page_title: Christ's Hospital Band
section_title: Formation
hierarchical_section_title: Christ's Hospital Band / Formation
caption_attribution_description: The Christ's Hospital Band march past Dining hall at the end of Beating Retreat whilst playing Sussex by the Sea. 29th June 2013
context_page_description: Christ's Hospital School Band is the marching band of Christ's Hospital School. It is led and conducted by Terry Whittingham who is the former house master of Grecians East at the school and a previous bandmaster of the Queen's Own Highlanders. The band is a leading UK school band and performs a wide variety of engagements nationally and internationally.
context_section_description: The band generally follows the formations of the Royal Marines bands.
  Christ's Hospital School Band formation 
  Drum majors (who do not conduct the band but are there purely to direct marching, to place halts, step offs and for show)
  Marching percussion
  Snare drummers
  Bass and tenor drummers
  Cymbals
  Trombones (1st, 2nd and bass)
  Tubas and euphoniums
  1st and 2nd trumpets
  French and tenor horns
  Alto saxophones (1st and 2nd)
  Tenor saxophones
  Bassoons
  Oboes
  Flutes (1st, 2nd and 3rd)
  Piccolos
  Clarinets (1st, 2nd and 3rd)
  The band is normally formed in ranks of four for daily lunch parade and ranks of six for proper engagements.
caption: The Christ's Hospital Band march past the dining hall at the end of beating the retreat on 29 June 2013
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