{"id":878,"date":"2012-12-11T02:55:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T02:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/?page_id=878"},"modified":"2021-03-28T19:54:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T19:54:11","slug":"military","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/military\/","title":{"rendered":"Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Choice are a favourite at many Military Events here and abroad:<\/h3>\n<p><em>&#8220;Just what we were looking for, great performance and got everyone rockin on the dancefloor!!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<div class='mb-image-slider' id='mb-image-slider561'>\r\n\t\t\t<div class='mb-image-slides'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class='mb-image' style='background: url(https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-content\/themes\/myband\/timthumb.php?src=http:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/military-1.png&amp;w=640&amp;h=250&amp;zc=1) no-repeat; width: 640px; height: 250px;'><span class='mb-image-overlay'> <\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class='mb-image-shadow'><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class='mb-image-shadowleft'><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class='mb-image-shadowright'><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .mb-image-slider -->\r\n\t\t<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t jQuery('#mb-image-slider561 .mb-image-slides').mb_shortcodes_switcher({sliderType: 'images', auto: true, autoSpeed: '5000',useArrows: true, fx: 'fade', arrowLeft: '#mb-image-slider561 a.left-arrow', arrowRight: '#mb-image-slider561 a.right-arrow', linksNav: '#mb-image-slider561 .controllers a.switch',findParent: false, lengthElement: 'a.switch'});\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/script>\n<p>From Battle of Britain Balls (to include our tribute 1940\u2019s Wartime Nostalgia \u2013 on request) to Christmas Balls and the always spectacular Summer and Valentine Balls.\u00a0 As well as these great formal events we have performed at many messes,\u00a0home coming events and leaving for tour-of-duty occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the\u00a0Barracks we have performed at are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brize Norton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Honourable Artillery Company<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Northolt<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>High Wycombe<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wendover<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Brampton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Omer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chelsea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Windsor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Welsh Guards<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aldershot<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Arborfield<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>March<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hounslow<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cranfield<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bicester<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Royal Navel Museum<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scampton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Benson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Henlow<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Northolt<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the Christmas season our most popular line-up has been the 6 piece combination &#8211; this trend seems to be following on into the Summer! <strong>&#8211;<a title=\"Line up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/line-up\/\"> (<em>See line-up page for all options).<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CHOIce-6-piecec-andy-and-kate-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1750\" title=\"CHOIce 6 piecec andy and kate 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CHOIce-6-piecec-andy-and-kate-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CHOIce-6-piecec-andy-and-kate-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/CHOIce-6-piecec-andy-and-kate-2-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also had the honour of going over to Gibralter to entertain the troops which was fantastic fun and intoxicating I seem to remember!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What size band?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Our uniquely adaptable band enables you to choose whatever best suits your own preference, budget and venue. We can augment from a 4 piece up to an 8 piece line-up &#8211; see<strong> <a title=\"Line up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/line-up\/\">line up page<\/a><\/strong> for more info.<strong><a title=\"Line up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/line-up\/\"><br title=\"Line up\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Classic&#8217; Choice line up <a title=\"Demos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/albums\/\"><strong>(as heard on the demo<\/strong><\/a>) is a 4 piece consisting of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Female vocalist<\/li>\n<li>Male vocal\/guitar<\/li>\n<li>Keyboards\/vocals<\/li>\n<li>Drums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Choice is one of the few 4 piece bands to boast two girls in their line up! This is made possible due to our Keyboard player Lucy being one of the highest trained musicians on the circuit today.<\/p>\n<p>It is also worth pointing out that we have both male and female lead vocalists in this\u00a0 &#8216;Classic&#8217; line-up allowing us to perform a real variety of music where songs are sung in their most authentic way. [\/tab] \r\n\t\t<div class='mb_slidecontent'>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<p>You can add any of the following to the &#8216;Classic&#8217; 4 piece line-up.\u00a0 For the 5 piece option we usually add\u00a0 Sax.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saxophone<\/li>\n<li>Trumpet<\/li>\n<li>Percussion<\/li>\n<li>Extra female vocalist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The brass adds a distinctive flavour especially in the more traditional songs whilst our percussionist adds an extra dimension to the Choice sound.<\/p>\n<p>To check out our repertoire click here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/repertoire\/\">https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/repertoire\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Choice are a favourite at many Military Events here and abroad: &#8220;Just what we were looking for, great performance and got everyone rockin on the dancefloor!!&#8221; From Battle of Britain Balls (to include our tribute 1940\u2019s Wartime Nostalgia \u2013 on request) to Christmas Balls and the always spectacular Summer and Valentine Balls.\u00a0 As well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/878\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebandchoice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}