Chwarae Dros Gymru! / Playing For Wales!

Inside the image.

The cover is arranged as three broad horizontal bands: a red title panel across the top, a colour photograph filling most of the middle, and a narrow dark divider above a red caption panel along the bottom. The central photograph shows a large brass band performing on a wooden stage. The musicians sit in a broad, shallow arc, with the conductor standing near the centre foreground and facing away from the viewer towards them. Music stands, chairs, microphones and cables fill the space around the players. A large bass drum and other percussion stand at the rear, while brass instruments catch the light across the group. The players wear mostly dark or red clothing, with a few pale shirts and jackets breaking up the darker mass.

The stage floor occupies the lower part of the photograph and is marked by horizontal boards and a lighter strip along its front edge. Behind the band, a tall interior wall is faced with beige and brown stone or tile in horizontal courses. A blue European Union flag with yellow stars hangs at the upper left of the photograph. Potted palm-like plants stand at intervals along the rear of the stage, with chairs and equipment visible between them. The photograph is viewed from slightly above stage level and from a distance, so the band reads as a compact ensemble within the much larger hall.

The top red panel carries large white lettering. “TREDEGAR” is prominent in wide, bold capitals, with “TOWN BAND” directly beneath in slightly smaller capitals; both lines are aligned towards the left. At the right, smaller white serif lettering reads “Playing for Wales!” and “Chwarae Dros Gymru!” on two lines. The bottom red panel contains two lines of white serif text, centred: “Champion Band of Wales 1990 and 1991” and “Conductor: NIGEL E.WEEKS : Arweinydd”. A thin dark horizontal strip separates this caption panel from the photograph. The lettering is crisp and high-contrast against the red fields, while the central image has the softer, slightly grainy appearance of a printed colour photograph.