How to Use brass band in a Sentence

brass band

noun
  • On game day, the atrium was filled by the Oilers’ brass band.
    Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The Dutch fans clapped and sang along to a brass band embedded in the northern stands.
    Andrew Keh, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • Formed 45 years ago, the Dirty Dozen are granddaddies of the brass band resurgence of the last few decades.
    Tristram Lozaw, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022
  • And a jaunty brass band might be oom-pahing behind a tale of a bloody shootout.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 22 June 2023
  • People follow the brass band throughout the streets, dancing and moving to the sounds of the band.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Storm clouds over the castle have confined the brass band to their barracks.
    Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The crowd stood and cheered as a brass band began to play atop the cafe on a balcony overlooking the stage.
    Ben Brazil, Daily Pilot, 28 Oct. 2017
  • This show had set changes, dancing girls, a full brass band and even a cop car drive-by to take us all the way to Chicago.
    Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The business of governing the world’s best country doesn’t have to sound like a brass band in the living room.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The couple also hired a brass band that played during the final hour of the wedding.
    Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • Backed by a brass band and an trio of backup singers, Burna’s show was a straight-up party.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Vendors hawked ice cream while a marching brass band tuned up.
    Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Live brass band music and Sun King Brewing beers jazz up the porch party.
    Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2018
  • Legoland Summer Jam is a song and dance show featuring a brass band.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • At the end of the service, the brass band came out in celebration as the newlyweds recessed down the aisle and jumped over the broom.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2021
  • Excelsior was far from the only brass band to be working on this chilly and damp evening, as light rain came and went.
    al, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The ensemble blends funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz and rock inside a brass band context.
    Jim Kiest and Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Nov. 2021
  • After a burial, a brass band will lead a second-line from St. Louis Cemetery No.
    Ann Maloney, nola.com, 8 June 2019
  • The nostalgia trip, enhanced by plum carpet arrivals and a brass band, was fun.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Charter Oak Brass Band is a 28 piece ensemble that plays the musical repertoire of the British brass band.
    courant.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Performing in Connecticut since the late '80s, this band will perform repertoire of the British-style brass band.
    courant.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • At Cafe du Monde, a four-piece brass band entertained morning diners at the iconic beignet eatery.
    Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The bowls have a purpose: to scoop up servings of mescal punch from a 55-gallon drum at a downtown park, where celebrants dance as a brass band blares away.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Some scenes include action or music from bagpipes or a brass band.
    NOLA.com, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Banda’s father was a member of Malawi’s police brass band.
    Rania Abouzeid, National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2019
  • There will also be a live brass band concert, pie eating contests, ice-cream making and more.
    Jennifer Whidden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2019
  • The use of a brass band in this surreal vignette is one of many elements that recall Fellini.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The brass band has played a few live-streaming shows and has picked up some smaller, outdoor work, like 20-minute birthday concerts at houses.
    Sarah Ravits, NOLA.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Why not bring a little New Orleans ‘flavor’ to the events and have, for example, a live brass band that plays during TV stoppages?
    Christopher Dodson, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Marching bands are pivotal to Carnival season and add an element that only the home of jazz, second lines, and brass bands can.
    Cierra Chenier, Essence, 12 Feb. 2024

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