I enquirered about the musical directors position at Skipton brass a couple of months ago. The secretary who contacted me painted a very different picture shall we say, about the band. When I did some research with player friends (even some that had played for Skipton brass) I decided to remove my application. When I did I was sent a frankly quite rude email by the bands chairman accusing me of getting it all wrong.
I posted a warning on here and eventually, I'm guessing, Skipton brass had it removed, but there were quite a few people who commented on problems they had also had with Skipton brass.
My advice would be don't touch them with a barge pole, go too otley, a much better band.