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The Cooperation Band (stylised as the cooperation band) is a British brass band based in Glasgow. It has won the Scottish brass band championship a record 36 times, and the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain twice.[1]

the cooperation band
Background information
Also known as	CWS (Glasgow) Band Co-operative Funeralcare Band
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genres	British brass band
Years active	1918 (1918)––present
Labels	Doyen
Website	www.thecooperationband.co.uk

History

The band was formed in 1918 as the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) band, originally drawing its players from the SCWS factories in Glasgow. It continued to receive sponsorship from the Co-operative Group, adopting a number of names relating to the group's business, most recently the Co-operative Funeralcare Band[2] from 2009 until 2019[1]

As CWS (Glasgow) band, they won the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain in 1990, and repeated this feat in 1996.[1]

In 2018, it was announced that the Co-operative Group would withdraw its sponsorship,[3] and the band's future seemed in doubt. However, a new sponsorship deal was arranged with Scotmid cooperative society, which brought with it a new name of "the cooperation band".[4]

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