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October 2001

2 October Canadian Brass - Concert/masterclass - RSAMD, Glasgow, 3pm. Admission free, no ticket required. Ipswich Over 50s Brass Band - Copdock Village Hall, 2.30pm 3 October Weston Brass - Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare 4 October Canadian Brass - St John's, Smith Square, London SW1, 7.30pm. Tickets £9 from 020-7222-1061 5 October East Yorkshire Brass - Scarborough, 9pm Parramatta City Band - Amphitheatre, Parramatta, NSW, Australia, 10am Poyntzpass Silver Band - Anniversary Concert, Market Place Theatre, Armagh Thorntons Brass + Isla St Clair + Choirs - Arts Centre, Nottingham, 7.45pm 6 October Corsham Band Solo, Quartet and Ensemble Contest - Details from Mike Clark, tel: 01249-462130 Barnetby Silver Band - 125th Year Anniversary Concert - Barnetby Village Hall, 7.30pm Besses o' th' Barn Band - King's Hall, Ilkley, 7.30pm Canadian Staff Band - Chatham, Ontario, Canada David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Rothwell Band - Houghton Feast, 3pm Master Class, 7pm Concert Enderby Band - Countesthorpe Fodens Band and Formby Band - Combined Evening Concert - Floral Hall, Southport, 7.30pm. Tickets £8 and £10, available from Box Office or ring 01704 831569. Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Ulverston, Civic Hall Ratby Co-operative Band - Celebration Concert - Bosworth College, Desford St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - All Saints Church, Wokingham Shrewton Silver Band - Training Weekend with Nick Hudson. Including a Trombone Workshop. Open to all comers. Details from Yvonne Dyer, 01980 625380 Swindon Pegasus Brass - Proms Night Concert - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, 7.30pm Taverham Band - Horning Village Hall, 7.30pm Test Valley Brass - an evening at 'The Proms' - Cricklade Theatre, Andover, 7.30pm. Contact: 01264 365698 Thorntons Brass - Buxton Opera House Travelsphere Holidays Band - Charity Concert - Salvation Army Hall, Commercial Road, Bedford, 7.30pm. In support of The Bedford Congress Hall Community and Youth Project. Tickets £5 and £4. Wem Jubilee Band - Stanier Hall, Wem, 7.30pm Wingates Band + RAF Central Band - Victoria Hall, Bolton Worcester City Brass + Flowers Band - Nunnery Wood High School, Worcester, 7.30pm. Tickets available from: 01905 350055 7 October Boston Contest - 3rd Annual Brass Band Contest - Haven High School, Boston, Lincolnshire EABBA Brass Training Course (a FREE course!) - Tutors Steve Sykes and Richard Marshall - Blackfriar's Hall, Norwich, 10.15am. Contact Dianne Hastings: 01473-626986, email brianhastings@eabba7.freeserve.co.uk NWBBA Fleetwood Contest - Fleetwood Marine Hall, The Esplanade, Fleetwood, Lancashire. Contact 01253 771141 Huddersfield BBA Junior Band Contest - Rastrick High School, Brighouse. Details: 01924-507651 LBBA Solo Contests - Groby North West Counties BBA Annual Championships (member bands only) - Marine Hall, Fleetwood, Lancashire. Information: 01744-755463 ODBBA Entertainment Contest - Guild Hall, Abingdon Black Dyke Band - Hanley. Details: 01782 213800 Canadian Staff Band - Chatham, Ontario, Canada Cirencester Band - Swindon Outlet Village (Shopping Centre), Wiltshire 1.30pm Crosskeys Silver Band - Nuclear Veterans Parade - Risca to The Darran David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Rothwell Band - Burnley Mechanics Launceston Town Band - Last Night of The Proms - Penstowe, Kilkhampton, 7.45pm Pennine Brass - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Totnes Band - 30th Anniversary Concert - Ariel Centre, Totnes, 2.30pm. Free Entry Unity Brass + Pam Ayres - Town Hall, Huddersfield, 7.30pm. Tickets: 01484-223200 9 October Buy As You View Cory Band - Coal Exchange, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, 7.30pm. Tickets £6/£5 - 0800-052-1812 Wymondham Symphony Brass - Acle, Norfolk, 8pm 10 October King's Lynn Town Band - Sounding Brass - King's Lynn Corn Exchange, Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 7.30pm. Tickets £6. Contact: 01553-764864 Porthywaen Silver Band - RAFA Ellesmere, 7.30pm 11 October Porthywaen Silver Band - St Oswalds Church 7.30pm 12 October Clitheroe Town Band - Pendle Club, Lowergate, Clitheroe Haydock Band - 140th Anniversary Celebration - Thistle Hotel, Haydock Nottingham City Transport Band + Carlton MVC - Southwell Arts Festival - Southwell Minster South London Fellowship Band + London South-East Divisional Youth Band - Upper Norwood Salvation Army, 7.45pm Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm 13 October Entertainment Contest - Belvoir Castle, near Grantham Forth Valley Contest - Falkirk Town Hall West Wales Brass Band Association Contest - Burry Port Memorial Hall Abbey Brass - St Michael's Church Band of West Mercia Constabulary + Choirs from Telford Schools - Charity concert in aid of Hope House Children's Hospice - Oakengates Theatre, Telford, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, £3 from Box office: 01952-610163 Black Dyke Band - Rochdale. Details: 01706 356592 Brass Band Chemnitz - Blasmusikfest, Leipzig, Germany Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Municipal Hall, Colne Chester Brass - Chester Town Hall Cubbington Silver Band - Music from Stage and Screen - Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 7.30pm Daventry Brass - Red Cross - Last Night of the Proms - Teritary College, Daventry, 7.30pm Festival Brass - Musical Evening - St Aidens Church Hall, Donegall Road, Belfast, 7.30pm. Tickets £3. For details email: EUPHCO@aol.com Lanchester Brass Band + Argus Singers - Castleside Church, 7.30pm Liskeard Silver Band - Autumn Concert - Band Rooms, Liskeard, 7.30pm Muker Silver Band - Aysgarth Institute New Buckenham Silver Band - Proms Concert - New Buckenham Village Hall, 7.30pm Rayleigh