August 2001  (447)

21 July - 25 August Dartington International Summer School - various brass courses - Dartington Hall, Totnes 27 July - August 5 Lieksa Brass Week - Lieska, Finland 28 July - August 5 Sedburgh International Summer School - MD Frank Renton, tutors including Ian Porterhouse, James Shepherd, David Childs, Sandy Smith, Steve Sykes, Nick Hudson - Swansea University. Details: International Summer School, PO Box 53, Penarth, Mid Glamorgan, CF64 5XY 29 July - 5 August Canford Summer School of Music, Brass Band Course. Details: 0208-660-4766 30 July - 5 August Wessex Band Courses - Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Details: 01226-765579 or email john@wessexband.fnet.co.uk 31 July - 4 August Festival de Cuivres en Dombes - Villars-les-Dombes, France. Information from Academie de Cuivres de Dombes. 1 August Central Band of the Royal British Legion - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Musikgesellschaft Jenaz - Bundesfeier - Jenaz, Switzerland MG Konkordia Aedermannsdorf - Bundesfeier - Aedermannsdorf, Switzerland, 8pm St Keverne Band - Annual Ox Roast - Square, St Keverne 2 August Central Band of the Royal British Legion - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Denham Hendon Brass - Great British Beer Festival, Olympia, London 1pm Rayleigh Brass Training Band - Westminster Abbey Summer Season of Band Concerts 2001 - College Garden, Westminster Abbey, 12.30pm - 2pm. Refreshments available; free admission. All are welcome; collections are taken afterwards towards the running of the concerts, all donations welcome. 3 August Bodmin Town Band - Priory Lawn, Bodmin, 7.45pm Central Band of the Royal British Legion - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Harrogate Band - A concert of music with local connections followed by hits from the stage and screen - Fountains Abbey, Ripon, 7.30pm. Bring a picnic! Tickets available from the National Trust 01765-609999. Murton Colliery Brass Band - Ex Serviceman's Club, Murton, 7.45pm Torbay Brass Band - Princess Gardens, Torquay, 8pm 4 August ASDA Stocksbridge Band - Chesterfield Town Centre, 12pm Bodmin Town Band - Proms concert - St.Dennis, 7.30pm Buckhaven & Methil Miners Brass Band - Lochore Gala Chedworth Silver Band - Fayre - Cold Aston, Gloucestershire, 1.30pm - 4.30pm City of Bristol Brass Band - Nailsea Horticultural Show. 4pm Constantine Silver Band - Port Navas Regatta, 4.30pm CWA Brass - City Hall Grounds, Belfast, 2pm Ellesborough Silver Band - Flower Show - Monks Risborough Showgrounds, 2pm Leicestershire Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - St Davids Fete, Broom Leys Road, Coalville Liskeard Silver Band - Looe Carnival, 7pm Llay Welfare Band - The Bandstand, The Groves, Chester, 2pm. Details: 01244 402446 Lympstone South West Telecoms Brass Band - Lympstone Furry Dance Merton Concert Band - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Oxted Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Parramatta City Band - Amphitheatre, Parramatta, NSW, Australia, 10am St Keverne Youth Band with Helston Jazz Band and Don Lusher - Hall for Cornwall, 7.30pm St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - Sulham and Tidmarsh Fete Silk Brass - Gooseberry Show - Davenport Arms, Macclesfield Stannary Brass Band - Yelverton Rotary Fete 4-12 August ITEC - International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, Lahti, Finland. 500 tuba and euphonium players gather here to enjoy master classes, clinics, lectures and, above all, around 30 concerts. 5 August Aberdeen City Band - Fort George, Ardersier, Scotland. Details: 01667 460232 Abingdon Band - Abbey Gardens, Abingdon, 2pm Alcester Band - Royal Pump Gardens, Leamington Spa, 3pm Aldbourne Band - Pond Concert, Aldbourne Square, 7.15pm Ballyduff Silver Band - Castle Estate, Belfast, 3pm Band of the Dragoon Guards - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am, 3pm, 7.45pm Bath Spa Band - Victoria Park, Bristol, 3pm Bristol East Band - Parade Gardens, Bath, 3pm-4.45pm Camborne Town Band - Padstow Quay, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Chippenham Town Band - John Coles Park, Chippenham. 