The Yorkshire Imperial Band, nicknamed the Yorkshire Imps, is a
brass band from
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England. Previous names have included Yorkshire Imperial Metals Band, IMI Yorkshire Imperial Band, Yorkshire Imperial David Urquhart Travel Band, DUT Yorkshire Imperial Band and Yorkshire Imperial Urquhart Travel Band (from former long time sponsors David Urquhart Travel). )
The band was formed in the 1930s as the Yorkshire Copper Works Band based at the Yorkshire Copper Works in
Stourton,
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...
, and was renamed when Yorkshire Imperial Metals was created in 1958, owned by Yorkshire Copper Works and
ICI Metals Division.
The
Rothwell Temperance Band was founded in 1881, when the drinkers and non-drinkers of the Rothwell Model Band, established in 1841 or earlier, divided to form two bands, the other being the Rothwell Old Band. In 1999 it was renamed the Wallace Arnold (Rothwell) Band, reflecting sponsorship by coach tour operator
Wallace Arnold
Wallace Arnold (Barr & Wallace Arnold Trust) was one of the UK's largest holiday motorcoach tour operators.
History
Wallace Arnold was founded in 1912 and was named after two of its founders Wallace Cunningham and Arnold Crowe. In 1926, the Bar ...
. The then "B" band retained the name Rothwell Temperance Band and still exists. In 2000 the Wallace Arnold (Rothwell) Band merged with the Yorkshire Imperial Band, which became for some time the Yorkshire Imperial DUT (Rothwell) Band.
the band was ranked 9th in Yorkshire and 50th in the world in listings at brass band website 4barsrest.com.
The band has made many recordings, going back as far as the 1967
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
''Yorkshire Brass''.
The band's logo shows an
imp
IMP or imp may refer to:
* Imp, a fantasy creature
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Imp (She-Ra), a character in ''She-Ra: Princess of Power''
* Imp a character in '' Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony''
* Imp, a character in the '' Cl ...
sitting on a
Yorkshire rose.
References
External links
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* Results in contests 1938–present
British brass bands
Musical groups from West Yorkshire
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