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News from the World of Brass Bands
The Year 2000
| Brass Band Midden-Brabant wins the 2000 National Belgium Championships | |||||||||||||
| The Belgian National Championships took place on
3/12/00 at the Conservatory of Brussels with the winners winning by 11 clear
points. The set piece was Robert Simpson's Volcano, with
each band also playing an own choice item.
The top four bands were:
The winners were conducted by Benny Wiami and gained 279 out of 300 points for Volcano. They chose Martin Ellerby's Tristan Encounters as their own choice, gaining 278 out of a possible 300. The first division was won by Campine and the 3rd division by Scaldis The adjudicators were David Read, Gareth Pritchard and John Maines. 5/12/00 |
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| Nigel Horne appointed Events Editor at Onlinebrass | |||||||||||||
| Nigel Horne has joined the Onlinebrass team to
work on the Events Calendar to help to publicise concerts and events to both the
public and members of the movement.
If you have a brass band related event coming up, however far in the future, be sure to contact Nigel who will publicise it on the Internet for you, free of charge. Stian Totland 3/12/00 |
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| Tredegar win at Treorchy Entertainments Contest | |||||||||||||
Tredegar Band won this year's Treorchy
Enterterinments Contest with a traditional programme including Army of the Nile,
Trumpey Voluntary, America, Irish Blessing and the Pines of Rome. Their soprano
player, Iwan Fox, wone the prize for best soloist.
The best trombone prize went to Kevin Gibbs of Mid Rhonna Band. The contest was adjudicated by John Berryman. 2/12/00 |
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| Bournemouth Concert Brass win at Reading | |||||||||||||
| Bournemouth Concert Brass won at this year's
Reading Brass Band Guild contest held on 9th November 2000 and adjudicated by
Goff Richards and David Marshall.
Conducted by Leonard Adams, the winners nearly didn't make it with a last minute change of conductor and player loss. Bournemouth Concert Brass. 193 26/11/00 |
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| Old Hall Brass at Power Ball 2000 | |||||||||||||
| Old Hall Brass, based in Orrell, Wigan played at
Power Ball 2000 on 10th November at The Great Room, Le Meridien Grosvenor House
Hotel, Park Lane, London W1.
Power Ball is a fundraising ball run by the EEIBA (Electrical and Electronic Industries Benevolent Association). The band played during dinner in front of 1200 guests from throughout the electrical industry and were extremely well received. The band were proud to play at such a prestigious event and to perform alongside the Band of the Welsh Guards who provided the fanfare team and performed a cabaret item later in the evening. For further details contact: J. Sudworth 19/11/00 |
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| Verwood Concert Brass charity gift | |||||||||||||
| Verwoood Concert Brass recently donated over
£200 to Verwood Guides following their Autumn Concert. The Guides hope to put
this money towards the building of a new meeting hall in February 2001.
The band is on the lookout for other charitable causes, contact Peter Stubbs. 4/11/00 |
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| Trinity Girls produce video | |||||||||||||
| The Trinity Girls Band recorded a recent concert
held at Wigan in both audio and video. The band has been running for 40 years
and has recently welcomed some old players back in to the band. The Wigan
concert featured 3 conductors and featured many standard band numbers.
4/11/00 |
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| National Results 2000 | |||||||||||||
| 1st: Cory 2nd: Ransome 3rd: Fodens 4th: Brighouse and Rastrick 1st Section: Thoresby 2nd Section: Oldham '97 3rd Section: Kirkintilloch 22/10/00 |
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| Unity Brass sponsorship renewal | |||||||||||||
| Unity Brass has announced that it's sponsorship
with Oddfellows is to be continued into 2001. To mark this they plan a
nationwide tour of the UK with the light entertainer Pam Ayres that will include
Bradford and Wigan. The band has also announced that it is to lose it's founding
conductor, Rob Boulter and are now looking for a replacement for the New Year.
Further contact details appear on our vacancies page.
22/10/00 |
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| Pemberton two out of two | |||||||||||||
| Pemberton Old Wigan Band recently won two
contests on consecutive weekends. After winning the Whychavon Entertainment
Contest they went on to win the Fleetwood contest with Land of the Long White
cloud, after being drawn first to play.
The adjudicator at Fleetwood was Malcolm Brownbill. 7/10/00 |
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| Stonesfield Silver holds open rehearsal | |||||||||||||
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Stonesfield Silver Band are holding an open rehearsal on Monday 9th October at 7.45. The rehearsal will be held at Exeter Hall, Kidlington, Oxfordshire where members of the public can hear the band rehearsing the test piece they are to play at the Royal Albert Hall on the 20th October. Admission is free, contact Ray Marshall for further details. 6/10/00 |
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| Plymouth Band twins Exmouth Entertainment Contest | |||||||||||||
| The first ever Exmouth Entertainment Contest was
held on 9th September and won by The Plymouth Band of the Royal British Legion
Crownhill.
The band also took away three other prizes: best trombone section, 3rd prize in the 16 piece contest and best 3rd section band. The day was rounded off by a massed band concert conducted by the adjudicator, Roy Roe. 10/9/00 |
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| Abraham Darby Band to hold joint concert with Desford | |||||||||||||
| The Abraham Darby School Band is celebrating 25
years of banding with a series of concerts. On 29th of October the
will be holding a joint concert at the Telford Town Centre with Desford Colliery
Band.
The band was in the final seven at the National Music for Youth Festival this year. Other musical groups from the school, the jazz band and showband, performed equally well for the school at the festival. 10/9/00 |
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| Freckleton Band wins Land O' Burns contest | |||||||||||||
| Freckleton Band from Preston in Lancashire beat
13 other bands to win with their performance of Blitz and ORB that impressed the
adjudicators, David Read and Bruce Fraser. The band also
won the best cornet, horn and instrumentalist prizes at the contest organised by
The Dalmellington Band
The band is justly proud of its result. "This shows you that smaller championship bands can compete against the best bands in the country and come away with a result", Ian Therlfall, the secretary of the band, told us. 29/8/00 |
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| Book published on the life and works of James Shepherd | |||||||||||||
| Chris Helme's new book "James Shepherd the
Famous Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Cornet Player" has recently been published.
The book traces his early days as a learner in his home town to playing at the Albert Hall. It includes photographs tracing his life from childhood to his present position with the Kings of Brass. 29/8/00 |
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| Plymouth Band loss is Royal Marines' gain | |||||||||||||
| The Plymouth Band has recently learnt that its
principal cornet, Daniel Johnson, has been accepted for the Royal Marines in
September. Alex Macrae said, "everyone from the Band wishes him all the best in the future and hopes he
will he will remain in contact with us."
An advert for his replacement appears on the vacancies page. 11/8/00 |
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| St. Keverne Youth Band goes to Canada | |||||||||||||
| The St. Keverne Youth Band has been invited
perform at the Nova Scotia International Tattoo in 2001. Chris
Broscomb think it's big not just for St. Keverne or Cornwall but for British
Banding, "I don't know if they are a 'first' for this event but I am sure
that they will be brilliant ambassadors for Britain".
The obvious problem is funding the travel costs estimated at this stage to be close to £25,000. To help raise the funds the band is keen to hear from sponsors all over the UK. 30/7/00 |
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| Internet Band meets for the 3rd time | |||||||||||||
| For the third time bandsman used the Internet to meet to make music. The first time was in 1996 when we met and broadcast in real audio. Then in 1997 we met and broadcast pictures as well as sounds. In 2000 we met to take part in the Whit Friday Marches. | |||||||||||||