People

Garnet Williams - Foundation Member

Since 1946 Garnet Williams and brass bands have never been far apart. Garnet has been a member of Frankston's brass band since 1949 when it was known as the Frankston Silver Band. However, his introduction to music began three years earlier when his mother sent him to sign on with the Hyde Street Band in Footscray.

In his fifty years playing euphonium with the Frankston band he has seen many band masters and players pass through the ranks. Garnet recalls the recalls the Silver bands earlier days when Frankston's population was just 9,000 and the band practiced in the preschool at Frankston Oval "until it burned down".

Garnet remembers having trouble reading music and writing in the fingering movements under the printed lines. All four of Garnet's children have played with the band throughout the years.

Garnet is a fine musician and a modest man who the band is very proud of.