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Royal seal of approval for St Dennis

National First Section champion St Dennis performed the National Anthem for a very well informed audience recently.

National Champion
  The National Champion played the National Anthem for a very well informed audience

St Dennis Band recently gave a very special performance of the 'National Anthem' to some very well informed listeners.

Special guests

The First Section National Champion was in the model village of Poundbury in Dorset where they performed for Her Majesty the Queen, Duke of Edinburgh and The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall — with 'God Save The Queen' played for the unveiling of a new statue of the late Queen Mother.

The event started at 9.00am, with the band performing the first of 35 different items throughout the day as the special guests completed their guided tour of Prince Charles' latest phase of urban development.

Lovely day

St Dennis played on a specially erected bandstand, proudly exhibiting The Royal Trophy outside the new Duchess of Cornwall Public House, officially opened by Prince Charles later in the day.

St Dennis played on a specially erected bandstand, proudly exhibiting The Royal Trophy outside the new Duchess of Cornwall Public House, officially opened by Prince Charles later in the day4BR

Invite

The band was invited to the event by Prince Charles and by virtue of being the current holders of The Royal Trophy, awarded to them at The West of England Bandsmen's Festival in Bugle in June.

Musical Director, Darren Hawken, summed up the proceedings by simply saying: "It was a lovely day."

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