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Radio: Bandstand

More great music to enjoy from Michael and Val Fryer in Teesdale.

 

Bandstand
Bandstand for Brass and Military Band Music
Broadcast on Radio Teesdale (South West Durham) on 102.1 & 105.5 fm
and online: www.radioteesdale.co.uk

Sunday 1.00pm – 2.00pm, repeated Friday evening 10.00pm – 11.00pm
Music, news, reviews, interviews, results and diary dates.

Produced and presented by Michael & Val Fryer

Michael can be contacted on 07917 694 588 or e-mail: michael_fryer@hotmail.com

Postal address for CDs, diary dates etc. – M. Fryer, Bandstand, Bowes, Co Durham, DL12 9LU

Friday 3rd September:

A documentary on the Durham Miners’ Gala

Sunday 5th September at 1.00pm, repeated Friday 10th September at 10.00pm:

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Salvation Army Int. Staff Band

Stanhope 1998
Stanhope Silver Band

Scarborough Fair
Tongwynlais Temperance Band

Derby Day
H M Royal Marines

Russian Sailors’ Dance
Brighouse & Rastrick

Zurich March
Buy as you View Cory

Traffic Jammin’
Canadian Brass

Mexican Hat Dance
Sellers International

Eriskay Love Lilt
Whitburn Band

African Funk
Royal Nova Scotia Int. Tattoo Band

Carnival of Venice
Foden’s Band

It’s a long way to Tipperary
Band of Irish Guards

Trafalgar Square
Honourable Artillery Company

Old Father Thames
Blues and Royals

Barnard Castle March
D L I Burma Band

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ConsTest

Result: 2026 ConsTest Birmingham Open

April 11 • Derwent Brass claim the honours in the heart of Birmingham with a show of future ambition.


New Zealand

Results: 2026 New Zealand National Championships

April 11 • North Shore Brass breaks the Wellington stranglehold on the A Grade honours as there are section wins for St Kilda Brass, Rolleston Brass, Brass Whanganui Concert Brass and Tonga Collge Brass


Eikanger-Bjørsvik celebrating

World Rankings: April 2026

April 9 • Eikanger-Bjørsvik return to the top of the rankings following their recent victory at the Norwegian Championships in Bergen.


Victoria Wood

Limited tickets only for NYBBGB Easter concerts

April 8 • There are only limited tickets left if you wish to enjoy the New Horizons Concerts of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Leyburn and Manchester — so be quick.


Regent Hall Concerts - Central Band of the Royal Air Force

Friday 1 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Sunday 3 May • St Alfege Church. Greenwich Church Street SE10 9BJ


Regent Hall Concerts - FiveBy5 Trumpet Quintet

Tuesday 5 May • Charlton House and Gardens. Charlton Road, . London. . SE7 8RE


Regent Hall Concerts - Royal Greenwich Brass Band

Friday 8 May • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Wardle Anderson Brass Band - Wardle Junior Blast

Friday 8 May • Milnrow Parish Church, 16 Westward Ho, Milnrow, Rochdale OL16 3JX


St John's Band (Mossley)

April 12 • BBb BASS player required following our 4th place at the North West regionals. We are a friendly, welcoming 4th section band based in Tameside, Greater Manchester and we rehearse on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in Mossley.


St John's Band (Mossley)

April 12 • SOLO CORNET players required (position negotiable) following our 4th place at the North West regionals. We are a friendly, welcoming 4th section band based in Tameside, Greater Manchester and we rehearse on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in Mossley.


St John's Band (Mossley)

April 12 • WHIT FRIDAY MORNING - all players welcome.. . Experience Whit Friday morning in the Mossley Whit Walks from 9am on 29 May, with food and drink at the Yorkshire Ward after the march.


Darren R. Hawken

PGdip, BMus(hons) PGCE, dipABRSM, LRSM
Conductor, Arranger, Teacher, Adjudicator, Band Trainer


               

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