Brass Bands England (BBE) has announced the first winners of their free monthly 'Brass for Brass' competition.

Winner

June's winner was Marcia Day who won a year's BBE membership for her nominated band, St Dennis, as well as a £25 voucher from Band Supplies and a year's free subscription to BrassPass.tv

The runner-up was Brian Etchells, from Moss Rose Community Band, who received a year's subscription to British Bandsman magazine.

Brass for Brass is free monthly competition in which you can win your band BBE membership along with some goodies for yourself.

Enter

You can enter by going to: https://www.bbe.org.uk/brass-brass-entry, and fill out the entry form.

If you entered last month there's no need to fill in the form again. You just click the link in the email sent to participants to enter again. You also get an extra entry for each month you have entered before, meaning your chances of winning increase.

Each month a winner and a runner-up will be drawn at random from the entries received. You will be rewarded for any previous competition entries you made, meaning your chances of winning increase over time.

For example, if you entered May's, June's and July's monthly draws, you will automatically receive four entries if you join the August draw.

During the month BBE will create a 'band league table' to show you how many entries you have collected. The more entries you have, the higher your band's chance of winning.

For more details go to: https://www.bbe.org.uk/what-we-do/brass-brass-free-monthly-competition

Don't need to be a member

Speaking about the competition, Alex Parker, BBE's Partnership & Development Manager told 4BR: "Last month we had 1497 entries. Both of this month's winners were from BBE member bands but this competition is for everyone from any band. Your band doesn't need to be a member to be a winner!"

BBE has partnered with Band Supplies, BrassPass.tv and the British Bandsman to provide a selection of goodies for the winners of each month's competition. Brass for Africa is the project's charity partner.

Both of this month's winners were from BBE member bands but this competition is for everyone from any band. Your band doesn't need to be a member to be a winner!BBE

Find out more

You can find out about Brass for Africa and its work at: https://www.brassforafrica.org/.

By entering Brass for Brass you will help support their invaluable work. To find out more go to: https://www.brassforafrica.org/leading-change-aisha/