Word: primitiva
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...three bands of sardine fishermen and rice workers from Portugal, who traveled almost two weeks by bus in order to perform for two days at Kerkrade; the band of the tiny town of Eijsden, Holland, which was accompanied to the concours by 2,000 cheering supporters; the Banda Primitiva of Liria, Spain, whose conductor entertained the crowd by dancing on his toes in front of his musicians as they played. When all was said, sung, marched, tootled and done, the overall winner of the world's biggest brass-band competition was not a brass band...
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