[1] Under the tutorship of conductor Walter B. Hargreaves, the band progressed rapidly, finishing first place in the Wills Championships Grand Finals in 1973[2] and winning Granada Band of the Year in 1974.
[4] The band had many different conductors throughout its lifespan, the most prominent of which were the aforementioned Walter B. Hargreaves as well as Brian Howard, Derek Bourgeois, Barry Pope and Roy Newsome.
[5] From the 1980s the Sun Life Stanshawe Band toured European Countries; and won the open brass section at Kerkrade in 1993.
In 1997, the Sun Life Stanshawe Band was disbanded, this was due to a loss of sponsorship, lack of new members and a loss of founding members.
In 2001, the CD collection "Legacy" was produced as a memory of some of the band's most well-known songs.