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Webster to lead BBE session this evening

Roger Webster will be leading the next in the series of popular Brass Band England on-line development training sessions this evening — on the topic of performance anxiety and mental wellbeing.

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  Roger Webster will be leading the session

This week's Brass Bands England's (BBE) Development Programme Online, will see Roger Webster lead a free one-hour session discussing the topic of performance anxiety, and looking after mental well-being in the anxiety-fuelled time of lockdown.

Register

The session (Thursday 7th May at 7.00pm BST) is aimed at performers of all levels and can be enjoyed by signing up to the zoom webinar at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9215882779877/WN_ATHciRTKRA-StMWBT1BCfg

There are only 100 spaces with most already gone, so please make sure you register!

This is one of a popular series of BBE webinars held during the Covid-19 crisis which have so far had over 38,000 viewers.

Zoom webinar

Roger's session will take place on a Zoom webinar for those who want to get involved and ask questions directly, as well as being available as a Facebook live video on the BBE Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/brassbandsengland

All the workshops are free but BBE is asking participants to consider supporting the Brass Bands Emergency Fund with what they think sessions are worth.

The fund will use 100% of donated funds to support bands struggling during the crisis with ongoing freelance costs and other financial commitments, and has so far raised over £2,000.

To support the emergency fund, please go to https://www.chuffed.org/project/brassbandemergencyfund where you can also grab one of the donated perks.

The fund is also able to accept gift aid to make your donation go further for those bands that could not normally use gift aid.

Ask questions

During the session, Zoom attendees will be able to ask questions sent in via the registration form. The workshop will begin with a short presentation on how to use the Zoom platform effectively to get the most out of the workshop while participants get used to the set up before starting at about 7.10pm.

After the live broadcast you can make your way to the 'BBE Pub', with other 'regulars' to discuss the session and other things happening in the banding world.

The BBE Development Programme Online has lined up experts from across the brass band world every Thursday for at least the next few months to lead webinars straight to your living rooms on subjects covering almost every conceivable element of banding.

This is one of a popular series of BBE webinars held during the Covid-19 crisis which have so far had over 38,000 viewersBBE

Facebook link

The workshops will be delivered online using the Zoom webinar platform so attendees can interact and ask questions throughout the session directly.

The session will also be available on Facebook live on the BBE facebook page https://www.facebook.com/brassbandsengland and BBE facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrassBandsEngland/ for which users can sign up to for free.

Next week, Philip Harper will be back with a free one-hour session discussing the topic of Arranging for Brass Band.

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