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ODBBA Entertainment open for entries

Bands can now enter the popular Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association contest in October.

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  The contest will take place on Sunday 8th October

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

        

Details and entry forms are now available for the ODBBA Entertainment contest which will be held on Sunday 8th October.

The venue for the popular event is Wood Green School, Witney in Oxfordshire where each band will perform a 20-minute entertainment programme. There are plenty of prizes on offer too in each section, with the contest adjudicated by Gordon Eddison.

Warm welcome

A spokesperson told 4BR: "We will offer a warm welcome to all our bands for what promises to be another excellent day of brass band entertainment".

If a band wishes to register, please contact: Lynne at odbbacontests@gmail.com

        

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