3.15pm Chorley Silver Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm Constantine Silver Band - annual carolare - Port Navas Quay, 7.30pm Copthorne Silver Band - Horsham Park Bandstand, 2.30pm Corby Silver Band - Riverside Park, St Neots, 2.30pm Coventry Festival Brass - Spencer Park, Coventry, 3pm Cranbrook Town Band - Deal Bandstand, Deal, 2pm Cromer & Sheringham Brass Band - Felbrigg Hall, Felbrigg, Norfolk, 2pm Dove Holes Band - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm. Details: 01298 23114 Dunston Silver Band - DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, Aykley Heads, Durham, 2.30pm Eastern Iowa Brass Band - Hooverfest - West Branch, Iowa, USA Ferndown Concert Brass - Poole Park, Poole, 2pm Friary Guildford Brass Band - Guildford Bandstand Frickley/South Elmsall Band - Thorne Memorial Park, South Parade, Thorne, 3pm Friendly Brass Band - Butties and Brass - Piece Hall, Halifax, 12.30pm, free entry Fullwell Brass Band - West Ham Park, London, 3pm Gawthorpe Brass Band - Horsforth Hall Park, Horsforth, Leeds, 2.30pm Haworth Band - Haworth Park, 2pm Heath Band - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2.30pm Hebden Bridge (Walkleys) Band - Centre Stage - Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, 3pm Hitchin Band - Parsons Close, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm Ibstock Brick Brass - New Park, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm Ireland Colliery Chesterfield Band - Bandstand, Newark Castle, 2.30pm Jersey Premier Brass - Howard Davis Park, 8pm Kibworth Band - The Bandstand, Greenwich Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Liskeard Silver Band - Rose Gardens, Looe, 7pm Matlock Band - Matlock Bandstand, 2pm Northfleet Brass - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Otley Brass Band - Valley Gardens, Harrogate, 3pm Poole Borough Band - Bandstand, Swanage, 3pm Reeth Brass Band - Marrick Priory, 4.30pm Riddings Band - Coffee Evening - Riddings Community Centre, 7.45pm Ripon City Band - Spa Gardens, Ripon, 3pm Royal British Band - Alexandra Park, Hastings, 3pm Royal Buckley Town Band - The Bandstand, The Groves, Chester, 2pm. Details: 01244 402446 St Albans City Band - Hertford Castle Grounds St Breward Silver Band - Gala day, Wenford Pottery, 11am St John Wilnecote Band - Castle Grounds , Tamworth Castle , Tamworth, 2pm-5pm St Keverne Bands - Band Sunday - Cornish Evening with Janette Eathorne (Radio Cornwall), 7.30pm - St Keverne Bandroom Sandhurst Silver Band - Heckfield Show Shanklin Town Brass Band - Eastern Gardens, Isle of Wight, 3pm Shrewton Silver Band - Invitation Concert/Contest - Swan Inn, Sherbourne, 8pm-9.30 pm Slaidburn Silver Band - Castle Bandstand, Clitheroe, 2.30pm Staines Lammas Band - Ashby Lammas, Staines, 3pm Stalham Band - Happisburgh Lifeboat Fete, 2pm Timepiece - Valentines Park, Ilford, 3pm Trimdon Brass Band - Town Park bandstand, Beamish Museum, 2pm Wealdon Band - Warrior Square, Hastings, 3pm Wellington Silver Band - Botanic Gardens, Belfast, 3pm Wessex Band Course Final Concert - City Hall, Salisbury Weston Brass - Grove Park, Weston-super-Mare, 2.30pm Whitwell Brass Band - Peasholme Park, Scarborough, 2.30pm Woodbridge Excelsior Band - Moot Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 2pm-4pm Yorkshire Evening Post Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - Arts Fair, West Springfield, MA, USA, 12pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - Agawam High School, West Springfield, MA, USA, 7pm 5-10 August National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Summer Course 6 August Band concert - The Princess, Burnham-on-Sea, 7.45pm Band of the Dragoon Guards - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Band Of The Island Of Jersey - St Helier Precinct/Royal Square, 8pm St Austell Town Band - Padstow Harbour, 7pm St Dennis Band - Trewan Hall, 8.30pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - Shepard Park - Lake George, NY, USA, evening 7 August Band of the Dragoon Guards - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Hemel Hemstead Band - Northchurch Fete St Keverne Senior Band - BBQ in St Keverne Square, 7.30pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - Lake