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Denby Pottery gets ready for cracking day

Hopefully there will be fine weather to savour as well as the great brass band entertainment at the Denby Pottery Village Contest later this month.

Denby
  The Denby Pottery Village Contest has proved to be a popular event with bands and audiences alike.

The Denby Pottery Village contest will take place on Saturday 22nd June with eight bands providing their entertainment programmes for the audience to enjoy alongside their glasses of Prosecco and BBQs.

https://www.denbypottery.com/

Attractions

Hopefully the weather will be wonderful, and with free admission and plenty of other attractions it's sure to be a great day in support of Dementia UK. The adjudicator is the respected conductor, Keith Leonard.

It all kicks off with the first band at 11.00am, with each band following on the half hour. After a dinner break the contest resumes at 1.30pm.

Draw:


1. Shirland Training Band
2. Dronfield Genquip
3. Ratby Mid Band
4. Ilkeston Brass

Break

5. Dronfield Community Training Band
6. Shirland Miners Welfare Band
7. Brassington Middleton & Wirksworth
8. Darley Dale

Best Training Community Band Section A
Best Village Band Section B
Best Fourth Section Band Section C
Best Second Section Band Section D

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