 The
Parc & Dare Band
History
News
Events
Festival
Gallery
Personnel
Recordings
Junior Band
Sponsorship
Contact Details
Special Projects
Formed in 1893, the band
takes its name from the two collieries formerly located in Cwmparc, Rhondda.
Though the Parc & Dare collieries are no longer with us their name lives on
thanks to the success of the Parc & Dare Band, which remains one of the
premier bands of Wales.
Further information on the history of the band
can be found in the History section of this
site which includes a brief history of the band and its most notable
achievements to date, plus a more detailed history composed by Ron Watkins for
the band's centenary celebrations in 1993.
Regular followers of the band can keep up to date
with the latest happenings within the organisation in the
News
section of the site, plus a complete schedule of the band's concert and contest
engagements can be found in the Events
section. In addition to the various engagements which the band undertakes
through the course of the year it also now hosts its own event, The Welsh Brass
Arts Festival, in June each year at the Park + Dare Theatre, Treorchy. Details
of the Festival, along with retrospectives on past events and plans for the
future, can be found in the Festival
section of the site.
The
Gallery contains a selection
of photographs of the band and its various conductors taken over the last one
hundred and ten years while a complete list of current bandmembers can be found
in the Personnel
section. CDs and cassettes of the band can be viewed and also purchased in the
Recordings
section.
Finally younger visitors may be
interested in the Parc & Dare Junior Band while those wishing to support our
organisation can examine the various ways in which this can be achieved in the
Sponsorship
section. Anybody wishing to engage or contact the band can do so via the
Contact Details
section.
From any page on the website you can link back to the home page by clicking on the Coat of Arms in the top left corner
History
News
Events
Festival
Gallery
Personnel
Recordings
Junior Band
Sponsorship
Contact Details
Special Projects
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