Brass (with Alan Morrison, Richard Marshall, Sandy Smith, Nick Hudson, Andrew Duncan) - Cliff Town Church, Southend on Sea, 7.30pm. Tickets: 01268-573111 or via www.brass-band.net Sandstorm Brass Quintet - Cliff Town Church, Southend. Tickets/details: 01268-573111 or via www.brass-band.net Sectional Workshops - Cornet: Alan Morrison, Richard Marshall; Horn: Sandy Smith; Trombone: Nick Hudson; Euph/Bass: Andrew Duncan - Cliff Town Church, Southend on Sea, 11am. Tickets: 01268-573111 or via www.brass-band.net Silk Brass - Biddulph Town Hall Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm United Co-op Band (Crewe) + Winterley Methodist Brass Band - Sandbach Girls School, Sanbach, Cheshire. Tickets: 01270-588659 Wantage Silver Band - Civic Hall, Wantage 13-14 October SCABA Autumn Contest - own choice hymn tune and test piece - five sections, including youth; open to all bands - Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone. Details: 01895-42007 14 October Wansbeck Entertainment Contest - Leisure Centre, Woodhorn Road, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Barnetby Silver Band - Harvest Festival - Barnetby Church, 6pm BT Band - Dobcross Band Club Mossley Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm North Fylde Brass Band - United Reform Church, Rossall Road, Cleveleys, 7.30pm Rolls-Royce (Derby) Band - Last Night of the Proms Concert - Nightingale Hall, Rolls Royce Welfare Club, Derby Sussex Brass - Gonfalon Ceremony, Hastings Castle, 2pm United Norwest Co-op Milnrow Band - Brilliance of Brass - Royton Assembly Hall, Market Square, Royton, Oldham, 1.30pm. Tickets (which include a hotpot lunch): £5.50, £4.50 concessions, £3 children/student. Season ticket available. Box office: 0161 911 4072 16 October Blidworth Brass Band - Lions Grand Concert - Palace Theatre, Leeming Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 7pm. Tickets £1 - box office: 01623 633133 Ipswich Over 50s Brass Band - Hatfield Road Friendship Club, 2.15pm 17 October East Yorkshire Brass - Beveley Minster, 7.30pm 18 October London Central Fellowship Band + Guests - Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival - Regent Hall, Salvation Army, 275 Oxford Street, London, 7.30pm. Tickets - £6, tel: 01223-234090 Slaidburn Silver Band - Moorcock Inn Dinner & Concert, Waddington, 7.30 pm , tickets: 01200 422333 19 October Enfield Citadel Band + Nick Hudson (trombone) - St John's, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA, 7.45pm. Tickets: £8, £6, £3, from 020-7222-1061 Majestic Brass - Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival - Regent Hall, Salvation Army, 275 Oxford Street, London, 12.30pm. Free admission. Tickets, tel: 01223-234090 Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival - Regent Hall, Salvation Army, 275 Oxford Street, London, 7.30pm. Tickets - £8, £10, £11, tel: 01223-234090 Sandstorm Brass - Regent Hall Brass Arts Festival - Regent Hall, Salvation Army, 275 Oxford Street, London, 2.30pm. Tickets - £6, £7, £8, tel: 01223-234090 Wincanton Silver Band - "Last Night of the Proms" with Castle Cary Choir - Wincanton Memorial Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets email: rodgerselaine@hotmail.com 20 October Irish Championships of Accordion, Brass, Flute and Concert Bands - Ulster Hall, Belfast National Brass Band Championship Finals (Championship Section) - Royal Albert Hall, London, 10am onwards. Tickets: £5 to £28 from box office: 0207-589-8212 Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Proms, Greig Hall, Alcester, 7.30pm Audley Brass - Kidsgrove Town Hall Barnetby Silver Band - Messingham Village Hall Corps de Musique d'Elite - Concert de gala en faveur de l'association Alzheimer - Lausanne Métropole, Switzerland David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Rothwell Band - Standish Festival Epic Brass: Black Dyke Band, International Staff Band, Symphonic Brass of London - Royal Albert Hall, London, 7.45pm. Tickets: £5 to £20 from box office: 0207-589-8212 Reeth Brass Band - Promenade Concert - West Witton, 7.30pm Smithills School Senior Band - Stroud Festival, Subscription Rooms, 7.30pm The Heath Band - Library Theatre, Leighton Buzzard 20-21 October Nambour Festival of Brass - Australia 21 October SWBBA Percussion Masterclass with Simone Rebello - Torrington Ashbourne Town Band - Matlock Bath Illuminations, 7pm Carrbrook Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Newstead Welfare Band - Albert Hall, Nottingham Riddings Band - Coffee Evening - Riddings Community Centre, 7.45pm Roberts Bakery Band - in aid of St. Johns Ambulance - Nantwich Civic Hall Wingates Band - Formby Hall, Atherton, 7.30pm 25 October Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Concert - Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre, 7.30pm 26 October Brass Band Uri - Jubiläumskonzert - Tellspielhaus, Altdorf, Switzerland Grimethorpe Colliery Band - London, Royal College of Music Hatfields of Colchester Band - Oyster Feast 27 October Entertainment Contest - Dronfield, Derbyshire Irish Championships of Accordion, Brass, Flute and Concert Bands - Ulster Hall, Belfast Mere-Wincanton Solo and Quartet Contest - King Arthur's School, Wincanton, Somerset. Pontins Brass Band Championships (1st, 3rd and 4th sections), Prestatyn Sands Holiday Centre, Prestatyn, North Wales. Information: 01942-703217 Amersham Band - Ballinger WI Concert, Ballinger, 7.30pm Black Dyke Band - Derngate, Northampton. Details: 01604 626222 Brass Band Uri - Jubiläumskonzert - Tellspielhaus, Altdorf, Switzerland Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Town Hall, Huddersfield Brighton Silver Band - Newick Bonfire Parade Buy As You View Cory Band - Leeds Crystal Palace Band - Centenary Gala Concert Esbjerg Brass Band - 25 Års Jubilæumskoncert - Foyeren, Musikhuset Esbjerg, Denmark, 