SOPRANO CORNET
Name Lee Rogers
Started Playing: 1978
Previous Bands: Enderby Band, The Kibworth Band, Raunds, Brackley, Ratby Band
Best Banding Memory: 1st time that Raunds won a contest
Most Embarassing Banding Moment: EVERY AMC March that I did with Unity
Banding Ambition:
Favourite Piece: Rhapsody in Brass
Least Favourite Piece: Sullivan Fantasy

REPIANO CORNET
Name: Andy Platts XPCUB
Started Playing: Nine. Ten to Nine
Previous Bands: Stanton, Swannington. Ibstock, Loughborough (when they were good), Desford, Dyke, Unity Brass, Croft, Syston, Oxford University (whilst studying).
Best Banding Memory: Winning the Joshua Tetley Brass Band Championships, Winning Champion of Champions, and listening to me playing anything.
Most Embarassing Banding Moment:Narrowly missing out on winning the Champion cornet player of Great Britain title when I was 19.
Banding Ambition: To play, for a second time, “Procession to the Minster” at Carnegie Hall with Black Dyke.
Favourite Piece:“Where am I?” by Italian composer Fohkt Ifhano and “Eat my tackle you hairy mother” by Eminem
Least Favourite Piece:Any piece that fails to feature a top quality cornet player with quality sound like me, such as Grandfathers Clock or any Euphonium Solo, or Crown Imperial, Endeavour – the list is endless…

2ND CORNET
Name: Paul Spence
Started Playing: 1977 Aged 11
Previous Bands: Syston
Best Banding Memory:
Most Embarassing Banding Moment: 'Love Changes Everything', if you were there you know why!
Banding Ambition: To win an area qualifier
Favourite Piece: Music for a Festival
Least Favourite Piece: Oceans

2ND CORNET

Name: Martin John
Started Playing: 1984
Previous Bands: Meltham, Hade Edge, Hepworth, GUS, Ibstock
Best Banding Memory: Playing Cornets a-go-go
Most Embarassing Banding Moment: Too many to mention, usually involving alcohol
Banding Ambition: To play every position in a brass band
Favourite Piece: Blitz & Cornets a-go-go, Tallis Variations
Least Favourite Piece: All brown music

2ND CORNET
Name: Kay Carter
Started Playing: Ages 10 - 16. Gave up then started again at 42
Previous Bands: Desford Juniors, Leicester Co-op
Best Banding Memory: Cant say but it was on a bus
Most Embarassing Banding Moment: Dont know, theres lots of them
Banding Ambition: Dont know
Favourite Piece: Variations on a 9th
Least Favourite Piece: Images of the millenium

3RD CORNET
Name: Debbie Banks
Started Playing:
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3RD CORNET
Name: Stan Hearne
Started Playing: 1948
Previous Bands: Skegness Sea Cadets, Skegness Town Band, Leicester Imperial Band, Ratby Band, Hathern Band, Ibstock Building Product Band
Best Banding Memory: Army band in Malaysia, Singapore & Germany. Unity tour to Barbados
Most Embarassing Banding Moment: Never had any
Banding Ambition: None
Favourite Piece: Resurgam
Least Favourite Piece: All in the April evening

3RD CORNET
Name: Peter Harris
Started Playing: 1945 on Trumpet
Previous Bands: Unity B and The Wigston Band
Best Banding Memory: Touring Barbados with Unity
Most Embarassing Banding Moment: My First rehearsal with a Brass Band!!
Banding Ambition: To improve my sight reading and playing technique
Favourite Piece: Images of the Millennium.
Least Favourite Piece: