|
Home
About Us
Gig Guide
Meet Guggenmusik
Our Music Shop Photos Guest
Book
Contact Us Join
Us Book Us Links
History
Gugge 2000 was formed in November 1998, by Dave Brewer (still
our Musical Director) & other former members of bands from the Bournemouth
area.
They were keen to create a type of performing band never
before seen in the UK. They wanted
to make people listen, tap their feet, join in and create an atmosphere of music
and fun for all to enjoy.
Inspired by the Guggenmusik bands they had seen on a trip to
Fasnacht carnival in Lucerne and the subsequent visit of Swiss band ‘Qua
Quager’, from Triengen, to Bournemouth the group decided that it was
GUGGENMUSIK that they would unleash on unsuspecting British audiences!
So in the midst of an English winter (rain & more
rain) they began to meet on Friday nights, about eight to ten of them at first.
The group grew bigger as the word spread and soon they had to move to larger
premises to rehearse.
Of course after meeting the group were rewarded with
refreshment at the local hostelry where the discussions and ideas continued to
grow.
As news spread the band
began to receive requests to perform and as they performed audiences seemed to
enjoy & our numbers grew to the band of over 40 persons we see today and, as
they often say .......the rest is history!
Key Events
(for an up to date gig guide click here)
| December 1998 |
First live performance in Bournemouth (we were asked to stop playing as local residents complained we had woken their children!) |
| April 1999 |
Our first performance at the Flora London Marathon. We have performed
there every year since. |
| April 2000 |
The Band participated in it’s first overseas event, the Cherbourg
Carnival in France. |
| July 2000 |
We were invited to perform at the Bournemouth International Music Makers Festival. We have performed there every year since. |
| September 2000 |
Launch of website www.gugge2000.co.uk |
| June 2001 |
Invited to lead the procession & play at the famous Wimborne Folk Festival |
| February 2002 |
Invited as the 2nd only ever English band to participate in Lucerne Fasnacht. |
| June 2002 |
Hosted a visit by ‘Chottlebotzer’ Lozarn, the fourth Swiss
Guggenmusik to visit Bournemouth. |
| July 2002 |
Our first ever CD is produced |
| August 2002 |
Another first. This time playing in the Beer tent at the Internationally
acclaimed Great Dorset Steam Fair. Naturally this has become a firm favorite
with the band. |
| December 2003 |
Guggenmusik & Christmas combine as we play Christmas tunes in Wareham
– Gugge style of course. |
| February 2004 |
Our second visit to Lucerne to participate in Fasnacht. |
| June 2004 |
Our 2nd CD ‘I’m a Gugge Believer’ is available |
| September 2004 |
Our first International Guggenmusik Festival. A visit to Belgern in
Germany as the guests of Geile Gugge. |
| July 2005 |
Our tours of Europe continue with a fourth country - Austria. A trip to
the seaside resort of Bregenz for their first ever Guggenmusik Festival as
guests of Stadtle Fetza. |
| May 2006 |
Sales of our 2nd CD 'I'm a Gugge Believer' top 500!!! |
| July 2006 |
The first ever Guggenmusik Festival is held in the UK (the
BIG F) featuring bands from Germany (Geile Gugge & Chaos Guggen) , Switzerland (Blattluus) & us!! |
| September 2006 |
We visit Neuhausen near Stuttgart Germany as guests of Bruggaklopfer
for their Guggenmusik festival & our performance turns up on You Tube!! |
| March 2007 |
We are invited to attend an International Music festival in Castellon near
Valencia, Spain. 12 other bands from around the world attend the 19th
annual festival. |
| June 2007 |
Our 3rd CD ‘Walk of Life’ goes on sale featuring 12 new numbers plus a hidden track. It’s our most professionally produced CD so far. Buy one here. |
| September 2007 |
We travel to Wales to play as the cabaret entertainment for a huge corporate sales and marketing event in front of over 600 guests.
There and back in an evening it was our furthest distance travelled for a 30 minute gig! |
| November 2007 |
Sales of our CD ‘Walk of Life’ top 500 only 6 months after it’s release |
| December 2007 |
New gigs in the form of German Christmas markets see us play in Kingston Upon thames, Exeter and Bournemouth |
| January 2008 |
We enter our 10th year……Wahooooooooooooooooo |
Our home
The home of Gugge 2000 is in Bournemouth, Dorset on the
south coast of England. Bournemouth is a seaside resort where many English
people come to take a holiday in the summer along with many international
students who come to our many language schools to study English.
We practise on Friday evenings about 30 weeks per year at
Streetwise safety centre located in the north of Bournemouth about five miles from the
sea. The Streetwise Safety Centre is a registered charity set up to help
children learn about how to live & have fun in the world but stay safe at
all times. We hope that our hire of their facilities helps this charity to
continue their good work.
Bournemouth is twinned with Lucerne in Switzerland
& our bands logo as seen on our flag represents Bournemouth’s pier
combined with the Chapel Bridge in Lucerne.
Costume
Unlike most other Guggenmusik bands we have retained
basically the same costume throughout our history. We have our core colours of
yellow & black and some of our audiences recognise us as the black &
yellow band.
We have a winter & summer costume but both costumes
are black & yellow. Our winter costume is dark & mysterious with black
face masks whilst our summer costume is bright & colourful & designed to
reflect our desire to make music fun.
See photos of us here.
Members (For a full list
of members click here)
Currently Gugge 2000 has a membership of over 40 who
range in age from less than 10 years old to over 60 years young.
We have a strong family connection including more than
six married couples, 3 sets of
parents with children in the band & even one family with 3 generations as
members!!
Our members are drawn from all walks of life including
a plumber, a carpenter, a nurse, taxi driver, bus driver, shop keeper, sales
representative, an artist & a postman. We all share one passion – our love
of Guggenmusik!!
Repertoire
Gugge 2000 currently has a repertoire of over 60
different numbers of which 40 are actively being played in 2007.
The range includes popular Guggenmusik like ‘Only
You’ & ‘Schlurfi’ but also includes a broad spectrum of musical styles
& tastes ranging from ‘Phantom of the Opera’ to ‘Lolloipop by Mika’.
We also play modern numbers including ‘Basketcase’,
great pop tunes like ‘Hot Stuff’, tunes from Films like ‘Summer Nights’
from Grease & many many more.
For our current list click here.
Our Vision
We want our Band to recreate an authentic Guggenmusik
style and for that style to provide musical expression, enjoyment & lots of
fun for our members & for our audiences. We also hope that we prove worthy
ambassadors of Guggenmusik & help to spread this musical style in the UK.
Useful
contacts
Dave
Brewer- Musical Director
info@gugge2000.co.uk
+441202574411
Glenn
Mason- Bandmaster
bandmaster@gugge2000.co.uk
+441202896114
Steve
Proehl- The Gig Guy
gigsteve@gugge2000.co.uk
Ben
Scott - Sales &
Marketing
shop@gugge2000.co.uk
|