2pm Fodens Courtois Band - Retford Male Voice Choir Freckleton Band - Marine Hall, Fleetwood, 7.30pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Truro International Staff Band of the Salvation Army - Bacon Theatre, Dean Close School, Cheltenham, 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £4 (concs). Box office: 01242 258002 Newstead Welfare Band - Palace Theatre, Mansfield Parramatta City Band - Amphitheatre, Parramatta, NSW, Australia, 10am Portsmouth City Band - Littlehampton Bonfire Parade St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - British Legion Concert, Wargrave Swindon Brass - Poppy appeal launch - Outlet Village, 11am Taverham Band - Horsford Village Hall, 7.30pm Travelsphere Holidays Band - Leeds Best of Brass Season - Yeadon Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (£6). Box office: 0113 224 3801 Williams Fairey Band - Uppermill Civic Hall Yorkshire Building Society Band - The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, 7.30pm 28 October Chadderton & District Brass Band Slow Melody Duet and Quartet Contest - Shaw Road Conservative Club, Oldham, 10am. Details: 0161-3445265 Durham County BBA Solo/Duet/Quartet Contest - East Durham and Houghall Community College Entertainment Contest - Dronfield, Derbyshire West of Scotland Area Solo and Quartets Contest - Walker Halls, Troon Pontins Brass Band Championships (Championship and 2nd sections), Prestatyn Sands Holiday Centre, Prestatyn, North Wales. Information: 01942-703217 Band of the Scots Guards - The Hawth, Crawley, 3pm. Tickets: £8.50, £7.25. Box office: 01293-553636 Felling Brass Band - Gibeside Chapel Whickham, Gateshead, 1pm Fodens Courtois Band - Telford Patcham Silver Band - Bluebell Railway Rogerstone Band - Parkway Hotel, 8pm Smithills School Senior Brass Band - RNLI Concert - Trinity Church, Farnworth, 7.30pm 31 October Ipswich Over 50s Brass Band - Felixstowe Club, 3pm

November 2001

? November GBBA Contest - Coleford 1 November Dalewool Auckland Brass Band - Night at the Opera - Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand, 7.30pm 2 November Basingstoke Silver Band - Band Solo Evening - Kempshott Methodist Church Hall, 7.30pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band - Red Lion, Chester-le-Street, 7pm Brass Band Allianzmusik Basel - Jubiläums-Doppelkonzert (+ BB Bürgermusik Luzern) - Stadtkasino Basel, Switzerland Eagley Band - SS Simon & Judes Church, Lever Edge, evening 3 November 29th Annual Whitburn Contest Arrow Valley Brass - Remembrance Concert - St Stephen's Church, Redditch Ashbourne Town Band - Littleover British Legion, St. Peters Church, Littleover, 7.30pm Black Dyke Band - Selby Abbey. Details: 01757 703123 Brass Band Sursilvana - Gemeinschaftskonzert mit MG Untereggen, Switzerland Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Dorking Fodens Courtois Band - Llay Royal British Legion, Wrexham, 7.30 Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Barnsley, Elsecar Heritage Centre Guernsey Concert Band - British Legion Concert - St James Concert Hall Harworth Brass - St Ann's Church, Worksop, 7.30pm Lanchester Brass Band - Lanchester Lions' Bonfire Night Parade - Lanchester Village, 6pm Marple Band - Macclesfield Methodist Church, 7.30pm Newcastle Brown Ale Brass Band - Hexham St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Fireworks Procession, Wokingham Thurlstone Band - St Saviour's Church, Thurlstone, evening Williams Fairey Band - Barrow in Furness, 7.30pm YHBBA Brass Master Class 2001 (all ages and abilities welcome) Tutors: Steve Sykes, Roger Webster, Leslie Howie, Michael Dodd - Minsthorpe Conference and Training Centre, South Elmsall, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. Details: 0114 2468102 4 November Malton Brass 2001 Entertainment Contest - The Milton Rooms, Malton, N. Yorks, 10am onwards. British Open Solo & Quartet Championships - Town Hall, Dukinfield. Information: 01942-703217 Band Of The Island Of Jersey - Jersey Society for the Disabled - St. Clement's Parish Hall, 3pm Chapel-en-le-Frith Town Band - Glossop Band Club, 8pm Solid Brass - Wildwood Center for the Peforming Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, 7pm Swindon Brass - Remembrance Day Concert, Wyvern, 6.30pm 5 November Brighton Silver Band - Lewes Bonfire Parade Sussex Brass - Lewes Bonfire Celebrations, 6pm 9 November Asda Stocksbridge Band - Bolsover Brass Remembrance Concert - South Normanton Village Hall (off J28 - M1), 7.45pm. Tickets: 01909-509918 Ashbourne Town Band - Hulland Ward Daventry Brass - Remembrance Concert - Southam Harrogate Band - Made in Harrogate, a concert celebrating music with a connection to the town, in aid of the Royal Hall Restoration Appeal - Royal Hall, Harrogate, 8pm. Tickets £6, £4 (concessions) from box office: 01423-537230 Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Remembrance Concert - Lympstone Parish Church, 7.30pm South West Trains Woodfalls Band - We Will Remember Them Concert - Salisbury City Hall, 7.30pm Weaver Building Group Brass Band - Milton Hall, Elsecar, Barnsley, 7.30pm 10 November Open Reading Contest - Victorian Concert Hall, Reading. Test piece: Partita by Philip Sparke. Details, Tel: 0118-926-8843 South West BB Association Annual Contest - Riviera Centre, Torquay Siddis Brass Contest - Stavanger, Norway Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Festival of Rememberance, Greig Hall, Alcester, 7.30pm Audley Brass - Kidsgrove Methodist Church 7:30pm Bearpark & Esh Colliery Band + Alan Morrison - Elvet Church, Durham City. Details see www.nav.to/bbband Black Dyke Band - Victoria Hall, Saltaire. Details: 01274 551711 Brass Band Sursilvana - Vorbereitungskonzert Montreux - Mehrzweckhalle, Cazis, Switzerland Bristol East Band - In concert with Measteg Male Choir - Wesley Memorial Church, St. George, Bristol, 