else already has, I wanted to recommend you watch the film "Brassed Off" about a similar band from the traditional coal mining area I now live in. I had previously recommended this on SoGal comments, where I believe I had seen you comment also at some point.
@sandradring6265
2 жыл бұрын
You’re going to have to see terry wogan singing along to this 😆 we had great fun skipping and jumping around to this song with a white Handkerchief...(tissue 😁) waving around in our hands! The things we did 🤣🤣
@johnhare6652
2 жыл бұрын
I played in various Brass Bands around North Derbyshire and beyond as a teenager in the 1970's, some being linked to local works or businesses, others geographically to towns and villages. The school I attended also have a very good brass band with many of the pupils, myself included, going on to have careers in music as a result of playing in the band. Sadly with the closure of many traditional businesses many of the bands have been lost.
@mervinmannas7671
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for doing this i could not stop smiling the whole way through as i have not heard this for years.
@susanashcroft2674
2 жыл бұрын
In my town and no doubt other places throughout the UK, we have a bandstand in the local park and prior to the virus each summer on a Sunday a brass band from another town in this region would come and play for the afternoon. People would bring their chairs, a picnic, or take a walk through the park, buy an ice cream from the vendor and sometimes there would be little fairground rides for the children even. It built such a lovely sense of community and this song was always played at some point during the afternoon, each band having their own little twist on it.
@stewthorne
2 жыл бұрын
go watch the William Tell overture from the Brassed off film
@finbar4340
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant film. 👍
@russellblinman2560
2 жыл бұрын
You really need to listen to brass band music live to fully appreciate it. Brighouse & Rastrick are my local band but I've always been a fan of Black Dyke Band. Listen to Grimethorpe Colliery Bands version of the William Tell overture - and try keep up !!
@frunknmunky0488
2 жыл бұрын
Watch Brassed Off too!
@catherinewilkins2760
2 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for you to do Land of Hope and Glory from last night of the proms and your surprise at it, once heard never forgotten .
@paulqueripel3493
2 жыл бұрын
With an encore of the Hornpipe? kzitem.info/news/bejne/qaSD2YN5f3SGbII
@helenagreenwood2305
2 жыл бұрын
And at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee where they got soaked on the boat but still carried on 🇬🇧
@innfield8836
2 жыл бұрын
Loved your natural and unforced reaction to this brilliant piece of English music. Glad you liked it.
@susansouthgate2774
2 жыл бұрын
I used live at the back of the local 'bandroom'. On Sundays they'd all gather and play traditional and new tunes all evening - lovely
Hi jps, I love a brass band( I'm a northerner) I particularly love this one ,but I far more enjoyed your reaction to it.bless your heart, your a lovely lad. I love your videos
@wasp6594
2 жыл бұрын
These musicians are very professional, considering they are ordinary working class people and amateurs. The Welsh have their choirs, the Scots their pipe bands and we English havebrass and silver bands as part of our culture. Which, in my opinion, shiuld be given the same respect and prominence as Welsh choirs and Scottish pipe bands.
@byjingo2990
2 жыл бұрын
Remind me which country the No1 brass brand is from? ;)
@ianvincent4911
2 жыл бұрын
@@byjingo2990 Cheshire - Fodens.
@byjingo2990
2 жыл бұрын
@@ianvincent4911 They are current national champs, but not no1 in the rankings
@elenaking6615
2 жыл бұрын
My dad is from Brighouse so grew up hearing this bands music.
@simontomlinson6484
2 жыл бұрын
This was almost a parody song. Terry Wogan, the singer, was a radio and TV presenter for many years (one of the most popular). I would love to see you listen to one of Terry's Janet and John stories. This was prime time peak listening breakfast show and is so full of double innuendo. How they got away with it I will never know.
@allanturner9219
2 жыл бұрын
This band was in the movie Brassed Off, I recommend the clip we’re the female character plays the fugal horn in Rodrigo’s De Alenduce. I may have got the title spelt wrong, but it sounds like orange juice.
@lyncohn9505
2 жыл бұрын
@@allanturner9219 I dont think they did appear in Brassed Off, they certainly arent on the album released
@andyb-com
2 жыл бұрын
Good monring. One of those quirky songs from my childhood :-) The bands name is pronounced like "Brig House" and "Rass Trick", two towns of Yorkshire (they are next to each other).
@allenwilliams1306
2 жыл бұрын
Actually, it's more like “Briggus & RastRick”. I should know, I used to live there.
@helenagreenwood2305
2 жыл бұрын
@@allenwilliams1306 I'm from Halifax 😃
@allenwilliams1306
2 жыл бұрын
@@helenagreenwood2305 With a name like Greenwood, you could hardly be from anywhere else (except Sowerby Bridge). I taught in Halifax for 10 years.
