{"id":39,"date":"2025-09-18T16:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2025-09-26T11:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:26:44","slug":"about-the-dgb","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"About the DGB"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20240413-WA0012-575x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20240413-WA0012-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20240413-WA0012-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20240413-WA0012-768x1368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20240413-WA0012-863x1536.jpg 863w, https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG-20240413-WA0012.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Winchester based DGB saxophone quartet began in September 2020 during lockdown, rehearsing outside in a \u2018double garage\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As musicians with a long history of directing and performing in various ensembles and big bands, we have enjoyed coming together to create a modern, versatile sax quartet. Our repertoire includes a wide variety of styles suitable for all occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background: ghostwhite; \n            padding: 10px; \n            border: 1px solid lightgray; \n            margin: 10px;\">\n<p><strong>To find out more:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>see <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/our-repertoire\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our repertoire<\/a><\/strong> page,<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/watch-and-hear-us-in-action\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"31\">watch us playing<\/a> <\/strong>some music,<\/li>\n<li>check out our<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/gallery\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"99\">gallery<\/a><\/strong> to see what we look like,<\/li>\n<li>and see<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/heres-what-people-have-said-about-us\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"29\">what people have said about us<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The DGB Sax quartet is the perfect ensemble for many different occasions and events.  We can offer background music, something a little more lively or a mixture of the two.  We are happy to play indoors or outdoors (as long as there is suitable protection from the elements!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background: ghostwhite; \n            padding: 10px; \n            border: 1px solid lightgray; \n            margin: 10px;\">\n<p>You can <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/contact-us\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"96\">contact us<\/a><\/strong> using the form below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Exciting news \u2026 we came 2nd out of 32 new acts at the Romsey Beggars Fair. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beggarsfair.org.uk\/discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.beggarsfair.org.uk\/discovery\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winchester based DGB saxophone quartet began in September 2020 during lockdown, rehearsing outside in a \u2018double garage\u2019! As musicians with a long history of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-39","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedgb.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}