7pm. Tickets available from Simon Olivere 0117 9047677 Buy As You View Cory Band - Chepstow Festival David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Rothwell Band - Castleford Civic Centre Derwent Brass -Annual Concert - Landau Forte College, Derby Fodens Courtois Band - Chester Town Hall Jackfield Elcock Reisen Band - Bridgnorth Leisure Centre, Bridgnorth, Shropshire Liss Band - Petersfield, 7pm London Citadel Band - Norridge Citadel, Chicago, Illinois, USA Ocean Brass - Naomi House, Chandlers Ford Redbridge Band + Berkshire Youth Choir - "The Sound of Glen Miller" - Victorian Concert Hall, Reading, 7.30pm. Tickets: 0118-960-6060 Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - United Reform Church Great Moor, 7.30pm Williams Fairey Band - Leeds Best of Brass Season - Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (£6). Box office: 0113 224 3801 Yorkshire Building Society Band - Fleetwood, 7.30pm 11 November Allianz Brass Band Männedorf - Jahreskonzert - Reformierte Kirche, Männedorf, Switzerland, 4pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Chapeltown British Legion, evening Eagley Band - Little Lever Conservative Club, p.m. Eastbourne Silver Band - British Legion Service of Rememberance - Congress Theatre Eastbourne, 7pm Elland Silver Band - Concert with Credo Choir - 'War Time Memories' - Elland, 7.30pm London Citadel Band - Norridge Citadel, Chicago, Illinois, USA Muker Silver Band - Sherburn Hospital/Shincliffe, Durham 14 November Ratby Co-operative Band - Parklands Leisure centre 15 November Denham Hendon Brass Band - High Wycombe Xmas Lights Parade, 6.00pm Middleton Brass Band - North Manchester Golf Club Tubalaté - 10th Anniversary Concert - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 7.30pm 16 November Freckleton Band - Transport Golfers - Grand Hotel, St.Annes, 8pm Ipswich Over 50s Brass Band - Whitton Baptist Church, Highfield Rd, Ipswich, 7.30pm Oughtibridge Brass Band - Armistice Concert, Montgomery Hall, Sheffield, 7.30pm Porthywaen Silver Band - Whitchurch Rotary Club, 8pm South London Fellowship Band + Croydon Male Voice Choir - Upper Norwood 17 November Dayschool: "Sounding Brass" (with Bob Childs, Philip Maund & John Pickard) £24 (includes ticket for evening BAYV Cory concert) - Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 10am. Tel: 0117 954 5032 Brass Band Berner Oberland - Dirigentenkonferenz, Interlaken, Switzerland, 8pm Buy As You View Cory Band - Sounding Brass: British Music for Brass Band - Victoria Rooms, Bristol, 7.30pm. A concert of classic works for Brass Band: Elgar: Severn Suite; Elgar/Childs: Organ Sonata; Holst: Moorside Suite; Havergal Brian: The Battle Song (reconstructed by John Pickard); Pickard: Men of Stone. Tickets £6 (£4 concessions), Tel: 0117 954 5032 Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Playhouse, Epsom, 7.30pm Harborough Band - St Hugh's Church, Northampton Rd, Market Harborough Harrogate Band - Methodist Church, Starbeck, Harrogate Leyland Band - Empire Theatre, Consett. Details: 01207 504143 Parramatta City Band - Amphitheatre, Parramatta, NSW, Australia, 10am Slaidburn Silver Band - Waddington Club Concert, Waddington, 7.30 pm, details: 01200 424401 Travelsphere Holidays Band - The Alternative Opera Gala - Oundle School, Peterborough, 7.30pm. Details: 01908 5211 171 Williams Fairey Band - Stroud Festival, Subscription Rooms, 7.30pm 18 November Brass in Concert Championships - Leisure Centre, Spennymoor, 9.30 am. Tickets £11 Huddersfield BBA Winter Contest (Section 2, 3, 4 bands only) - Rastrick High School, Brighouse. Details: 01924-507651 Wilkinson Northern Open Brass Band Championship - Theatre Royal, St Helens, Merseyside. Information: 01744-29064 SEWBBA Treorchy Contest - Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy Avonbank (Evesham) Brass Band - Arts Centre, Evesham, 5.30pm Black Dyke Band - The Hawth, Crawley, 3pm. Tickets: £8.50, £7.25. Box office: 01293-553636 Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern - Paraplegikerzentrum Nottwil, Switzerland, 10am David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Rothwell Band - Formby Hall, Atherton, nr Wigan Roberts Bakery Band - with the Lions Youth Brass - Oakley Centre, Crewe Rothwell Temperance Band - Brilliance of Brass - Royton Assembly Hall, Market Square, Royton, Oldham, 1.30pm. Tickets (which include a hotpot lunch): £7, £6 concessions, £3 children/student. Season ticket available. Box office: 0161 911 4072 Williams Fairey Band - St Mary's Church, Beaminster, Dorset, 2.30pm. Tickets £6.50 from 01308-862493 20 November Legends Of The Brass Band World - Castleford & District Historical Society lecture by Mr Christopher D Helme BEM. Details: 01924 306090 21 November Brass Band Berner Oberland - Vorbereitungskonzert - Aula Heimberg, Switzerland, 8pm 23 November Rolls-Royce (Derby) Band - Charity concert in aid of The Derbyshire Association for the Blind Nightingale Hall - Rolls Royce Welfare Club, Derby 24 November C.I.S.W.O. National Mineworkers Brass Band Championships - Winter Gardens, Blackpool. For details contact: Jeff Binnersley, CISWO, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, WF8 4AY Swiss National Brass Band Championships - Stravinsky Auditorium, Montreux, Switzerland Audley Brass - Audley Central Methodist Church, 7:30pm Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Uppermill Carlton Main Frickley Band - Leeds Best of Brass Season - Yeadon Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (£6). Box office: 0113 224 3801 Charles Church Camberley Band - High Cross Church, Camberley, 7.30pm Farndon & District Brass Band + Chester Male Voice Choir - All Saints Church, Hoole Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, p.m. Hall Royd Band - Bolton Road Methodist Church Harborough Band - Rugby Masonic Hall Leyland Band - Elsecar Heritage Centre, Barnsley. Details: 01226 765579 Ratby Co-operative Band - Grand Hotel, Leicester 25 November Cyril Suckling Memorial Solo, Duet, Quartet & Ensemble Contest (L&HCBBA) - Standord-le-Hope, Essex. Schedule: 01375 409807 Hartlepool Borough Contest - Borough Hall, Hartlepool (Now cancelled - unless sponsorship can be found) Manchester Contest (NWABBA) - Wardle High School, Rochdale. Information: 0161-285-6765 Basingstoke Silver Band - Woodley Town Centre, 1pm Brass Band Posaunenchor Wädenswil - Kirchenkonzert - ref. Kirche Wädenswil, Switzerland, 5pm Denham Hendon Brass Band - Uxbridge Xmas Parade, 12.00 noon Fodens Courtois Band - Hanley, Ross Choir, 7pm Freckleton Band - Methodist Chapel - Freckleton, 6.30pm Launceston Town Band - Air Ambulance Concert - Falcon Hotel, Bude, 7.30pm Leyland Band + Royal Marines Band - Guild Hall, Preston. Details: 01772 203456 Linthwaite Brass Band - Farmers Market and Craft Fair - Piece Hall, Halifax, 10am onwards 27 November Great Yarmouth Brass - Christmas concert - Cobholm Comunity Centre, 7.30pm 29 November Durnovaria Silver Band - Victorian Shownight - Weymouth 30 November Netherlands Brass Band Championships (4th section) - Evenementenhal in Hardenberg, Energieweg 2 Crystal Palace Band - Crystal Palace Foundation 65th Anniversary - Crystal Palace Park Harrogate Band + Tewit Youth Band - St Andrews Day Concert - Harrogate Ladies College, Harrogate Ipswich Over 50s Brass Band - Stutton Community Hall, 7.30pm Leyland Band - Images of the Millennium - Lowry Centre, Salford. Details: 01942 883796

December 2001

1 December Netherlands Brass Band Championships (3rd, 2nd, 1st and Championship sections) - Evenementenhal in Hardenberg, Energieweg 2 Swiss National Brass Band Championships - Stravinsky Auditorium, Montreux, Switzerland WBBA Contest - Arts Centre, Poole Alder Valley Brass - Christmas concert - Petersfield Aldbourne Band - Aldbourne Village Green, 5.30pm Ashbourne Town Band - St. Chads, Longsden 7.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Brigg Gateway Club, 7.30pm City of Stoke Brass - Sandbach Girls School, Sandbach, 7.30pm Eagley Band - St Maxentius Church, Harwood, evening Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Croydon, Fairfield Halls Grimsdyke Brass - Eastman Hall, Kodak Sports Ground, Harrow View, Harrow, 7.30pm Middleton Brass Band - Long Street Church, Middleton New Buckenham Silver Band - Banham Church, Norfolk, 7.30pm North Fylde Brass Band - Christmas Lights - Lord Street, Fleetwood Slaidburn Silver Band - Village Hall, Gargrave, 7.30 pm Wem Jubilee Band - Bayston Hill, 7.30pm Woburn Sands Band - Drakeloe Press Concert - The Stables Theatre, Wavendon, 8pm. Tickets: 01908 643085 Yorkshire Evening Post Band - Allerton Bywater Methodist Church 2 December B&DBBA Aylesbury Contest - Aylesbury Civic Centre Hartlepool Borough Contest - Borough Hall, Hartlepool (Now cancelled - unless sponsorship can be found) Tameside Youth Brass Festival - Tameside Hippodrome, Ashton-under-Lyne. Information: 01744-755463 West Midlands BBA Annual Contest - Information: 024-7644-2701 Denham Hendon Brass Band - Eastcote Xmas Parade, 2pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Stoke on Trent Hall Royd Band - Cottingley Town Hall Roberts Bakery Band - in aid of Macmillan Nurses - Northwich Memorial Hall St Keverne Band - Threemilestone Carol Service, 7.30pm St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Winter Carnival, Wokingham Slaidburn Silver Band - St Hubert's, Dunsop Bridge, 7pm Solid Brass - Arkansas School for the Blind Auditorium, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, 7pm Taverham Band - Hingham Church, 6.30pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Villages Hall, Heald Green, 7.30pm Woburn Sands Band - Drakeloe Press Concert - The Stables Theatre, Wavendon, 8pm. Tickets: 01908 643085 3 December Asda Stocksbridge Band - ASDA, Chapeltown, Leeds Hathersage Brass Band - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford London Citadel Band - Festival of Carols - Centennial Hall, London, Ontario, Canada, 6.30pm 4 December Denton Brass - Egerton Court, Chorlton Freckleton Band - Tree Lighting - Freckleton, 7pm 5 December Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Alphington Village Hall, 8.00pm (W.I.) 6 December Avonbank (Evesham) Brass Band - Lions Club Concert - All Saints Church, Evesham, 7.30pm Brassband Musikgesellschaft Geuensee - Adventskonzert - Pfarrkirche Geuensee, Switzerland Durnovaria Silver Band - Christmas Cracker - Dorchester Haydock Band - "Christmas with the Band" - Thistle Hotel, Haydock Reeth Brass Band - Catterick Market, 10am Silsden Town Band - Skipton Town Hall, 8pm 7 December Aldbourne Band - Chiseldon Christmas Concert, 7.45pm Almac Bisley Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Bisley Village Hall, 7.30pm Bedford Town Band - Kempston Support Group for Sue Ryder, Annual Carol Service, Transfiguration Church, Kempston, 7.30pm Castle Point Brass Band - Runnymede Hall, Kiln Road, Thundersley, Essex Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - St Patrick's School, evening Chester Brass - Winnington Church Driffield Band - Nafferton Scouts, 6pm Hathersage Brass Band + Stannington Singers - Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge, Sheffield Lanchester Brass Band - Lanchester Lions' Christmas Concert - Lanchester Methodist Church, 7.30pm London Citadel Band - Bayfield Town Hall, Ontario, Canada, 8pm Matthews Norfolk Brass - Christmas concert - St Edmund's Church, Costessy, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Nantwich Civic Hall Rothwell Temperance Band - Blackburn Hall, Rothwell Silk Brass - Bosley Church Wem Jubilee Band - Bomere Heath Concert, 7.30pm 8 December Almac Bisley Brass Band - Children's Christmas Concert - Bisley Village