The increasingly popular Bolsover Festival of Brass, organised and financed by Bolsover District Council is now open for entries.

October date

The 2012 Festival will be staged on Sunday 7th October at Heritage High School, Clowne, Derbyshire.

As always the event will comprise Championship, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and un-registered sections, with the Championship Section open for any band to enter.

Details, rules and entry forms can be downloaded from www.bolsover.gov.uk/bolsover-brass-festival

Excellent facilities

A spokesperson told 4BR: "The 2012 Festival has moved to the Heritage High school which was opened in 2011 with an event performed by the Halle Orchestra. The school has excellent facilities and all sections can be accommodated within one site making the event logistically much easier to manage."

Charity Concert

The Festival will once again host a charity ‘Re-union’ entertainment event featuring bands wishing to come back together to perform for the occasion.

That increasingly popular contest will take place on Saturday 6th October at Kissingate Leisure Centre, Shirebrook.

Desford anniversary

The James Watson Memorial Trust will benefit from the event, which this year will feature former players of the great Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band (1987-91), who will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their historic Albert Hall National Championship hat trick.

The Festival will once again host a charity ‘Re-union’ entertainment event featuring bands wishing to come back together to perform for the occasionBolsover Festival of Brass

Re-union contest

All past and present players of the band are welcome to attend the re-union, and it is hoped that Desford will have two bands competing in the Charity event – the Desford Colliery Caterpillar 1987-1991 Band and Desford Colliery Youth Band of the same period.

The City of Coventry and Ransome Bands, who are event’s reigning champion have already indicated that they will compete in what is a great contest of fun, brilliant music and memories!

The format for the charity event is an afternoon entertainment contest followed by an evening re-union and meal to raise money for the James Watson Trust.

Residential Summer School:

Bolsover District Council’s eagerly anticipated Residential Summer School which will take place at Heritage High School from July 22nd to July 28th.

Go to:
http://www.bolsover.gov.uk/bbss.html

The Summer School will be directed by Ian Porthouse and will feature a concert finale with the Summer School Band and Masters Champions Tredegar at the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton on Saturday 28th July.

Fun packed

Tickets for this event will be available shortly at £6 (Concessions £4). The Summer School tutors are Mark Wilkinson and David Hirst (cornet), Helen Williams (flugel horn and tenor horns), Glyn Williams (Euphoniums, Baritones), John Barber (Trombones), Gavin Saynor (Tubas) and Mark Landon (Percussion).

The week will be fun packed and will include trips out to Bolsover Castle, Hardwick Hall, Creswell Crags and free tickets to a performance organised and managed by Bolsover District Council of the premiere of 'Invocation' which is on a UK tour.

Premiere

Bolsover District are staging the only East Midlands performance of this piece of contemporary repertoire for orchestra, Cello and African Dance and it will be a full evening of classical entertainment including the commissioned piece.

More information

For more information on any of the above events please contact:
Carole Hirst by email on carole.hirst@bolsover.gov.uk.