Dutch Nationals to go ahead
It has been announced that the 40th Dutch Brass Band Championships will take place this year, but events will be over a single day with Covid-19 protocols in place. NBK organisers will host the day on Saturday 30th October at the Tivoli-Vredenburg in Utrecht. The ongoing Covid-19 situation in the Netherlands will be monitored closely and linked to possible new Government measures and regulations.
All divisions of the contest will be held with two teams comprising three adjudicators for each. It is hoped that details of which bands will be able to attend will be with the organisers before 1st October so that the contest day schedule can be announced.
The NBK organisers have insisted that all participants, visitors and those working at the venue will submit to testing for access protocols, such as QR coded proof of vaccination, recovery certificates or show that they have had a negative test result in the 24 hours prior to the day. There will, however, be no social distancing inside the building.
The Championship Section contest will showcase the premiere of Edward Gregson's 'The World Rejoicing (Symphonic Variations on a Lutheran Chorale)', which was to be used in 2020. The 2020 works by Joop van Dijk, entitled, 'From San Marco'; Hendrick de Boer's 'Signature: Fantasy in two Movements'; Geert Jan Kroon's 'The Final Frontier' and Tjeerd Nijhof's 'Green' will be the set-tests.
Due to the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 European Championships, the winning band will not represent the nation at the 2022 European event in Birmingham. This place has been allocated to Brass Band Schoonhoven who come to the contest as reigning Dutch champions.
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