Hall, 3pm Almac Bisley Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Bisley Village Hall, 7.30pm Amersham Band - Amersham Free Church, 7.30pm Aunt Bessie's East Yorkshire Brass - Driffield Methodist Church, 7.30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Broughton Town Hall, 7.30pm Burbage Band - Abbots Bromley, 7.30pm Buy As You View Cory Band - Leeds Best of Brass Season - Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (£6). Box office: 0113 224 3801 Dalewool Auckland Brass Band - The Joy of Christmas - Auckland Cathedral, Auckland, New Zealand, 7.30pm The Dereham Band - Memorial Hall, Dereham, 7.30pm Durham Constabulary Band - NCH Concert for Children, Old Elvet Church, Durham Egham Band - Christmas Concert, United Church, Egham, 7.30pm Elland Silver Band - All Saints Church, Savile Road, Elland, 7.30pm Ever Ready Band + Gibside Singers & Newcastle Male Chorus - City Hall, Newcastle, 7pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Milton Green Fodens Courtois Band - Birmingham Cathedral, 7pm Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Market Deeping Grimsdyke Brass - Eastman Hall, Kodak Sports Ground, Harrow View, Harrow, 7.30pm Hall Royd Band - Glusburn Institute Harborough Band - St Dionysius Church Imperial Brass Ensemble - High Kirk Hall, Stranraer, 7.30pm Musikgesellschaft Jenaz - Kirchenkonzert - Kirche Jenaz, Switzerland North Fylde Brass Band - Christmas Caroling - Lord Street, Fleetwood, 10am - 4pm ntl Skelmanthorpe Band - Penistone Paramount Cinema Rayleigh Brass - Great Wakering Village Hall, 7.30pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Blackburn Hall, Rothwell Rugeley Power Station Brass Band - Peace Memorial Hall, Penkridge St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Bourne End Silk Brass - Biddulph Town Hall Sussex Brass - Polegate Village Hall, 7.45pm Swindon Brass - Purton Village Hall, 7.30pm Test Valley Brass - Cricklade Theatre, Andover, 7.30pm Todmorden Old Band - Stroud Brass Band Festival - Subscription Rooms, Stroud. Details: 01453-765753 Travelsphere Holidays Band - United Reformed Church, Kettering, 7.30pm. Details: 01536 410 266 University of Huddersfield Brass Band + Phillip McCann - Halifax Parish Church, 7.30pm. Details: (01422) 345414 / 379151 Weston Brass - Ashlawn farm, Weston-super-Mare, 8pm Williams Fairey Band - City Hall, Hull Yorkshire Building Society Band + UDI Band - The Music Hall, Aberdeen 9 December Widnes "Open" Championships, 4 sections - Queens Hall, Widnes. Information: 01744-755463 Aldbourne Band - Christmas Concert, St Michael's Church, Aldbourne,7pm Almac Bisley Brass Band - St. Marks Church, Westfield, 6.30pm Arrow Valley Brass - Tesco's, Coldfield Drive, Redditch Basingstoke Silver Band - Hill Rise Community Hall, Basingstoke, 2.30pm Bodmin Town Band - Marazion Community Hall, 7.45pm Bretforton Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Evesham Arts Centre, Evesham. Details: 01386 832717 Cantium Brass - Annual Concert - St Martins Hospital, Canterbury, 6.30pm Chalk Farm Band - Mencap Carol Service, St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Sitwell Golf Course, Rotherham, evening Coleshill Town Band - Twinning Association Christmas Concert, Coleshill Town Hall Crystal Palace Band - Horniman Gardens, Forest Hill, London SE23 Eagley Band - Great Lever Golf Club, evening Farndon & District Brass Band - Mayor of Chester Charity Christmas Concert Freckleton Band - Warton St Paul's, 6pm Great Yarmouth Brass - Christmas Brass Concert - Christchurch, Great Yarmouth, 2.30pm Hall Royd Band - Carols in the Park - Calverley, 2pm Ibstock Brick Brass - Birstall, 7pm Langley Band - Sheldon Royal British Legion, 8pm Leyland Band - Burnley Mechanics. Details: 01282 664400 Muker Silver Band - Richmond Parish Church Musikgesellschaft Brass Band Auw - Kirche Auw, Auw, Switzerland, 7pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Carol Service - Wayland Court, Norfolk, 3pm North Fylde Brass Band - Christmas Caroling - Freeport, Fleetwood, 11am-4pm Ocean Brass - SKAL Club, Solent Hotel Rayleigh Brass - Christmas Concert - Mill Hall, Bellingham Lane, Rayleigh, 8pm. Tickets £4.50 (£3.50 concessions). Contact: 01702 553568 Riddings B Band - Coffee Evening - Riddings Community Centre, 7.45pm Rolls-Royce (Derby) Band - Christ Church, Belper Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band - Minster Village Hall, 2.30pm Taverham Band - Mundesley Church, 7.30pm Test Valley Brass - Cricklade Theatre, Andover, 6.30pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Vernon Primary School, 7pm Weaver Building Group Brass Band - Grange Golf Club, Kimberworth, Rotherham, 8pm Whitburn Band - Albert Hall, Stirling 10 December Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge Band - The Princess, Burnham-on-Sea, 7.45pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Grenoside Carol Concert,evening Coleshill Town Band - Twinning Association Christmas Concert, Coleshill Town Hall Freckleton Band - Green Drive Golf Club, 8pm Hathersage Brass Band - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford Langley Band - Brandhall Labour Club, 8pm Long Eaton Silver Prize Band - Christmas Carols - Nottingham/Derby Post House, J25/Sandiacre Shirley Band - Lakey Lane School, Lakey Lane, Acocks Green, 7pm 11 December Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Bidford-on-Avon Church, 7.45pm Great Yarmouth Brass - Carol Concert - St Mark's Church, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, 7.30pm Launceston Town Band - Coads Green Comunity Centre, 7.30pm Weaver Building Group Brass Band - Victory Club, Stocksbridge, Sheffield, 7.30pm 12 December David Urquhart Travel Yorkshire Imperial Rothwell Band - Christmas Concert - Leeds Parish Church Durnovaria Silver Band - Carols with Casterbridge Singers - United Church, Dorchester, 