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Area preparations under Oxfordshire spotlight

There will be 34 bands taking the opportunity to showcase their Area preparations at the forthcoming Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association contest.

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  34 bands will take the opportunity to compete at the event

The Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association will welcome 34 bands to their own-choice test-piece contest at Marlborough School in Woodstock, Oxford (OX20 1LP) on the weekend of Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February

The event offers the chance for bands to showcase their preparations for the forthcoming London & Southern Regional Championships in March.

Competing Bands:


Championship Section:


Saturday: 4.30pm

Kidlington Concert Brass (Trevor Jones)
Langley Band (Cliff Parker)
Regent Brass (Paul Archibald)

First Section:


Sunday: 2.00pm

A.W. Parker (Drybrook) Band (Joshua Ruck)
Bedworth Brass (Wayne Ruston)
Cawston Band (Leigh Sharpe)
City of Bristol Brass Band (Ian Holmes)
Hyde Band (Nigel Seaman)
Regent Brass (Paul Archibald)
Shirley Band (Tom Stoneman)
SPAL Sovereign Brass (TBC)

Second Section:


Saturday: 2.45pm

Oxford Cherwell Brass (Terry Brotherhood)
Wigston Band (Rob Boulter)
Wotton Under Edge & District (Ian Dickinson)

Third Section:


Sunday: 10.00am

Cheltenham Silver (David Crowe)
City of Bath Brass Band (Martin Perry)
Cubbington Silver Band (Mark Phillips)
Gosport Solent Brass (Colin Garner)
Jubilee Brass (Oxford) Band (Clifford Sadler)
Ocean Brass (Martin Humphries)
Ratby Mid Band (Gary Perrin)
Shipston Town Band (Howard Gibbs)
Tadley Concert Brass (Paul Chapman)

Fourth Section:


Saturday: 11.30am

Abbey Brass (Abingdon) Band (Rob Tompkins)
Bletchington Silver Band (Sheldon Barwick)
Brunel Brass Academy (Ben Halstead)
City of Oxford Silver Band (Gareth Coulson)
Coventry Festival Band (Allen Wheelhouse)
Wantage Academy Brass (Nikki Jones)
Witney Town Band (Chris Barker)

Unregistered Section:


Sunday: 4.50pm

City of Oxford Silver Training Band (Catherine Westbury-Cook)
Hook Norton Brass Band (Shaun Humphries)
Watership Brass (Mark Picken)
Yarnton Band (Guy James)

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