Luzern, NY, USA, evening 8 August Band of the Dragoon Guards - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Weaver Building Group Brass Band - Brodsworth Hall, Brodsworth, Doncaster Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - Brighton Arena, Buffalo, NY, USA, evening 8-11 August Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival - Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Michigan, USA 9 August Band of the Dragoon Guards - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Dalewool Auckland Brass Band - Best of British with trombone artist Nick Hudson - St Matthews in-the-City, Auckland, New Zealand, 7.30pm Downshire Brass - Sunken Gardens, Mckee Clock, Bangor, 7pm Merton Concert Band - Westminster Abbey Summer Season of Band Concerts 2001 - College Garden, Westminster Abbey, 12.30pm - 2pm. Refreshments available; free admission. All are welcome; collections are taken afterwards towards the running of the concerts, all donations welcome. St Keverne Youth Band - Roskilly's Croust House, 7pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - M&T Plaza, Buffalo, NY, USA, 12pm 10 August Band of the Dragoon Guards - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Bodmin Town Band - Town Hall, Wadebridge, 7.30pm Eastern Iowa Brass Band - Community Concert Series - Corydon, Iowa, USA National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain - St Andrews Hall, Norwich, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, £8, £9, £10. Details: 01223-234090 St Keverne Youth Band - Chernobyl Concert - Now at Lambeage Hall, Coverack, 7pm Torbay Brass Band - Princess Gardens, Torquay, 8pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - St Catharines, Ontario, Canada, evening 11 August Bedford Town Band - Water End Cople, afternoon Brass Band Chemnitz - Konzert zur Schulanfangsfeier GS "Am Stadtpark", Germany, 8.30am Cobham Band - Woking Town Square, 2pm Concert Band of the Royal British Legion - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Coventry Festival Band - St Chads Church, Wood End, 2pm Croydon Brass Band - Craft Show, Danson Park, Bexleyheath Downshire Brass - Cultra Yacht Club Regatta, 3pm Five Rivers Brass - Burradon Fair - Burradon, Northumberland Launceston Town Band - Lezant Flower Show, Lezant National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain - Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 7.30pm. Tickets £5, £8, £9, £10. Details: 01223-234090 1st Old Boys Association Silver Band - Castle Place, Belfast, 2pm Ratby Co-operative Band - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Reeth Brass Band - St Mary's Church, Leyburn, 7.30pm St Keverne Training Band - St Keverne Bells Gala, 2pm St Ronans Silver Band - Peebles Agricultural Show, Haylodge Park, Peebles Stannary Brass Band - Lydford House Hotel Fete Travelsphere Holidays Band - The Bandstand, The Regent's Park, London, 12.30pm-2pm and 5.30pm-7pm Weston Brass - St Johns Church, Weston-super-Mare Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - Village in the Arboretum, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, evening 11-12 August West Coast Brass Bands Association Band Contest - Solo and Party Events. Brass Band Events: Own Choice Sacred Hymn, Own Choice Major Piece, Street March, Entertainment Section - Greymouth High School, Greymouth, New Zealand. 9am Saturday to 4pm Sunday. 12 August Abbey Brass - Abbey Gardens, Abingdon, 2pm Aldbourne Band - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Bakewell Silver Band - Bradwell Town Bottom, Derbyshire, 2.30pm BMW Band - River Gardens, Belper, 3pm Bodmin Town Band - Padstow Quay, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Boldon Colliery Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Chalgrove Band - Warborough Feast, 6.30pm City of Cambridge Brass Band - Town Band Stand, Haverhill, 2.30pm Clackmannan and District Brass Band - Bandstand, St Andrews, 3pm Constantine Silver Band - Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, 2.30pm Coppull Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm Croydon Brass Band - Craft Show, Danson Park, Bexleyheath CSD Brass (Cambridge) - Bandstand, Hunstanton, 2pm-4pm Durnovaria Silver Band - Owermoigne Street Fair, 2pm Eagley Band - Last Drop Village, Bromley X, Bolton, p.m. East Yorkshire Brass - York, 2pm Ferndown Concert Brass - Abbotsbury Gardens, nr. Dorchester, 2.30pm Ferryhill Town Band - Ferryhill Gala 55th Old Boys Silver Band - Castle Estate, Belfast, 3pm Filton Concert Band - John Coles Park, Chippenham. 