7.30pm Enderby Band - Braunstone Civic Centre Ipswich Over 50s Brass Band - Felixstowe Golf Club, 7pm Langley Band - Brierley Hill Civic Hall, 7.45pm Portsmouth City Band - Rowlands Castle URC Tenby & District Brass Band - Carew Castle, 7pm 13 December Avonbank (Evesham) Brass Band - Rotary Club Concert - All Saints Church, Evesham, 7.30pm Durnovaria Silver Band - Carols - Borough Gardens, Dorchester, 6pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Holt carols Harrogate Band - ASDA, Harrogate Roberts Bakery Band - in association with Cheshire Fire Brigade - Winsford Civic Hall Rothwell Temperance Band - Leeds Grammar School Sussex Brass - Hawkhurst Royal British Legion, 8pm Tenby & District Brass Band - Whitland, 7pm 14 December Almac Bisley Brass Band - St. Nicholas Church, Guildford, 7pm Barnetby Silver Band - Barnetby Village Hall, 7.30pm Bodmin Town Band - Town Hall, Wadebridge, 7.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Newton Hall, Chapeltown, evening Clackmannan and District Brass Band - Annual Christmas Concert - Devondale Hall, Tillicoultry, 7.30pm Eagley Band - St Ethelberts RC Church, Deane, Bolton, evening Eastbourne Silver Band - Christmas Carol Concert - Congress Theatre Eastbourne, 7pm. Tickets available at the ticket office Ever Ready Band + Alnwick Choral Society - Playhouse, Alnwick,7.30pm, Box Office 01665 510785 Hall Royd Band - St John's, Cleckheaton, 7.30pm Launceston Town Band - Kensey Vale Bowling Club, Launceston, 8.00pm Muker Silver Band - Carlton in Coverdale Oughtibridge Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Montgomery Hall, Sheffield, 7.30pm Riddings Band - Pinxton Parish Hall, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Frodsham Community Centre St Keverne Band - Christmas Tree Lighting - St Keverne, 6pm Silk Brass - Wesley Place, Alsager Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Romiley Golf Club, 8pm Weaver Building Group Brass Band - Milton Hall, Elsecar, Barnsley, 7.30pm Williams Fairey Band - Town Hall, Stockport 15 December Aldbourne Band - Haydon Wick Christmas Concert, 7.30pm Amersham Band - Tesco's, Amersham Annan Town Band + massed choirs - Annan Academy, 7.30pm Arrow Valley Brass - Annual Christmas Concert - St Stephen's Church, Redditch Audley Brass - Endon Village Hall, 7:30pm Barnetby Silver Band - Barnetby Village Hall, 7.30pm Basingstoke Silver Band - Hedge End Retail Park, 1pm Black Dyke Band - The Oakwood Centre, Eaglescliffe, 7.30pm. Tickets £10 from Oakwood Centre: Tel. (01642)781919 or Postal Service: Tel. (01642)710193, 892961 Bodmin Town Band - Public Rooms, Bodmin, 7.30pm Burbage Band - Buxton Town Centre Burry Port Town Band - Memorial Hall, Burry Port, 7.15pm Derwent Brass - Chatsworth Centre, Long Eaton Eastbourne Silver Band - Christmas Carol Concert - Congress Theatre Eastbourne, 2pm and 7pm. Tickets available at the ticket office Ever Ready Band + Alnwick Choral Society - Playhouse, Alnwick,7.30pm, Box Office 01665 510785 Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Rochdale Farndon & District Brass Band - Sainsburys, Chester Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Bradford, St George's Hall Harworth Brass - Age Concern, Harworth, 7.30pm Hatfields of Colchester Band - West Mersea Christmas Concert Knottingley Concert Brass - King's High School, Pontefract Leicestershire Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - Christmas Concert - St David's Church, Coalville Letchworth Garden City Band - Letchworth Town Centre Leyland Band + Preston Orpheus Choir - Guild Hall, Preston. Details: 01772 323194 Musikgesellschaft Brass Band Ermensee - Kirchenkonzert - Pfarrkirche Hitzkirch, Switzerland New Buckenham Silver Band - Village Hall, New Buckenham, 7.30pm Newcastle Brown Ale Brass Band - Durham North Fylde Brass Band - Christmas Caroling - Lord Street, Fleetwood, 10am - 4pm ntl Skelmanthorpe Band - St.Aiden's Church Parramatta City Band - Amphitheatre, Parramatta, NSW, Australia, 10am Ratby Co-operative Band - Bosworth College St. Ronan's Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Memorial Hall, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, 7.30pm (doors open 7pm). Join St. Ronan's Silver Band and St. Ronan's Youth Band at their Christmas Concert Coffee Evening. St. Stephan Brassband - Weihnachtskonzert - St.Stephan Church, Stephanstrasse 117, Hamburg, Germany, 6pm Shirley Band - Solihull British Legion, Solihull Town Centre, 8pm Slaidburn Silver Band - Booths Supermarket, Clitheroe, 9.30am Stowmarket Concert Band - Regal Theatre, Stowmarket, Suffolk, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, £3. Details: 01449 612825 Swindon Brass - Age Concern - Swindon Town Centre, 9am Taverham Band - Taverham Village Hall, 7.30pm Tewit Youth Band - Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Oxford Street, Harrogate, 2pm Thurlstone Brass Band - St Andrew's Church, Penistone, 7.30pm Travelsphere Holidays Band - Stantonbury Campus Theatre, Milton Keynes, 7.30pm. Box office: 01908 324 422 Verwood Concert Brass - Memorial Hall, Verwood, 7.30pm Yorkshire Building Society Band + Honley Male Voice Choir - Huddersfield Town Hall, 7.30pm Yorkshire Evening Post Band - St John's Church, Moor Allerton 16 December Alcester Victoria Silver Band - Jubilee Court, Alcester, 6pm Amersham Band - Shardeloes, Amersham, 6pm Arrow Valley Brass - Tesco's, Coldfield Drive, Redditch Ashbourne Town Band - Empire Club, Ashbourne, 3.00pm Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern - Adventskonzert - Hofkirche Luzern, Switzerland, 8pm Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Brighouse Civic Hall Clackmannan and District Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Albert Hall, Stirling , 7.30pm Corps de Musique d'Elite - Temple de la Fusterie, Geneva, Switzerland, 5pm Crystal Palace Band - Wesley Hall, High Street, Sydenham, London, 6.30pm Daventry Brass - United Reform Church, Long Buckby East Yorkshire Brass - York Minster Farndon & District Brass Band - Milton Green Farndon & District Brass Band - Hospice, Backford Fodens Courtois Band - Winsford Civic Hall, 8pm Foss Dyke Band - The Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln, 7.30pm Freckleton Band - Lowther Pavilion - Lytham, 7.30pm Hall Royd Band - Bolton Villas United Reform Church Hall Royd Band - Wrose Chapel Harworth Brass - Harworth Church Christmas Concert, 7pm Hepworth Band - Brilliance of Brass - Royton Assembly Hall, Market Square, Royton, Oldham, 1.30pm. Tickets (which include a hotpot lunch): £6, £5 concessions, £3 children/student. Season ticket available. Box office: 0161 911 4072 Launceston Town Band - Rotary Club Carol Concert - Launceston Town Hall, 8.00pm MG Konkordia Aedermannsdorf - Adventskonzerzt - Kirche Aedermannsdorf, Switzerland Newhall Band - St John's Church, Newhall, 6pm North Fylde Brass Band - Christmas Caroling - Freeport, Fleetwood, 11am-4pm Rayleigh Brass - Christmas Concert - The Freight House, by Rochford Station, Essex, 8pm. Tickets £4.50 (£3.50 concessions). Contact: 01702 553568 Reeth Brass Band - Arkengarthdale Chapel Rolls-Royce (Derby) Band - Christ Church, Belper Slaidburn Silver Band - St Michael's Church, Whitewell, 7.15pm South West Trains Woodfalls Band - Redlynch Social Club, 8pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Band - Chieftain Pub, Hadfield, 1pm Watership Brass - Carol Concert - Kingsclere Methodist Church, 3pm Whitburn Band + Colne Valley Male Voice Choir - Town Hall, Huddersfield Woking Brass Band - HG Wells Suite, Woking, 3pm Yorkshire Building Society Band - Whitley Bay, 7.30pm 17 December Amersham Band - Scouts Carol Concert, Amersham, 7.30pm Driffield Band - Cave Castle, 8.30pm Farndon & District Brass Band - White Horse, Churton Hathersage Brass Band - Maynard Arms Hotel, Grindleford 18 December Durnovaria Silver Band - Carol Service - St. George's Church, Fordington, 7.30pm Lanchester Brass Band - LBB Patrons' Concert - Lanchester Methodist Church, 7.30pm Shirley Band - Hall Green Little Theatre, Hall Green, Birmingham 19 December BT Band - Royal Albert Hall, London CSD Brass - Carol Service - Reach Village Hall Derwent Brass - Etwall Church Great Yarmouth Brass - Pie and Punch Carol Concert - St Marks Church, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, 7.30pm Lanchester Brass Band - NSPCC Concert - Lanchester Parish Church, 7.30pm Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Christmas Concert - Exmouth Pavilion, 7.30pm Rothwell Temperance Band - Leeds Town Hall 20 December Harrogate Band - ASDA, Harrogate Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Christmas Carolling - Tescos, Exmouth 21 December Alder Valley Brass - Christmas concert - Farnham Maltings Black Dyke Band - Town Hall, Dewsbury. Details: 01274 814970 Cubbington Silver Band - Christmas Concert - Town Hall, Leamington Spa Eastbourne Silver Band - Christmas Carol Concert - Eastbourne District General Hospital (outpatients department). Contact Rev. John Kimberly for more details Freckleton Band - Lytham Bowling Club Melbourne Town Band - Melbourne Baptists Church, 7.30pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Attleborough, 7.30pm Roberts Bakery Band - Sandbach Town Hall Shirland Welfare Training Band - Bolsover Brass Christmas Concert - South Normanton Village Hall (off J28 - M1), 7.45pm. Tickets: 01909-509918 South West Trains Woodfalls Band - City Hall, Salisbury, 7.30pm 22 December Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Harrogate Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Gatty Hall, evening CSD Brass - Carol Service - Ely Cathedral Denton Brass - Hyde Shopping Centre, 11am Durnovaria Silver Band - Carols in South Street, Dorchester, 10am Elland Silver Band - Piece Hall, Halifax, 11.45am - 3pm Farndon & District Brass Band - Sainsburys, Wrexham Hall Royd Band - Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Harworth Brass - Langold Village Hall, 7.30pm Letchworth Garden City Band - Letchworth Town Centre North Fylde Brass Band - Christmas Caroling - Lord Street, Fleetwood, 10am - 4pm Oberaargauer Brass Band - Weihnachtskonzert - Rohrbach, Switzerland Riddings Band - Ripley Leisure Centre, 7pm Roberts Bakery Band - Nantwich Town Square Slaidburn Silver Band - Tesco Supermarket, Clitheroe, 9.30am Swindon Brass - Outlet Village, 12pm Thornbury Band - Annual Christmas Concert - Armstrong Hall, Thornbury, 7.30pm 23 December Ashbourne Town Band - Council Carol Service, Ashbourne Black Dyke Band - Town Hall, Huddersfield. Details: 01274 814970 Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Buxton Opera House Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Chapeltown British Legion, evening Durnovaria Silver Band - Carols in South Street, Dorchester, 10am Elland Silver Band - Farmers Market and Craft Fair - Piece Hall, Halifax, 10am onwards Farndon & District Brass Band - Hospice, Backford Freckleton Band - Grapes Hotel - Wrea Green, 12pm Harrogate Band - Fire Brigade Gala Charity Concert - Royal Hall, Harrogate, 7.30pm North Fylde Brass Band - Christmas Caroling - Freeport, Fleetwood, 11am-4pm Oberaargauer Brass Band - Weihnachtskonzert - Madiswil, Switzerland Slaidburn Silver Band - St Andrew's Parish Church, Slaidburn, 6.45pm Swindon Brass - Outlet Village, 12pm Weaver Building Group Brass Band - Elsecar Church, Elsecar, Barnsley, 6pm 24 December Clackmannan and District Brass Band - Dunblane Hydro, 9am Slaidburn Silver Band - Tesco Supermarket, Clitheroe Tenby & District Brass Band - Giltar Hotel, Tenby 25 December Eastbourne Silver Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 10.45am - 12.15pm

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