Brass Bands England (BBE) has confirmed the date for The Brass Band Conference 2022, the biggest learning and sharing event in the brass banding calendar. This year’s conference will take place on Saturday 22 October 2022 at The Life Centre in Sale, Manchester, as a hybrid event combining both in-person...read more
Congratulations to Amington under the direction of Alan Gifford on winning the Fourth Section of the Midlands Regional Championships. The other sections were contested last weekend, however 14 bands returned to the Core in Corby today (6th March) to compete for the honours with performances of Stephan Hodel’s ‘Argos’. Second placed...read more
Congratulations to Black Dyke on winning the Championships Section of the Yorkshire Regional Contest. Having drawn last the band stayed calm under the direction of Prof. Nicholas Childs and produced a superb performance of Heaton’s contest music. It drew much praise from adjudicators Christopher Wormald and Sheona Wade winning the title...read more
The full list of bands that will compete at the London & Southern Counties Regional Championships has been announced. The event will take place on the weekend of the 19th & 20th March at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre.
The Second Section will begin proceedings on Saturday at 10.00am) followed...read more
Scottish Brass Band Association long service medals have been awarded to two members of Bathgate Band. The presentations were made by SBBA secretary Tom Allan to James Comerford and Brian Mitchell at the band’s annual workshop at Pitbauchlie Hotel in Dunfermline. Both James and Brian have clocked up more than...read more
A new trophy will be played for in the championship section of next weekend’s Scottish Brass Band Championships. Broxburn & Livingston Band has donated a quaich to be awarded to the best flugel player in memory of former cornet and flugel player Alec (Eck) Chalmers who passed away in July...read more
Wednesday 9 March 2022
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