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Championship section Brass Band, Youth and Training bands from the heart of Cornwall 〓〓. You can also follow us on Instagram and Tiktok 🎶🎺🥁📸

St Dennis Band is extremely proud of its heritage with early records traced to the mid 19th Century, believed to have been formed in 1838 as part of the festivities in connection with the Coronation of Queen Victoria it has continued to function by voluntary contributions up to the present time. Contest successes include 2nd Section National Champions at Crystal and Alexander Palaces in 1928 and 1

938. In the Championship Section they have been eleven times The West of England Champions, and gained sixth place in The Royal Albert Hall at the 1978 National Finals. During the sixties the Band played at the British Open Contest at Belle Vue on three occasions. At The West of England Bandsmens Festival (Bugle) they have been The Royal Trophy winners on 29 occasions including five hat tricks. The Band has experienced highs and lows during its existence and following a decline in the mid 1990’s showed the determination that has always been present, concentrating their efforts on Youth which paid dividends, progressing from a group of young inexperienced players to the mature Band of the present day. The Band has qualified for the National finals five times in the last decade rapidly moving up through the sections where they have now reached the Championship Section.

22/06/2026

21/06/2026

🎺🏆 A Fantastic Day at the 100th West of England Bandsmen's Festival! 🏆🎺

What an incredible day for St Dennis Band organisation at the centenary West of England Bandsmen's Festival in Bugle yesterday.

🎶 We're so proud of the amazing performance that the St. Dennis Youth Band gave under the baton of new Musical Director David Johnson. A great reception from the Audience and some wonderful and constructive remarks by adjudicators Dr. Stephen Cobb and Christopher Binns 🏆

🎶St Dennis Band were award 2nd placings in both the March and Test Piece in the Championship Section, with Principal Euphonium Kim Kenderdine being awarded best Euphonium of the day 🏆 and Principal Cornet Luke Barker being awarded both the Best Player in the Championship Section but also Best Cornet of the Day 🏆🏆.

A huge thank you to all of our band members for their hard work and to our Musical Director, Darren Hawken, whose dedication and commitment to the Band continue to inspire and push us to be the very best that we can 🎶

Congratulation to Championship Section winners The GUS Band for their fantastic performance!

A huge well done to every player who took part, and to all the section prize winners across the festival 🏆

Championship Section - The GUS Band
First Section - Bodmin Town Band
Second Section - St. Keverne
Third Section - Saltash Town Band
Fourth Section - Pendennis Brass Falmouth
Youth Section - St Austell Youth Brass Band
Training Section - Indian Queens training band
Deportment - Illogan Sparnon Silver Band

Finally, thank you to all the committee members and volunteers of the West of England Bandsmen's Festival for the enormous amount of work that went into making the 100th festival such a memorable and special occasion 🎶❤️

11/06/2026

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Rehearsals in full swing for our upcoming performance at the 100th West of England Bandsmen's Festival on Saturday 20th June! 🎶

09/06/2026

🎺 St. Dennis Band Announcement 🎺

Two years ago, Dawson Holloway made the move from Michigan 🇺🇸 to Cornwall 🇬🇧 to work with the Cornish Seal Sanctuary — and during that time he also joined us on BBb bass, becoming a valued part of the St. Dennis Band family.

Dawson has always had a lifelong ambition to join the Peace Corps, and we’re excited (and a little sad!) to share that he’s now heading off to Moldova 🇲🇩 to take up a role in Community and Organisational Development.

Dawson, thank you for your music, your sense of humour, and your friendship. You’ll be greatly missed by us all, and we wish you every success in this next chapter of your journey.🫶

Don’t forget us — and keep the BBb spirit going wherever you are! 🎶✨

Join us in wishing Dawson the very best for his new adventures 💙

11/05/2026

A few photos from our recent performance at the British Open Spring Festival 📸🎶

Photo collection by The British Open Brass Band Championship

04/05/2026

Back home again after a great weekend in Birmingham for the Grand Shield section of the British Open Spring Festival! 🎶

We were proud to perform Star Crossed Lovers by Stephen Roberts, and felt we truly captured the atmosphere and storytelling of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet ballet that inspired the piece. A performance we can all be really proud of.

While a 16th place out of 20 wasn’t quite the result we’d hoped for, that’s the nature of contesting — and it certainly doesn’t take away from the effort, commitment, and our performance on stage.

A huge thank you to our supporters, our dedicated band members, and our Musical Director Darren R Hawken for all the hard work that went into this performance. We had a brilliant weekend together as a team, musically and socially 🎶🍛🍻

Congratulations to Milnrow Band and Hepworth Band on their 1st and 2nd places and qualification for this year’s British Open 👏

Also a big well done to our friends at Camborne Town Band on their 8th placing in the Grand Shield, and Roche Brass on 5th placing in the Senior Trophy 👏

Next up: the 100th West of England Bandsmen's Festival on Saturday 20th June!

02/05/2026

Thank you very much for hosting us for our rehearsal this evening, what a lovely venue and great hospitality!

Address

Hendra Road
Saint Dennis
PL268EQ

Website

http://www.stdennisband.co.uk/

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