Dinnington Colliery Band

Dinnington Colliery Band
The Dinnington Colliery Band, Dinnington, 2010
Background information
Origin	Dinnington, Yorkshire, England
Genres	Brass band (British style)
Years active	1904-Present
Labels	Universal Music Group Decca Records
Website	http://dinningtoncolliery.co.uk/

The Dinnington Colliery Band is a traditional British brass band from Yorkshire, England, founded in 1904 and also known as the Dinnington Main and Middleton prize brass band ^[1] for some of its history. Between 1982 and 1985 the band was sponsored by South Yorkshire Caravans, and 1987-1990 by Webster's Brewery.^[1]

The Dinnington Colliery Band consisted of 27 members aged between 7 and 70 from the former coal mining town of Dinnington in South Yorkshire, England.

As in many traditional British mining towns, once the colliery closed in 1992 the band went into decline, ending up with only six members by 2009.^[2]

In 2010, the BBC chose Dinnington from a shortlist of 22 other brass bands to feature in a three-part series A Band For Britain presented and conducted by Sue Perkins.^[3] The recruitment drive that followed enabled the band to enlist 21 new members, and a resulting recording contract worth £1 million secured the band's future survival.^[4]

Discography

Albums

• 2010: A Band For Britain ^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Web page: Brass Band Genealogy". http://www.ibew.org.uk/misc25.htm. 
2. ^ Brassed off no longer Yorkshire Post, 1 March 2010
3. ^ Telegraph Online Sue Perkins on A Band For Britain Accessed: 8 March 2010
4. ^ Daily Mail Online Dinnington Colliery Band is saved by £1m recording contract Accessed: 8 March 2010
5. ^ Classic.FM Dinnington Colliery Band makes comeback Accessed: 8 March 2010

External links

• The Dinnington Colliery Band Official Site