Solo Cornet

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=160 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B> <a href="http://photobucket.com/images/trophies" target="_blank"><img src="http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb241/lottsof/Trophies/goldtrophy.gif" border="0" alt="C-Gold Pictures, Images and Photos"/></a>  </B></I></div> <div>  <script src="http://h2.flashvortex.com/display.php?id=2_1296509339_45596_151_0_135_646_6_2_43" type="text/javascript"></script>  </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=94 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Vladimir Script" >  </FONT>Silk Brass                <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Vladimir Script" ><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solo Cornet"><U>Next Player</U></A></FONT>          </div> <div>   <IMG SRC="7e6c9290.jpg" border=0 width="713" height="41" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=386 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="e6f00c00dvldtc.jpg"> <div> <I>Solo Cornet</I></div> <div> Matthew White</div> <div> <B>Joined Silk Brass 2011</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="102cea2b0.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="299" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Previous Bands:-</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="613" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 71 WIDTH="288"><div> Congleton Town Band</div> <div> Berisfords Band</div> <div> Rode Hall Silver Band</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="314"><div>                                              </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Player Profile:-</B></div> <div> Married for 33 years to Andrea, with 3 children (well young adults!) and 1 beautiful Granddaughter, Nancy, nearly 2 years old (the apple of my eye and already capable of getting a note out of my cornet!). I have lived in Congleton all my life, moving through a number of dwellings, as the family grew, then the inevitable, they all fly off and leave us with an empty nest! </div> <div> I work as a Sales Manager for a Congleton based, German Vacuum Pump manufacturer (Busch), spending time both in the office and also many overseas trips to our sister companies around the world.</div> <div> Banding history - well that goes to back to my Dad, Derek, who started his playing in the Army, then in Congleton Town Band, which I suppose “became” Berisfords Band, under the baton of Charlie Cook.</div> <div> My brother Thom and I joined the junior band (even playing on Opportunity Knocks in the late 60's, our claim to TV fame! - I am sure other old Berisfords Junior Band players remember that day well - Acer, Alan??).</div> <div> I then moved into the Senior Band under Granvillle Jennings, during my teens, eventually having a break (young kids, work etc, etc) for about 10 years, until starting up again with another local band, Rode Hall Silver Band (oldest band in the country, so they claim!)</div> <div> I was Principal Cornet there for almost 20 years, until taking a sabbatical for a couple of years, before recently applying for a position with Silk Brass.</div> <div> I also play the piano, and enjoy listening to music of all genres, from Rock to Blues, from Classical to Brass! I have to say I am a keen favourite of the old school Brass band music (Overtures, Marches, Classical arrangements, Old Test pieces, like Les Preludes - I will never forget Charlie Cook playing Sop in the Buxton Contest, I'm sure he never looked at his music! You know, one of those Goose bump moments!).</div> <div> Other interests include enjoying family time at the Caravan in placeAnglesey, walking, sea fishing, bird-watching, the natural world basically.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21024306-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>