3.15pm Five Rivers Brass - Newbiggin Bandstand, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland Gawthorpe '85 Band - Peasholme Park, Scarborough, 2.30pm Gravesend Borough Band - Memorial Bandstand, Deal, 2pm Gresley Band - Abington Park Bandstand, Abington, 3pm & 6pm Hathern 'B' Band - Melton New Park, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm Haworth Band - Cliffe Castle, Keighley, 2pm Hemel Hempstead Band - Grove House Gardens, Dunstable, 3pm Horden Colliery Band - Town Park bandstand, Beamish Museum, 2pm Jersey Premier Brass - Howard Davis Park, 8pm Jubilee Brass (Oxford) - Manor Road Bandstand, Wantage, 2pm Langbaurgh Brass - Whitby Spa Leigh Silver Band - Jubilee Park, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan Linthwaite Band - Recreation Field, Pateley Bridge, 3pm Nelson Brass - Castle Bandstand, Clitheroe, 2.30pm Newhall Band - Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, 2.30pm Ocean Brass - Hampshire Cricket Club, West End Pittington Brass - DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, Aykley Heads, Durham, 2.30pm Riddings B Band - Center Parcs, 11am St Austell Town Band - Lands End St Keverne Youth Band - Cornish Classics Concert - Falmouth Seaford Silver Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am, 3pm Shirebrook Miners Welfare Unison Band - Bandstand, Newark Castle, 2.30pm Shirland Welfare Band - Crossley Park, Ripley, 3pm Shrewton Silver Band - Music in the Park - Bulford Recreation Ground, 5pm-7pm Standish Band - Mesnes Park, Wigan Stowmarket Concert Band - Pavilion, Diss, Suffolk, 2pm-4.30pm Sussex Brass - Brenchley Gardens, Maidstone, 3pm Templemore Band - Sir Thomas & Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, 3pm Tideswell Band - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm. Details: 01298 23114 Tylorstown Band - Barry Island, 2.30pm Watership Brass - Eastrop Park, Basingstoke, 3pm West Yorkshire Police Band - Centre Stage - Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, 3pm Wilton and District Youth Band - Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal, 2pm Woking Band - Walled Garden, Staines, 3pm Wolverton Town Band - Parsons Close, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm Yiewsley and West Drayton Band - Hatfield House, 1.30pm York RI Golden Rail Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain + Weston Band - Weston, Ontario, Canada, evening 12-18 August Brass Band Summer School - Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire - contact Philip Biggs +44 (0)1223-234090 13 August Band of the Blues & Royals - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge Band - The Princess, Burnham-on-Sea, 7.45pm Manx Concert Brass - Villa Marina Royal Hall, Douglas, 8pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - Central Park, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, evening 14 August Band of the Blues & Royals - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Brio Brass - Plymouth Amphitheater, Plymouth, MN, USA, 7pm 14-15 August Brass Summer School - Brett Baker - Lydbrook Primary School, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire. Details from Kristyann Symonds 15 August Band of the Blues & Royals - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Constantine Silver Band - Queens Arms, Constantine, 7.30pm Holymoorside Band - Barlow Well Blessing, 6.30pm South London Fellowship Band - Eastbourne Salvation Army, 7.45pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - High School, Weedsport, NY, USA, evening 16 August Band Of The Island Of Jersey - Howard Davis Park, 8pm Band of the Blues & Royals - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Cookstown Silver Band - The Amphitheatre, Portrush, 7.30pm Regent Brass Band - Westminster Abbey Summer Season of Band Concerts 2001 - College Garden, Westminster Abbey, 12.30pm - 2pm. Refreshments available; free admission. All are welcome; collections are taken afterwards towards the running of the concerts, all donations welcome. 