Ray Lloyd (solo euphonium). Ray is from Hereford and learnt to play at school. Ray fine tuned his playing abilities at the Royal Marines School of Music, serving then as a Royal Marine Musician. Ray played for many years in the Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Band and also served as a Police Inspector on this force. Ray enjoys many things including being a football referee and FA referee instructor. Ray also plays viola and bass drum. He is the Chairman of our Band.
Sue Leaman (euphonium). Sue grew up in the Totnes/ Dartington area. She learnt to play clarinet whilst at KEVICC but had to stop when she moved to London to train as a nurse. After moving back to Devon, Sue’s son started learning with Totnes Town Band and Sue thought she would give it a go too. Sue has played with local bands ever since.
Fred King (first baritone). Fred was born in Torquay and is now a retired entrepreneur known by everyone in Torquay. Fred learnt to play at Torquay Salvation Army where he is still a member. Fred has played for Torbay Brass Band, Bay Brass and RCB. He lists his hobbies as bowling, swimming and charity work and considers himself a general dogs body in helping everyone.
Richard Bartlett (second baritone). Richard’s first endeavour with playing music was with a piano accordion. He joined a piano accordion band which mainly played classical music. At this time it was the start of rock’n’roll so motorbikes and rock’n’roll took over. Later, Richard joined a morris side where he danced and also played the melodeon but due to health issues with his wrist, he had to give this up. Richard was given a trombone by a friend and came to the RCB alternate week band. He moved from trombone to baritone and has progressed into the main band which he thoroughly enjoys.