Thought this maybe of interest particularly to our ex-Prince Line members. Following the experience gained with the Merchant Navy Band, I have decided to form a smaller group specifically to undertake offical banquets, dinners, church services for RN/RFA/MN Associations. It was decided to try and name this small group after a famous shipping company of the past and, as such, to be the representative for all of the great fleets that have sailed beneath the Red Ensign. We floated this idea and it generated a lot of interest and the Trustees of the Sir James Knott Trust (the Founder of Prince Line) were particularly taken with this, so that the Band has adopted the name of the Prince Line Quintet.
Uniform will be formal evening dress, black with red lapels and a gold wire Prince Line cap badge worn on the right cuff. The music stand banners will be red with black trim and the white Prince of Wales' Feathers, all taken straight from the Prince Line funnel colours.
An arranger is very kindly doing quite a number of pieces of music for us and these include special arrangements of 'Blaydon Races' 'The Leaving of Liverpool' 'Rolling Home to dear old England' and others with a strong nautical flavour.
We are still fund-raising at the moment (any help gladly received!) to purchase the uniforms and stand banners but we certainly hope to have the Band up and running next month. It already has three firm dinner engagements booked and, hopefully, one of these will see the Band heading up the M5 to Liverpool next year. Three of the five members are ex-Royal Marine and Army Band members.
I appreciate that many of our SN members sailed under other Houseflags but I must stress that this little Band represents you all - to emphasis this we have chosen as the Band's motto 'E Pluribus Unum' - 'One out of Many'.
If anybody would like further details please send me a Private Message.
Peter4447 (*))
Uniform will be formal evening dress, black with red lapels and a gold wire Prince Line cap badge worn on the right cuff. The music stand banners will be red with black trim and the white Prince of Wales' Feathers, all taken straight from the Prince Line funnel colours.
An arranger is very kindly doing quite a number of pieces of music for us and these include special arrangements of 'Blaydon Races' 'The Leaving of Liverpool' 'Rolling Home to dear old England' and others with a strong nautical flavour.
We are still fund-raising at the moment (any help gladly received!) to purchase the uniforms and stand banners but we certainly hope to have the Band up and running next month. It already has three firm dinner engagements booked and, hopefully, one of these will see the Band heading up the M5 to Liverpool next year. Three of the five members are ex-Royal Marine and Army Band members.
I appreciate that many of our SN members sailed under other Houseflags but I must stress that this little Band represents you all - to emphasis this we have chosen as the Band's motto 'E Pluribus Unum' - 'One out of Many'.
If anybody would like further details please send me a Private Message.
Peter4447 (*))