Masterbrass Santas
Masterbrass Santas brass band entertainment for Xmas events across the UK performing in shopping centres throughout the UK. They would like to bring their special performance to your Christmas event. This is one of the most versatile brass quartets around. Ideal for Christmas Lights switch on in UK shopping centres. Past happy clients include Disney, Sainsburys and more. The Festive Xmas Gift Fair at the NEC, Oxford and Regent Streets VIP shopping days, shopping centres from Cardiff to Milton Keynes and many more.
Masterbrass Santas Xmas sets incorporate both traditional Xmas carols and hymns, to their own arrangements of modern pop Xmas classics by the likes of Slade, Mariah Carey, The Pogues and many more.
Most of the instruments used in British brass bands had been in use for some time in village, church and military bands. In the 1840s and 1850s the brass band emerged from these as a popular pastime.
Brass bands were a response to industrialisation, which produced a large working class population, technological advances in instrument design and the mass production to manufacture and distribute the instruments. Many UK bands were originally either works bands or sponsored by various industrial concerns. This was particularly evident in coal mining areas. There are also many non-contesting or ‘community’ brass bands in the UK providing entertainment for audiences and enjoyment for musicians of all ages. (Wikipedia)