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In the early 1970s, at the Band's pinnacle of success so far, in fields such as record contracts and appearances at sporting events, Major
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who was famed for his compositional prowess by both his real name, and his assumed name Arnold Steck. Under his leadership the band played extensively in Canada to large numbers of people, possibly well over one million, whilst performing hundreds of different items. It is thought that this was off
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The Welsh Guards Band was formed in 1915, the same year as the regiment. Unlike other Guards Bands such as that of the
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