@susangamble6038
2 жыл бұрын
@@allenwilliams1306 unless you're posher and call it 'Brighouse' ... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Brighouse girl, born and bred.
@jamespasifull
Жыл бұрын
The guy who introduces this piece is David 'Kid' Jensen I met him (& Toyah Wilcox) once, when I appeared on a TV show, on UK TV in the 90's!! 😃
@deniseperryman2814
2 жыл бұрын
I loved the Floral Dance I went out and bought the record and I still have it it just makes you want to move Love 💕 from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴👏👏👏👏👍🥰👋
@greenspringy1
2 жыл бұрын
Love your channel , very pleasing that you enjoy some of our traditions, x
@celliott012
2 жыл бұрын
I know the conductor who is now the conductor of the ISB which is the international staff band of the Salvation Army! Good recording
@He1sbelles
2 жыл бұрын
I am old enough to remember when this was in the charts,. This show is 'Top of the Pops', which was normally pop & rock music, everyone watched it RELIGIOUSLY once a week, as there wasn't a lot of stuff on TV for 'the youth' - I actually remember watching this episode. It was 1977 and I was nine :) This was a quirky chart hit - it was Christmas, when weird things can become popular. The colliery bands are fantastically talented though. Even if you don't like the music you have to admire the playing!
@ghtsw11
2 жыл бұрын
Very catchy after all of the time since it was last heard. I always had a sneaking regard for Brass bands.
@gavinmurray5405
2 жыл бұрын
A dear work colleague passed away over two years ago and they played another tune from the same band. He came from near Brighouse as well.
@craigmcfly
2 жыл бұрын
I have this on my Spotify playlist! It's one of my favourite up-beat pieces.
@gooseware4937
2 жыл бұрын
First the goosebumps then the foot tapping and bouncing with a smile on the face, it is uplifting, glad you like it, incedentally, have you watched bohemian rhapsody with Queen? if you havent its a must watch,
@t.a.k.palfrey3882
2 жыл бұрын
Where on earth did you dig this up? Your tastes are becoming truly eclectic, my young friend, perhaps even verging on the eccentric. 🙄🤪
@grahamholmes9630
2 жыл бұрын
Your choices of things to react to are most entertaining and very welcome. Keep it going.
@skemp2520
2 жыл бұрын
Wow this brings back memories. I remember this being on Top of the Pops.
@paulbrook3512
2 жыл бұрын
I'm born and bred in Huddersfield,just down the road from Brighouse and Rastrick,still live here now
@adamgregory5274
2 жыл бұрын
The Conductor is Mr Derek Broadbent. I know him well, a very talented orchestrator, Arranger and conductor and one the most animated out there. He's almost dancing g!
@veronicawilliams7427
2 жыл бұрын
The Floral Dance is a country dance done at a certain time of the years in a Village in the County of Cornwall. but that band is well known in the Uk they come from a Yorkshire Village and are very well known throughout the United Kingdom.
@davidhubbert9445
2 жыл бұрын
So good to see mere youngsters enjoy this classic.
@snowspirit197
2 жыл бұрын
Hi JPS … this music is from the ‘Helston Floral Dance’ if you search this you will find loads of dancing in huge groups as they go in & out of houses with Brass Bands. There is the childrens dance (not sure what time that occurs. Also the Miday Dance & the 7pm Dance. It originates from Pagan times & is in the Town of Helston in Cornwall, the most southern County of England. Cornwall is a Celtic town & has its own language in places. I think you’d enjoy the event which happens every year. (Coronavirus will have caused havoc through the last two years) But I hope it will be able to resume in the future. Really enjoy watching footage with you … you are the image of my nephew & I love you, Ha! xXx
@bordersw1239
2 жыл бұрын
Friend of mine is playing cornet in this, still gets his royalty cheque every year.
@nathantootill7762
2 жыл бұрын
The proper tune as mentioned in a previous message from someone comes from Helston. On 8th May each year there is a parade in the town and a lady called Kate moss came and visited the place and wrote the tune on her home train journey. I play in the Helston band and play the tune for 18 mils approximately on the 8th May. Check out Helston town band flora day :)
@CMenzy
2 жыл бұрын
The late Terry wogan sang it I think it also went high up in the charts
@MrNoodleboy101
2 жыл бұрын
They're a really good band, my old choir Huddersfield Choral Society used to perform with them frequently
@annashear7331
2 жыл бұрын
This is my childhood as I am from cornwall and we had to learn to do the floral dance at primary school
@flamelily2086
2 жыл бұрын
The song is about a man who is a stranger in a little village where they were having some sort of festival and everyone was dancing but he had no partner. Then suddenly out of the group dancers a young woman comes to dance with him and pull him into the dancing crowd. The best version of this song was sung by Peter Dawson.
