they are currently based next to brighouse high school in hove edge, just north of brighouse. in 1977 the band recorded "the floral dance" which reached number 2 in the uk top 40 and stayed there for 6 weeks. in 1968, the band won the inaugural brass band world championship, and in 1993 became the first yorkshire team to win the all england masters brass band championship, a feat repeated in 1998. the band won the national brass band championship finals in 1946, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1980, 1997, 1998, 2010, 2011 and 2017, and the european championships in 1981 and 1998.