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ISSN2050-4926 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY MUSIC SOCIETY UNITED KINGDOM (FOUNDER) BRANCH Journal No. 115 SPRING 2018 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY MUSIC SOCIETY UNITED KINGDOM (FOUNDER) BRANCH Founder President: Lt-Col Sir Vivian Dunn KCVO OBE (1908-1995) Branch President: Lt-Col (Rtd) Geoff Kingston Honorary Vice-Presidents: Mrs J E Alford, P T Higgins, P Mather, Miss E Pearson INTERNATIONAL VICE- CHAIRMAN’S CALL PRESIDENT: I hope that it not too late to wish every who decide not to renew their Major (Rtd) Roger Swift one of you a “Guid New Year” and if membership. Why are they leaving? CHAIRMAN: any of you were having a Dry January Are we not providing what they want Alan Purdie, 5 Hemming Close, then I trust that all went to plan. from their membership? Is cost of Hampton, Middlesex TW12 2JD. Tel: The year ahead promises to be an membership an issue? 020 8941 1416. E-mail: [email protected] interesting one for the UK Branch All these issues will be considered, with several visits to Bands already in although we all appreciate that there HON. SECRETARY: the pipeline. Inevitably some of the is no easy answer or ‘fast fix’ to the Jim Davies, Amberstone, Pyrford Road, visits tend to be arranged at short Pyrford, Surrey GU22 8UP. situation.I personally believe that we notice due to the contingencies of the Tel: 01932 355135. E-mail: offer good value for money, [email protected] forces but our hard-working Secretary especially compared to some other does his best to get the information to membership organisations, and in my HON. TREASURER you as soon as he can. humble opinion the Branch Journal & MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: Guy Morris, 32 Claremont Avenue, If you have an email address but do and Band International are both Hersham, Surrey KT12 4NS. not yet receive Jim’s Newsbriefs then exceptional magazines and worthy of Tel: 0870 904 6453. E-mail please contact him to be added to his your membership. [email protected] mailing list so that you can be kept May I take this opportunity to thank JOURNAL EDITOR: fully informed of forthcoming events all of you who continue to contribute Mike Boxall, 38 Hortensia House, and concerts. articles, concert reviews and Hortensia Road, London SW10 0QP. Rumours continue to abound about photographs. Remember that the E-mail: the future of the Corps of Army Music Journal is your magazine and our [email protected] as well as the possible closure of Editor would welcome any more COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Kneller Hall, but no firm information contributions to future issues. John Crisford CBE, Charles Gray, Brian is available as yet. As a precaution I Finally, please remember that your Hill, Rodney Illsley and Ron Shooter have already been exploring possible Committee are trying to provide the ADVISORY PANEL: alternative venues for the Branch best experience they can for you, the John Curtis, Colin Dean, Quarterly Meetings should the members and any ideas for the way Dr Graham Jones MBE, Philip Mather, proposed closure of Kneller Hall go ahead would be welcome. Major (Rtd) Richard Powell, and Major ahead but if any members have ideas, With all best wishes. Alan Purdie (Rtd) Gordon Turner MBE please let me know. REGIONAL ORGANISER By the time you receive this Journal North East: Ivor Shirley, 9 Hurst your Committee will have had an all- FRONT COVER: The Band of the Grove, Darlington, Co Durham DL1 day meeting to address the ongoing Household Cavalry, conducted by 4NX problem of Branch membership. Not Major Craig Hallatt, playing at WEBMASTER: only must we look at how we can Friary Court, St. James’s Palace, on Ron Rose, Flat 4, Kingsholm House, 7 recruit new members, but we also 5th January 2018. Twickenham Close, Swindon, Wiltshire have concerns about those members (Photo:Colin Dean.) SN3 3FF. E-mail: [email protected] The IMMS UK Branch Journal is published four times a year. The respective closing dates Website: www.imms-uk.org.uk for copy in 2018 are 2nd February, 25th May, 31st August and 16th November. Contributions for the Journal from members are always welcome. The annual membership subscription, due on 1st January, is £25 of which the UK Branch retains £8 to help finance local activities. Members receive in addition to the UK Branch Journal three editions each year of Band Follow us on Facebook International, which is sent to all members worldwide. Further details about the Society and its activities are available from the UK Branch Secretary. Enquiries and correspondence Follow us on Facebook about the Society’s meetings should be addressed to the Branch Secretary and not to Kneller Hall. The contents of the UK Branch Journal are copyright and no part of it may be reproduced without permission. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the President, the UK Branch Committee or the Society’s membership as a whole. 2 IMMS UK (Founder) Branch Journal – Spring 2018 BRANCH SECRETARY’S NOTES Branch meetings providing appropriate music with a Visits to bands With the kind permission of the suitable Irish flavour for The branch's visit to the Band of the recently-appointed Commandant, consideration for the parade; he had to Household Cavalry will be on Friday Colonel Victoria Reid OBE, and with deal with the additional pressure that 23 March. In due course will be the support of her team there, our the selection process in the Guards circulating full details to those who meetings take place at The Royal Chapel was filmed by the BBC for have booked to go on this visit. inclusion in their coverage of the Military School of Music, Kneller Provisionally, we have a visit to the parade itself. Much of the music he Hall, Twickenham TW2 7DU. This Band of The Rifles on Thursday 15 prepared is included in a new CD year’s meetings will be on Saturdays March. Details to follow. 3 March (with the Branch AGM held Blue Plume The Music of the Irish at 11 00), 16 June, 22 September and Guards (see pages 15 and 16 for an The Queen's Birthday Parade 8 December, starting at 14 00. account of the production process and and the Reviews a review of this CD). When attending meetings, you’ll need The Major General's Review of the to allow time to complete the security Bruce was a good friend of our Queen's Birthday Parade will take procedures at the School. If you travel Society during his service and was place on Horse Guards Parade, by public transport or on foot, notify instrumental in welcoming our London, on Saturday 26 May and The me in advance. If travelling by car for members from around the world Colonel's Review on Saturday 2 June the first time, notify me of your when the UK Branch hosted an in preparation for the actual parade on vehicle’s registration number. International Gathering in June 2014. Saturday 9 June. The Colour to be Members’ details are held at the We wish him well for his future trooped will be that of 1st Bn. Guardroom for subsequent visits. activities; Bruce has now taken up the Coldstream Guards. Remember to carry your IMMS appointment as Director of Music to Members' attention is drawn to the membership card as proof of identity. the Band of the Honourable Artillery Lost membership cards can be Company, in succession to Major important change in the application replaced on request. Glen Jones. and payment process for tickets for the Reviews and the Parade, December meeting AGM following the Household Division's Our guest speaker at our Saturday 9 The Annual General Meeting of the move to a Ministry of Defence- December meeting at Kneller Hall International Military Music Society's approved electronic ticketing had retired from the Army just a UK (Founder) Branch will take place system. Tickets for the Major couple of days earlier! We were very at The Royal Military School of delighted, therefore, to welcome Music, Kneller Hall, Twickenham General's Review on Saturday 26 Major Bruce Miller who, in a lively, TW2 7DU on Saturday 3 March May will cost £5 each and £10 each informative and entertaining commencing at 11 00. The AGM is for the Colonel's Review on presentation, told us about his members' opportunity to receive Saturday 2 June. Tickets can now distinguished career in military reports from, and put questions to, the only be purchased online from music, enlisting in 1989 as a clarinet Branch officers about our activities www.qbp.army.mod.uk. player in the Band of the Royal Army over the past year and future plans – We regret that because of these new Ordnance Corps and culminating on as well as receiving the financial arrangements we will be unable to retirement as Director of Music Irish report. secure and distribute tickets for the Guards. Members at the AGM also confirm Major General's Review as we have Officers' appointments and elect done hitherto. Tickets for the members to serve on the Branch's Queen's Birthday Parade itself will committee. Our Chairman, Alan be allocated by public ballot. Purdie, having been elected at the Applications can be made until 28 2017 AGM, has completed the first of February, after which the ballot his three-year term. The Committee will close. appoints your Secretary, Treasurer and Journal Editor. Committee For further information, refer to member Ron Shooter's three-year the website shown above or to term expires at the AGM and we hope www.householddivision.org.uk. he will stand for re-election.