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4BR Time Team — Peel Park, Bradford, 1858

December 18, 2011
4BR digs into the past to find a quite remarkable report on the first brass band contest held at Peel Park in Bradford in September 1858. It could have been held yesterday....


4BR Time Team — 1971 - When brass bands ruled the world...

October 4, 2011
Tim Mutum looks back to 1971, when brass bands may not have been as popular as Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, but there was a distinct aura of importance about the movement.


4BR Time Team — Cory return to Festival of Britain

June 15, 2011
Cory set to revive memories of 60 years ago as they perform at the Southbank's celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain.


4BR Time Team — The first Butlins Brass Band Competition

January 18, 2011
What have Adolf Hitler, King Kong and a Butlins brass band competition got in common?




Cheltenham Silver Band - Brass (and percussion) and Beer

Friday 22 August • St. Barnabas Church Hall, Orchard Way, Cheltenham, GL51 7JY GL51 7JY


Haverhill Silver Band - East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival

Sunday 24 August • St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1QX


Haverhill Silver Band - Concert in Saffron Hall

Wednesday 27 August • Saffron Hall, Audley End Road, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 4UH


Uckfield Concert Brass - Eastbourne Bandstand 1812 Concert

Wednesday 27 August • Eastbourne Bandstand, Lower Grand Parade, Eastbourne. BN21 3AD


Cheltenham Silver Band - Brass (and percussion) and Beer

Friday 29 August • St. Barnabas Church Hall, Orchard Way, Cheltenham, GL51 7JY GL51 7JY


Regent Brass

August 20 • Regent Brass (Championship Section) seek Bass Trombone, Eb/Bb Bass & Percussion. Shortlisted for 4barsrest Lower Section Band of the Year 2024, we have a balanced schedule of innovative concerts & contests, regularly premiering new music.


Lydbrook Band

August 19 • Bass Trombone


Dodworth Colliery MW Brass Band

August 17 • Looking for our next Multi-Tasker! Dodworth Brass Band, is looking for a percussionist able to play kit. own Bandroom, no packing up & down between rehearsals . kit supplied, Premier & a Mapex (full kit on both). just bring own ‘breakables’. lifts available


David A. Stowell


Conductor and composer


               

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