17 August Band of the Blues & Royals - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Reeth Brass Band - Methodist Chapel, Reeth Torbay Brass Band - Princess Gardens, Torquay, 8pm Young Ambassadors Brass Band of Great Britain - High School Auditorium, Warren, MA, USA, evening 18 August Bedford Town Band - Celebration Bandstand, Corby Town Centre, 2pm Besses o' th' Barn Band - The Bandstand, The Regent's Park, London, 12.30pm-2pm and 5.30pm-7pm Bradwell Silver Band - Agricultural Show/Fete, Drayton Parslow Camborne Town Band - St Minver Church, 8.00pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Barlow Carnival Cinderford Swanbrook Band - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Cirencester Band - Fairford Steam Rally, Gloucestershire 1.30pm Clitheroe Town Band - Last night of the Proms - Bandstand, Clitheroe Copthorne Silver Band - Capel Flower Show, 2pm Coventry Festival Band - RAF Club, Lythalls Lane, 2pm Cwmaman Institute Silver Band - Tenby Eastbourne Silver Band - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Flower Show - Headley, 2pm Ferryhill Town Band - Ferryhill Station Gala Hathersage Brass Band - Grindleford Horticultural Show, Grindleford Holymoorside Band - Barlow Carnival Lancashire Life Morecambe Band - Southport Flower Show - from 10.30am Lancashire Life Morecambe Band - Garstang Arts Festival, 7pm Otley Brass Band - Shadwell Flower Show Patcham Silver Band - Small Dole Horticultural Show Portsmouth City Band - Denmead Horticultural Show, 2pm Watership Brass - Lambourn Carnival Yorkshire Building Society Band - The Snape Maltings, Suffolk, 7.30pm 19 August Abbey Brass - Manor Road Bandstand, Wantage, 2pm Avonbank (Evesham) Brass Band - County Flower Show - Offenham, Worcestershire, 2.30pm Band of the Royal Logistics Corps - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am, 3pm, 7.45pm Beacontree Brass Band - Seven Kings Park, Ilford, 3pm Bodmin Town Band - Ship Inn, Par, 7.30pm Bradwell Silver Band - Tiger Moths, Woburn Abbey Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Brassworks 2001 - Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, 3pm-dusk, fireworks finale Bristol East Band - Blake Gardens, Bridgewater, 3pm-4.45pm. Free entry to park Bromley Concert Band - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm City of Canterbury Band - Memorial Bandstand, Deal, 2pm City of Chester Band - The Bandstand, The Groves, Chester, 2pm. Details: 01244 402446 Clifton & Lightcliffe Brass Band - Valley Gardens, Harrogate, 3pm Cobham Band - Castle Grounds, Guildford, 3pm Crofts End Mission Band - Greville Smyth Park, Bristol, 3pm Crosskeys Silver Band - Abertridwr Park, pm Denham Hendon Brass - Golders Hill Park, 3pm Eynsford Concert Band - The Bandstand, Greenwich Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Fairfield Band - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm. Details: 01298 23114 Ferryhill Town Band - Town Park bandstand, Beamish Museum, 2pm 1st Old Boys Association Silver Band - Castle Estate, Belfast, 3pm Fullwell Brass Band - Hever Castle, Kent, 1pm Gawthorpe Brass Band - Butties and Brass - Piece Hall, Halifax, 12.30pm, free entry Hathersage Brass Band - Taddington Fete, Taddington, 2.30pm Hetton Silver Band - DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, Aykley Heads, Durham, 2.30pm Hitchin Town Band - Grove House Gardens, Dunstable, 3pm Ibstock Brick Brass - Ibstock Country Fair, p.m. Ireland Colliery Band - River Gardens, Belper, 3pm Kibworth Band - Bandstand, Newark Castle, 2.30pm Kidlington Brass Band - Parsons Close, Leighton Buzzard, 3pm Killamarsh Silver Band - Center Parcs, Rufford, Nottinghamshire, 11am Kirkbymoorside Town Band - Peasholme Park, Scarborough, 2.30pm Laganvale Band - Botanic Gardens, Belfast, 3pm Launceston Town Band - Looe Quay, 2.30pm + 7.00pm Leicestershire Co-op Snibston Charnwood Brass - New Park, Melton Mowbray, 2.45pm Leigh Silver Band - Mesnes Park, Wigan Markham Main Colliery Band - Thorne Memorial Park, South Parade, Thorne, 3pm Muker Silver Band - Richmond Council Concert, pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Sealife Bandstand, Great Yarmouth Sea Front, 2.30pm Oxted Brass Band - Warrior Square, Hastings, 3pm Ramsbury Silver Band - John Coles Park, Chippenham. 