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Test Pieces to overflow at Niagara Club

If its Area test pieces you want then get along to the Niagara Club in Sheffield to hear them all before Bradford...

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Unite the Union Band will be holding their annual Area test piece run out at the Niagara Centre in Sheffield on Sunday the 22nd February, starting at 7.30pm.

Performance critique

The First Section contenders will be joined by South Yorkshire Police (Championship Section), Emley (Second Section), Worsborough (Third Section) and Oughtibridge (Fourth Section), whilst Alan Morrison, Chairman of the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators will give a critique of each performance, before joining the hosts for a short concert to close the evening’s event.

Alan Morrison, Chairman of the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators will give a critique of each performance, before joining the hosts for a short concert to close the evening’s event4BR

Doors open

This is usually a well-attended event therefore the doors of the band club will be opening at 6:30pm.

The Niagara Club can be found on Niagara Road, Sheffield, S6 1LU.

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