March: Appreciation (TJ Powell)

Sun Life Stanshawe Band, 1979.
Conducted by: Brian Howard.
Composer: Thomas J Powell
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Powell was born in Tredegar, South Wales in the year 1897. This was, and still is, an area rich in brass bands. The young boy was soon encouraged to involve himself in the Tredegar Town Band and some local Salvation Army Bands. When the Great War started Powell, still a teenager, joined the Royal Marines and was stationed with their band at Portsmouth. Appreciation is probably one of his lesser-known marches but it has often been used in New Zealand for their street marching competitions.

Stanshawe, Stanshawe (Bristol), Sun Life Stanshawe, and Sun Life Band are the same band but at different times of their history.
The band was formed in 1968 and disbanded in 1997.
So, "The light that burns the brightness burns the shortest."