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

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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!</p> <p>But first, what does he make of the past 14 months?</p>