"I can't believe that 2010 will mean 30 years of brass banding for me, starting off learning tenor horn from a great teacher, Graham Jones, at Elfed High School in North Wales; 8 years with Royal Buckley Town band, a brief (and oft scary stint) at Roberts and 15 more at Barnton Silver
Band. My move to Cheshire Constabulary in 2007 after a couple of years break also meant moving to baritone - and I think I have finally found my niche! Banding highlights for me include playing for Prince Charles and Diana Spencer on their honeymoon tour of Wales in 1981 and participating in a massed band drawn from brass bands all over the North West for the closing ceremony of the 2004 Commonwealth Games in Manchester"

Amanda Harrison