@camerachica73
Жыл бұрын
Have a look at some of the Cornish customs - the melody from this is played in Helston for Flora Day when the town dresses in dresses, hats and the men top hats and tails and dance through the streets (and sometimes through houses/shops) and look at Padstow Obby Oss (May day).
@knockshinnoch1950
2 жыл бұрын
In the 19th century Brass Bands were formed up and down the UK by workers from coal mining communities, textile mill workers and other large industries. Many were established by the industrialists as a healthy pastime for their workers and a way to keep them away from terrible vices such as "the demon drink". The band members would practice several times a week in the local hall and would perform at local village and town events. The band members wore elaborate uniforms. The shinning brass instruments and colourful uniforms provided some glamour in contrast to the grim and dangerous working conditions. The Brass Bands would compete in regular local and national competitions. This was a serious business! The bands were a source of pride for the local community and generations of the same working class families would follow the tradition of joining the band. Brass Bands continue to this day although not so many in number as a result of deindustrialization. They were once the heart of the cultural life of the community. A Brass Band features as part of the narrative of the 1990s Movies "The Full Monty" and "Brassed Off" which stars a young Ewan McGregor. The Floral Dance is a piece of music written at the beginning of the 20th Century. The Brighouse and Rastrick Band recorded it in the 1970s. In 1977 the popular DJ Terry Wogan began playing the record on his ratings busting BBC Radio2 National Radio show which was broadcast weekdays. This stirred interest, the track was released on 45 and reached No2 on the UK National Singles Chart in December 1977. Wogan recorded a vocal version which is truly awful and that too charted in the UK top 20.
@petedenton9434
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see this today and glad you enjoyed it. A bitter-sweet post for me to see today - only a week ago I learnt that Sandy Blair who taught me about the time this was filmed has just died. Great to see him featured as the first player you see when the band starts.
@saturdaysun5724
2 жыл бұрын
Flora Day takes place in Helston Cornwall every year . Lots of couples dress up and dance round the town. Hasn’t happened for the last 2 years because of COVID, but there are videos. ‘ Kernow Viddy ‘ Helston Flora Day 2017. is a good one.
@daveofyorkshire301
2 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories of Terry Wogan on BBC Radio... There are words, it's not just an instrumental.
@danielgardecki1046
2 жыл бұрын
The most famous brass band in the UK, and the most successful competing brass band in the world, is the *Black Dyke Band* in nearby *Bradford.* Also the *Bradford Stadium Fire* songs need doing still.
@SimplethingsOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
Not the Cory Band ??? Haha 😂
@danielgardecki1046
2 жыл бұрын
@@SimplethingsOfficial Record 4 time *English National Championship* winners, record 23 time *National Championships of Great Britain* winners, record 30 time *British Open Championship* winners, and record 13 time *European Championship* winners. Now compare that to the numbers of awards won by the *Cory Band.*
@SimplethingsOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielgardecki1046 well Cory band is Number 1 in world rankings so I mean haha
@notwocdivad
Жыл бұрын
At one time EVER Colliery (Coal mine) had it's own Brass Band, there was a long tradition in mining communities of the bands leading out and performing at town and village fairs and fetes
@charlieyerrell9146
2 жыл бұрын
You need to watch the movie Brassed off it is about brass bands. Also look up the history of the brass bands.
@enzedpcs2
2 жыл бұрын
Check out the movie Brassed Off, I grew up playing a trombone in a brass band going round London parks on a Sunday afternoon.
@trevorjackson4157
2 жыл бұрын
Don't mention Terry Wogan in case Joel finds the Janet & John stories!
@GayJayU26
2 жыл бұрын
Most northern towns have their Brass Bands and more often play some classical and some patriotic tunes. Once a year where I live their are contests and all the competing bands get on coaches and travel to the many different places competing. Granddaughter is already playing the trumpet for her school. The oldest band was formed in 1809 in Stalybridge, Cheshire where I live.
@angharaddenby3389
2 жыл бұрын
The Floral Dance is a traditional Morris tune from Cornwall. Witten by a woman called Katie Moss in the 1930s. You should check out Morris dancing in general.
@seedhillbruisermusic7939
2 жыл бұрын
this was such an unexpected hit in the UK that shortly after, a popular radio DJ called Terry Wogan, did his own version of this song with lyrics over the brass band and that was also a hit.
@malcolmross8427
2 жыл бұрын
The clip is from Top of The Pops which is basically the top of the charts!
