Rothwell Temperance Band

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Rothwell Temperance Band (RTB) are a Championship Section brass band in Yorkshire. Although they do not rehearse in Rothwell itself, they have strong connections with the town and hold many concerts for the local community.

The band became the All England Masters International Champions at a contest in Cambridge Corn Exchange on 28 May 2006.^[1]

1 Early history
2 Recent history
3 Major contest successes
4 Notable members
5 Tours and performances
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Early history

[edit] Formation

In the mid-1800s a band called the Rothwell Model Band existed in the town. Later, a dispute arose between the alcohol drinkers and the teetotallers in the band. As a result the Rothwell Temperance Band was founded in 1881. When the Temperance Hall was built in 1904 one of the four corner stones was inscribed with the following:

Laid by Thomas Blackburn in the name of the Rothwell Temperance Band. Established 1881.

The Rothwell Model Band then became know as the Rothwell Old Band.

[edit] Early years

[edit] After the 1939-45 war

[edit] Changing names

[edit] Recent history

[edit] Major contest successes

In true brass band style only top six placings are listed. For these and other contest results see the Results Archive section on 4barsrest.com.

Date	Placing	Contest	Location	Notes
2 Mar 2008	4th	Yorkshire Region (Championship Section)	Bradford	Qualified for National Finals
26 May 2007	3rd	All England Masters International	Cambridge
28 May 2006	1st	All England Masters International	Cambridge
5 Mar 2006	4th	Yorkshire Region (Championship Section)	Bradford	Qualified for National Finals
18 Sep 2005	5th	British Open	Birmingham
8 May 2004	2nd	Grand Shield	Blackpool	Promoted to British Open
7 Mar 2004	6th	Yorkshire Region (Championship Section)	Bradford
3 May 2003	1st	Senior Cup	Blackpool	Promoted to Grand Shield
2 Mar 2003	4th	Yorkshire Region (Championship Section)	Bradford
29 Oct 2000	1st	Pontins (Championship Section)	Prestatyn
30 Sep 2000	1st	Swiss Open	Lucerne, Switzerland	They were only the second English band to take the title^[2]
16 Oct 1999	6th	National Finals (Championship Section)	Royal Albert Hall, London
28 Feb 1999	3rd	Yorkshire Region (Championship Section)	Bradford	Qualified for National Finals

[edit] Notable members

Richard Marshall played cornet with the band in the early 1990s and is now principal cornet player with the Black Dyke Band.
Michael Howley grew up playing euphonium with the band and has held the principal euphonium seat at several top bands including The Fairey Band, YBS and Brighouse and Rastrick.
David Roberts (conductor) was principal cornet player with the band in his youth before playing with Yorkshire Imps and Black Dyke Band. He then returned to Rothwell to concentrate on conducting.
Lucy Beeson is a regular percussionist with the band. She competed in the final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2004, having won the percussion class.

[edit] Tours and performances

The band have featured several times on BBC Radio 2's Listen To The Band programme, using tracks from the band's CDs and having recorded sessions especially for broadcast.