Brighouse set to welcome visitors from both sides of the pond

The forthcoming Brighouse Lions Festival will offer a warm welcome and plenty of great music making for visitors from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Thursday, 25 June 2015

26 competitors, including the Lake WobegonÂ® Brass Band from Minnesota, USA are set to entertain the crowds at the forthcoming Brighouse Lions Festival.

Beer & Brass

The event takes place over the weekend of the 3rd/4th/5th July and gets off to a lively start on Friday evening with a 'Beer & Brass' evening featuring Kirklees Music Brass, with a programme of popular music.

The Saturday evening gala concert will feature the welcome American visitors alongside National Youth champion Elland Silver, who will be presenting their successful programme from the Action Research Championships.

Features

Amongst the musical features will be composer Philip Wilby will be perform alongside the bands in special brass and organ items.

The weekend is rounded off with the popular contest on Sunday in Thornton Square, where bands of all standards from Championship to Youth march off at 1.00pm4BR

Contest

The weekend is rounded off with the popular contest on Sunday in Thornton Square, where bands (above) of all standards from Championship to Youth march off at 1.00pm.

This year MC Graham Ward will keep the crowds informed and the non-stop flow of the event is one of the strong features which make the Brighouse contest such an attractive day out .

Adjudicators this year are AoBBA members Gordon Higginbottom, David Hirst and David Ashworth.

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