The Horn Section  

Kathy began to play the Tenor Horn at the age of 11, before changing to the Trumpet a couple of years later. Throughout her teens, Kathy played the Cornet, and the Trumpet in the Hull Music Service bands and orchestras, before joining the Hessle Royal British Legion Band, where she entered the world of contesting. In 1989, Kathy left Hessle to became a founder member of East Yorkshire Brass, where she played Repiano Cornet, before moving on to ‘bumper up’. The band was successful, and gained promotion through the sections from 4^th to Championship section. Kathy took a few years out and returned to the band (which was now called Aunt Bessie’s East Yorkshire Brass) in 1999. She then moved to East Yorkshire Motor Services on the front row in 2000, and has enjoyed several appearances at the National Brass Band Finals in the Royal Albert Hall since then. In December 2004, the opportunity arose to play the Flugel Horn, a challenge that she is enjoying immensely. Kathy works as a BTEC course leader, and beauty therapy lecturer at Hull College. In 2001, she married Tony Newiss who plays cornet in the band.

In November 2009, Kathy won the Best Instrumentalist Prize at the final of the Kippax Entertainment Contest.

Previous Bands

Hessle Royal British Legion

Aunt Bessies East Yorkshire Brass

Alison is one of the few southerners in the Band, coming from Poole, Dorset. She moved to Hull to study at the University, and remained here on completion of her studies. Whilst at university, Alison began to play with the Cottingham Band staying with the Band for many years initially on Cornet, before moving across to play the Tenor Horn. Alison joined the East Yorkshire Motor Services Brass Band in 2003 on 1st Horn, and was moved up onto Solo Horn during a section shuffle in 2005. Alison is the deputy head teacher at Maybury Primary School in Hull.

The Cottingham Band

Recent Solos:-