Intrepid Leader and Sousaphone. Fearless …. Brave …. Gutsy …. Daring …. Gritty …. Heroic …. Gallant …. Valiant …. Courageous …. Unblinking …. Indomitable …. Unflinching ….zzzz …zzzz... zzz...

Second-In-Command and Megaphonic Refrain. The Colonel is best known for his Gargantuan Appetite and answers to the Soubriquet “Trencherman” within the Ranks of the Orchestra. Silver Medallist at the Prince Phillip National Flatulence Championships, the Colonel lists his Hobbies as Fasting and Flagellation.

Banjo, Guitar, Ukulele. This Strange Specimen was Discovered Bungee Jumping off the Top of the Taj Mahal whilst playing Ravel’s Bolero on the Banjo and was Immediately Conscripted into the Ranks. Michael has a Current Application Lodged with the Royal Patent Office for ‘Banjo Jumping’. A Game, he has Invented, involving Five Thirty Stone Plus Charladies and Sixteen Banjos.

* Associate of the Society of Bacchanalian Onanists

Trombone au Piston. In these Unenlightened Times of Grave National Security, the Band’s Safety and Welfare must remain Paramount. It was to this End that F.C.P.R. Generously Volunteered to be the “Band Taster” on Each and Every Gig, Before, During, and After the Event. This Selfless and Altruistic Act often sees Patrick going about his Duty with Obsessive Religious Zeal, quite often Adopting a Horizontal Worshipping Position.

Cornet. The Right Honourable Gentleman made Legal History in the High Court last year by Successfully Defending a Rat accused of Stealing a Loaf of Bread from a Dustbin in Miles Platting. My Learned Friend argued that his Client had a Cast-Iron Alibi, him being up a Drainpipe in Chorlton-Cum-Hardy at the time of the Alleged Offence.

Monsieur Pierre D’Anby comes from a long line of Franco-Prussian Aristocracy. The Two Prussian Families, the Saxa-Coburghers (available at the Co-op, B.O.G.O.F. but a bit on the Salty Side) and the D’Anby-Assile-Burghers, are believed to have Met the Mighty French Family the H’Abiton De Sàde, at a Cocoa Mining Convention in Alsace in 1663. During his Schooling at The Jocelyn Smallboys Academy, Berne, Pierre Ran Away to the Circus and was Fortunate Enough to Meet the Famous “Vent du Merde” Artist “Le Petomaine” who took the young Pierre under his Wise and Caring Wing where he Taught Him all he Knew about Circular Breathing (and the rest. ed.). Pierre is Credited with Teaching the Great Multi-Instrumentalist, Roland Kirk the Technique of playing “Stars and Stripes Forever” whilst Miming on the Saxophone.

Grand Jazz Percussion Kit. Dr Warren Commutes between his Worcestershire Mansion and his Croft on the Outskirts of Dubai where he breeds Shetland Ponies for the British Olympic Midget Polo Team. The Good Doctor has many Plaudits and Accolades to his name. The most Recent having Won Third Place in the Most Accomplished Liar in the World Competition.

Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Euro-Whistle, Violin, Mandolin, Gamelin, Pangolin Sadolin. This Shy and Retiring Creature is Literally the ‘Chef d’Orchestre’. Before being Press-Ganged into this Motley Crew, William Owned and Ran a Pie Stall on the Wigan By-pass. The Van Speciality, of which the Local Clientele could never seem to get enough, was the ENTYKEBAB*, a Size Eight Knitting Needle Skewered through a Meat and Potato Pie, a Ring of Black Pudding, a Faggot, a Pickled Egg and a Roll Mop Herring dipped into a Vat of George Formby Brown Sauce (Traffic Accidents were Unusually High on this Stretch of the By-pass). The Band are Looking Forward to Tucking into this Homely Comestible when the Professor's Planning Permission comes through for the Kitchen Extension to his Grand Jazz Percussion Kit. William also has a little bit of Previous, having done Seventeen-and-a-Half Minutes Community Service for Manufacturing Counterfeit Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls.

* This Award Winning Delicacy earned William Five Leather Stars from the Dunlop Master Saddle Maker's Guild.