@donsland1610
2 жыл бұрын
Do check out the Floral Dance which takes place in the town of Helston, Cornwall every May 8th to celebrate Spring. There are four dances, one of which is by school children, and each one lasts over an hour during which time the dancers travel through the town and in and out of some establishments ,such as the Beehive pub, led by the town band playing the famous tune you've just reviewed. The midday dance is the main one and the dancers are dressed very formally for that.
@helenwood8482
2 жыл бұрын
Summer, not spring. 1st May is the traditional start of summer.
@simonworthington5162
2 жыл бұрын
OMG that brought back good memories , was that in Top Of The Pops.
@trevorstuarttrangmar4710
2 жыл бұрын
A good choice Joel, I can remember listening to a 78rpm recording on a wind up Gramophone of Peter Dawson singing this when I was a young boy at my grandparents house. Sixty seven years layer I can still remember the words to all three verses!
@janicetaylor7516
2 жыл бұрын
I love this. In my area there are Whit Walks and Whit Friday band contests generally held fairly close to a pub where bands come from everywhere in coaches. Fantastic day out.
@helenagreenwood2305
2 жыл бұрын
Have you seen Riverdance performed at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 - they were supposed to be just an act filling the interlude when the judges were deciding on their votes for the songs - its an Irish Dance troupe it was brilliant I can remember to this day my attention being caught and just staring at the screen - please do a reaction to it 🇬🇧 Another one is Torville and Dean the British Olympic skaters skating to the Bolero another stop you in your tracks moment x
@MegaPeter1952
2 жыл бұрын
This was written by a female composer and singer called Kate Moss in 1911.
@marycarver1542
2 жыл бұрын
brass bands are a big thing in the UK, lots of towns and companies have theirown.
@aebirkbeck2693
2 жыл бұрын
This was first recorded in 1912 by a Peter Dawson so it has been around quite a while. I still have my grandmothers recording in my collection by Peter Dawson from that time so I grew up with it being played.
@aebirkbeck2693
2 жыл бұрын
@Jesus Christ Superstar Really !!! last time I looked 1912 was over a hundred years ago :>)
@gillianwoodrow3197
2 жыл бұрын
Played in a brass band for years. They have cornets not trumpets. Really good fun, always enjoyed playing the upbeat numbers best
@deanfields5242
2 жыл бұрын
Another great video Joel I hope your feeling better now
@dandesantagta6006
2 жыл бұрын
This reaction had me & my Mum dancing to & Joel I can tell you were blown away by this one & happy at the same time & also my Grandfather had his own jazz band himself I remember back when I was a kid in the 90’s he used to play in & around our local area & beyond he started the jazz band in the 50’s & stopped the jazz band in October of 2006 due to health issues. So my Grandfather would love for you to react to this. Sending love from Somerset, England, UK 🇬🇧.
@debra7347
2 жыл бұрын
Haha brighouse and rastrick just up the road from me I remember this well xxxx
@uingaeoc3905
2 жыл бұрын
The compere was a Canadian - Kid Jensen - one of the nicest guys on TV at the time. Brass Bands are a working class hobby butare voluntary but brilliantly professional.
@quickclipsbyjmj
2 жыл бұрын
The Grimethorpe Colliery band features on the sound track for Brassed Off! Very good quality brass band.
@pammyb1972
2 жыл бұрын
I actually live near Brighouse, and these guys are among the best brass bands in the country 😀👍
@saturdaysun5724
2 жыл бұрын
There are words to the Floral Dance. It tells a little story about a boy wanting to dance with his special girl and he’s sad because she hasn’t tuned up, but suddenly she comes running down the lane towards him.and they join everyone dancing in the street. I’m sure there must be a recording of the Floral Dance with lyrics somewhere on line. Thanks so much for this video.
@andrewfitzgerald2327
2 жыл бұрын
Although very popular in the North the Floral Dance is a Cornish folk tune. Most towns with a mine (coal) had a brass band it was good to keep the lungs healthy most miners had lung disease by the time they retired.
@jules.8443
2 жыл бұрын
If someone has a Patreon account and can send him links, send him the version of this with Terry Wogan (Rest In Peace Terry), singing to this tune. Look for: Terry Wogan - The Floral Dance (TOTP 1977.)
@darrellpowell6042
2 жыл бұрын
The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II will be marked in 2022. It was announced in 2021 by the Government that 2022 would see an extra bank holiday, from Thursday 2 June to Sunday 5 June. IF your American and want to see this party then get booked to come for this time. Its gonna be a big party.
@marksmithinspirationalspea3836
2 жыл бұрын
I have been very lucky to have been part of a Gilbert and Sullivan society where in live and every Christmas we joined forces with the Brighouse & Rastrick band for a concert. Us doing some stuff, they doing their stuff and doing some things together was a real treat and an honour.
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