OLD TUNES – ANACREON IN HEAVEN
The Anacreontic Society
In the mid-1760s, a London society of amateur musicians, the Anacreontic Society, commissioned a young church musician, John Stafford Smith, to compose music for material written by … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – ALLEMANDE SWISS
ALLEMANDE SWISS. English, American; Country Dance Tune. The music first appeared in the English publication The Compleat Tutor for the Guitar (Thompson, London, 1770). A formerly well known contra-dance tune … Continue reading →
VILLAGE VOLUNTEERS HISTORY – Tenth Anniversary Report
***** TENTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT *****
1956 to 1966 – HISTORY
The Village Volunteers Fife and Drum Corps was formed in 1956 under the name Village Fire Fifers, as the group … Continue reading →