: Parc & Dare Band
Saturday/Sadwrn 20 June/Mehefin 2009
19.30
Parish Hall
Originally formed as the Cwmparc Temperance Drum and Fife Band in 1893, the band went all brass a year later to become the Cwmparc Silver Band.
Their successes include being the National Representative for Wales on over twenty occasions, attaining the title of Champion Band of Wales on no less than fourteen occasions, and representing the country at the European Championships four times. In recent years the band was pronounced Champion First Section Band of Wales in 2004 and 2005.
Renowned for its unique and innovative artistic outlook and programming, Parc & Dare has in the last year created and toured the groundbreaking film music and live imagery show “Brass Tracks”. The band hosts its own event, the Welsh Brass Arts Festival, at the Parc & Dare Theatre in June each year, which has featured numerous acclaimed guest artists.
The Parc & Dare Band will continue to live up to its reputation as musical ambassadors of the Rhondda, and of Wales. The Parc & Dare Band is not only renowned in Britain, but the band's fame has spread throughout Europe and now even the rest of the world. The band has appeared in several European Brass Band Championships, representing Wales at the highest level of brass band competition.
Tickets/Tocynnau: £10