Fairey Band

Fairey Band

The Fairey Band is a brass band based in Heaton Chapel in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Its name comes from Sir Richard Fairey and the Fairey Aviation company, famous in later years for the Fairey Delta 2 aircraft - the first aircraft in level flight to exceed 1,000mph, and had an important contribution to the shape of Concorde and its droop nose.

History

The band was formed in 1937 as the "Fairey Aviation Works Band" by workers at the aircraft factory. This was at a time when the company was producing aircraft that would see plenty of action in the first few weeks of World War II, although sadly few of its aircraft would be of sufficient calibre to pose a real threat to German aircraft. Its aircraft mainly carried torpedoes for the Fleet Air Arm.

In became known as the "Williams Fairey Band" when "Fairey Engineering" was taken over by "Williams Holdings" in 1986. This company was bought by the American Kidde fire safety company in 2000, although the band retained the "Williams Fairey" name. The sponsorship by Kidde finished at the end of 2002. In 2003, they were sponsored by "FP (Music)", a subsidiary of "Fosters Partners (Asia)".

ee also

* Acid Brass

External links

* [http://www.faireyband.com The Fairey Band]
* [http://www.wfel.co.uk/evolution_txt.htm WFEL - the company that used to be Williams Fairey]

Audio clips

* [http://www.theclassicalshop.net/mp3samples/CH/CHAN653007T01D01.wma William Tell Overture] - famous piece by Gioachino Rossini
* [http://www.theclassicalshop.net/mp3samples/CH/CHAN653011T01D01.wma Famous British Marches] by Arthur Sullivan
* [http://www.theclassicalshop.net/mp3samples/CH/CHAN653009T01D01.wma Thunder and Lightning Polka] ("Unter Donner und Blitz") by Johann Strauss II
* [http://www.theclassicalshop.net/mp3samples/CH/CHAN453518T01D01.wma The Liberty Bell] - famous piece by John Philip Sousa
* [http://www.theclassicalshop.net/mp3samples/DO/DOY05210T01D02.wma Londonderry Air] - traditional tune.

Video clips

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwcRDY5qxzM Festival] at Delph in 1998.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOHaQ__Ngek Acid Brass] at the innocent Drinks [http://www.innocentvillagefete.com Village Fete] in 2007.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKbTFsyLmaY Innocent Village Fete] in 2007 with the Blaydon Races in Regents Park.


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