Is it me or are the only people that listen to brass bands over 55?
I get the feeling that the brass band audience is full of families of the players and coffin-dodgers. While we all love an audience what can we do to bring banding to a younger audience?
To give an example my wife, who is 30 and knows nothing about brass bands, was in raptures over Kings of Brass last concert and would now go and watch any brass band concert, especially a good band. She started from supporting me.
What can we do to bring banding to the nation?
If the movement is to prosper how do we introduce the new audience (i.e. the people who aren't going to die in the next few months) to it?
I know I've been a bit glib but I hope you know what I mean (no offence to coffin-dodgers intended)
I get the feeling that the brass band audience is full of families of the players and coffin-dodgers. While we all love an audience what can we do to bring banding to a younger audience?
To give an example my wife, who is 30 and knows nothing about brass bands, was in raptures over Kings of Brass last concert and would now go and watch any brass band concert, especially a good band. She started from supporting me.
What can we do to bring banding to the nation?
If the movement is to prosper how do we introduce the new audience (i.e. the people who aren't going to die in the next few months) to it?
I know I've been a bit glib but I hope you know what I mean (no offence to coffin-dodgers intended)