Mark Wilkinson on Foden’s, funding success and almost choosing another path | episode 23

British Bandsman editor Mark Good hears from band manager and long-serving principal cornet player of Foden’s Band, Mark Wilkinson, following the news that the Sandbach organisation is to receive another financial boost, this time from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Cornetist Mark discusses how the band plans to make use of the funding and looks ahead to the Whit Friday Online Brass Band Championship, which Foden’s is busy organising.

He also reflects on his own musical career, which saw him start playing cornet in a tin hut and rise to enjoy nearly three decades - and counting - in the top chair at Foden’s. Mark also discusses how he nearly ended up joining one of Foden’s close rivals!

But first, what does he make of the past 14 months?