We are GUGGE 2000 (but we started in 1998!) & we are the first Guggenmusik band in the UK. If you are wondering how to pronounce our name, it's googie as in boogie! If you know us better as 'the black & yellow band' or 'the bumblebee band', 'the wasp band' etc, that's cool too!

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Our fantastic new CD which brings together some of our newest numbers (Elbow, Anyone Of Us, Highland Cathedral) with some previously unrecorded older tunes (I’ll Be Missing Gugge, USA) is now available and can be bought at any gig for just £8. If you can't wait to get hold of it, you will find details of how to get it sent to you by clicking here. Our previous CD Walk of Life is also still available.

Congratulations & best wishes to Paul Elphick (trombone) and Sue Turner (blocks) who got married in beautiful sunshine on 25th June. Paul was one of the founder members of the band in 1998 and brought Sue along a couple of years later after meeting at work. It seems that Guggenmusik is a great catalyst for love, as Paul & Sue are the 4th couple to marry after joining the band!! See pics here.

Congratulations to Clare (trumpet) & Martin (euphonium) Green on the recent birth of their second child, Jack. Within his first month Jack has already attended two Gugge 2000 gigs, where he is rumoured to have been seen waving his arms in time to the beat of the music - watch out Glenn, Jack's after your job!! Meanwhile Martin spent 9 months creating another "baby" - a swiss style "café wagon". This is a trailer which can be used to carry staging for the band as well as refreshments and will be used as a focal point for the public to come and chat with us and buy our CDs. Martin has done an excellent job of doing the café wagon up as "The Gugge Inn" and it is sure to enhance our impact with the public.

Congratulations to one of our trumpeters, Paul Gray, who completed the London Marathon on 25th of April in a time of 5 hours 1 minute and 15 seconds. He would have made it in under 5 hours if he had not stopped to play "I'll Be Missing Gugge" with us outside Dowgate Fire Station near the 24 mile mark. See the videos here and here.

Paul was running with his boss Richard Goodfellow and raising money for Save the Children. Paul reckons that by the time all the money is in, he & Richard will have raised over £6,000 for this great cause. If you would like to add to his total please go to www.justgiving.com/richardandpaul

The essence of Guggenmusik is to spread happiness to our audience (and hopefully our players too!). We are fortunate to have some great fans who follow our progress and often our travels. Our efforts are frequently rewarded by some fantastic feedback, none more so than that received from Chris Bradbury from the Midlands in September 2009. Chris and his family had seen Gugge2000 in 2005 whilst on holiday in Bournemouth and since that time his son Billy who was 10 at the time has become Gugge2000’s biggest fan! Billy is autistic and really is a huge fan and follows our progress through YouTube and our website. Billy was particularly excited when Gugge2000 travelled to the “Worcester Live” festival in 2009 which meant he could come and see his ‘idols’ once again!

Billy demonstrates his loyalty here with his own personal collection of black & yellow cuddly toys, blanket and even his own customised T-shirt! Gugge2000 members were so pleased to hear about their special fan that the band commissioned a signed photo and a DVD which was sent for Christmas together with an official baseball cap to add to his collection.

Stories like this make it all worthwhile and add to the great fun we all have bringing a little happiness to our audience and fans all over the country, and parts of Europe too!

Thanks Billy, we hope to see you at a gig soon!! Keep watching the website for a gig near you!

Would you make a great ambassador/collector for Gugge 2000. We are looking for some more volunteers to help us explain to our audiences what Guggenmusik is all about and to offer CD's and shake the bucket where necessary. You won't have to make all our gigs, just the ones you can and we promise you a great costume and lots of fun!!!

We are currently looking for more brass players to join us - particularly trombonists. Whether you are a player with very little experience or an accomplished musician just looking to have fun we really are the band for you. So if you can play an instrument and would like to join GUGGE 2000 then please email us or give Dave our Musical Director a call on 01202 574411. click here for more details

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