Founded on August 10, 1973, by the Reverend Priest António Joaquim Figueira Pestana Martinho, the Banda Paroquial de São Lourenço da Camacha, had in this man, all the effort and the whole idea of forming the collectivity. Determined and determined he managed to achieve his dream – to form a Parish band. From the maestro José da Costa Miranda, the parish priest had both excellent collaborators, men cultivated in musical art, possessors of a great humanity. With them and with the collaboration of the parishioners the Priest Pestana Martinho gave body to its attempt.

We can never say that the band from Ponta do Sol was one of the first in Madeira. When this group was founded, there were already 10 bands, four in Funchal and the rest distributed by our rural environment. The Banda da Ponta do Sol came on December 1, 1882, with the support of an important family and regarded as patrons of this collectivity – the Wilbrahan. First, the band was called Restauração and, soon after, Prince d’Odemburg. It had a great history until almost to our days, because they decided to maintain its name, even being Municipal Band from…