3.15pm Rother Concert Band - Alexandra Park, Hastings, 3pm Rushden Windmill Brass Band - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2.30pm St Dennis Band - Padstow Quay, 7.30pm Shrewton Silver Band - Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal, 2pm-5pm Staines Lammas Band - Ashby Lammas, Staines, 3pm Standish Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm Stannary Brass Band - Siblyback Reservoir Lake Fun-day Stowmarket Concert Band - Castle Park, Colchester, 3pm-5pm Sussex Brass - De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, 3pm Trimdon Concert Brass - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Vauxhall Concert Band - Riverside Park, St Neots, 2.30pm Wantage Silver Band - Abbey Gardens, Abingdon, 2pm Wetherby Silver Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2pm 19-24 August Internationaler Meisterkurs für Blechbläser - Auer, Südtirol/Italien (Intensivkurs im Einzelunterricht sowie Ensemblespiel Individuelle Betreuung). Details: +39 0471 810616 20 August Band of the Royal Logistics Corps - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Filton Concert Brass Band - The Princess, Burnham-on-Sea, 7.45pm St Dennis Band - Trewan Hall, 8.30pm 21 August Band of the Royal Logistics Corps - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Shanklin Town Brass Band - Rylstone Gardens, Isle of Wight, 8pm 22 August Band of the Royal Logistics Corps - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Constantine Silver Band - Princess Pavilion, Falmouth, 8pm Musikverein Künten - Platzkonzert Altersheim Fislisbach und Dorfplatz Busslingen, Switzerland St Austell Youth Band - Ship Inn, Par, 7:30pm 22-26 August Brass Workshop with Malte Burbe - Musikschule, Mank, Austria. 23 August Band of the Royal Logistics Corps - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Hangleton Youth Band - Westminster Abbey Summer Season of Band Concerts 2001 - College Garden, Westminster Abbey, 12.30pm - 2pm. Refreshments available; free admission. All are welcome; collections are taken afterwards towards the running of the concerts, all donations welcome. Harworth Brass - Moorgreen, Watnall, Nottingham Manx Youth Band - Villa Marina Royal Hall, Douglas, 8pm 24 August Band of the Royal Logistics Corps - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern - Kurplatz Luzern, Switzerland, 8.15pm Portsmouth City Band - International Festival of the Sea, Portsmouth Torbay Brass Band - Princess Gardens, Torquay, 8pm 25 August Land o' Burns Contest (for Championship, First and Section section bands in the UK) - Walker Halls, Troon. Details: 01292-316086 or email diane@sandy1972.freeserve.co.uk ASDA Stocksbridge Band - Stocksbridge Garden Society Centenary Show, Victory Club, 4pm & 6.30pm Bakewell Silver Band - Derwent Gardens, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, 7pm Bodmin Town Band - Proms in the Park - Bodmin, 7.30pm Clackmannan and District Brass Band - Strathcarron Hospice CWA Brass - Castle Place, Belfast, 2pm Cwmaman Institute Silver Band - Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, Ireland Downshire Brass - Botanic Gardens, Belfast, 3pm DUT Yorkshire Imperial (Rothwell) Band - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Epsom and Ewell Silver Band - Flower Show - West End, Esher, 2pm Holymoorside Band - Holymoorside Gala Five Rivers Brass - Swarland Show - Swarland, Northumberland North Ayrshire Band - Marymass Festival - Irvine Parramatta City Band - Amphitheatre, Parramatta, NSW, Australia, 10am Portsmouth City Band - International Festival of the Sea, Portsmouth St Sebastian (Wokingham) Brass Band - 70th Anniversary Concert, Wokingham Salvation Army London Fellowship Band - Margate, 7pm Skelmersdale Prize Band - Guest soloists: Mark Wilkinson and John Barber - Ormskirk Civic Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £6, £5 including a "Hot Pot Supper" with "Last Night Of The Proms Finale". Details: 01744 601399 South London Fellowship Band - Margate Salvation Army, 7pm South West Trains Woodfall Band - The Bandstand, The Regent's Park, London, 12.30pm-2pm and 5.30pm-7pm Tideswell Band - Well Blessings - Eyam, 2pm Tideswell Band - Well Blessing and Concert - Wormhill, 6.30pm Vernon Building Society Poynton Brass Band - Poynton Show Wealden Brass - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Whitwell Brass Band - Brass Explosion - McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Mansfield, 12pm Woolley Pritchard Sovereign Brass - Brass Explosion - McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Mansfield, 2.30pm Yorkshire Building Society Band - Harrogate Theatre. Tickets: 01423 502116 25-26 August The Workshop 2001 - The Silver Sounds Band, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Tutors are Micheal Dodds Euphonium/Trombone; Richard Marshall Cornet; Kate Chisholm Flugel/horn; Steve Sykes Conductor/Bass; Robert Stephenson Percussion. Details: contact Clare Slater- 01522 856045 or 07990 552723. 26 August Armthorpe/Elmfield Band - Thorne Memorial Park, South Parade, Thorne, 3pm Ashover Band - River Gardens, Belper, 3pm Battle Town Band - Alexandra Park, Hastings, 3pm Broseley Brass Band - Grove House Gardens, Dunstable, 3pm Camborne Town Band - Guild Hall, St Ives, 8.00pm Chalgrove Band - Henley-Mill Meadows, 2.30pm Chapeltown Silver Prize Band - Peasholme Park, Scarborough, 2.30pm Cirencester Band - Bandstand - Abbey Grounds, Cirencester, Gloucestershire 3pm Crosskeys Silver Band - Belle Vue Park, Newport, pm Croydon Brass Band - Craft Fair - Hainault, Essex Cwmaman Institute Silver Band - The Tipperary Excel Theatre, Tipperary, Ireland Downshire Brass - Lagan Valley Island Centre, Lisburn, 3.15pm Dunston Silver Band - Town Park bandstand, Beamish Museum, 2pm First City Brass - The Bandstand, Greenwich Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Fodens Courtois Band - Marine Hall, Fleetwood - Houghton Weavers, 7.30pm Friary Guildford Brass Band - Polesden Lacey Guiseley Silver Band - Horsforth Hall Park, Horsforth, Leeds, 2.30pm Haverhill Silver Band - Riverside Park, Huntingdon, 2.30pm Hesketh Bank Silver Band - Botanic Gardens, Churchtown, Southport, 2.15pm Hitchin Band - Kent Garden Show, Whitbread Hop Farm, Kent Holymoorside Band - Chatsworth Gardens Jersey Premier Brass - Howard Davis Park, 8pm Laganvale Band - Antrim Lough Shore, 3pm Langbaurgh Brass - Levisham Station, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 1.30pm Launceston Town Band - The Plaza, Plymouth, 12pm Leone Band Club - Our Lady of Loreto Feast - Ghajnsielem, Gozo, Malta, 6pm Lydgate Band - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm. Details: 01298 23114 Malmesbury Band - John Coles Park, Chippenham. 3.15pm Manx Concert Brass - Port Erin RNLI Lifeboat Day, 2pm Marple Band - Brass Explosion - McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Mansfield, 2.30pm Marsden Silver Band - Centre Stage - Centre Vale Park, Todmorden, 3pm Menai Bridge Band Porthaethwy - Lifeboat Station, Trearddur Bay, 3.30pm Minden Band, Queens Divison - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am, 3pm, 7.45pm Moulton 77 Brass - Abington Park Bandstand, Abington, 3pm & 6pm Muker Silver Band - Muker Council Concert, pm Pittington Brass Band - Saltwell Park, Gateshead, 2pm Portsmouth City Band - International Festival of the Sea, Portsmouth Reeth Brass Band - Songs of Praise - Reeth Village Green Ripon City Band - Riverside Bandstand, Wetherby, 2pm Rolls Royce Band - Spencer Park, Coventry, 3pm Rolls Royce Band - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm St Keverne Youth Band - Lizard Car Rally - Lizard Green, midday Salvation Army London Fellowship Band - Margate, 7pm Shanklin Town Brass Band - Rylstone Gardens, Isle of Wight, 3pm Shirland Miners Welfare Band - Brass Explosion - McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Mansfield, 12pm Shirley Band - Droitwich Lido, Droitwich, 2.30pm Shrewton Silver Band - Lymington Bandstand, 2pm-4.30pm Snowdown Colliery Welfare Band - Broadstairs Bandstand, 2.30pm Solid Brass - Wildwood Center for the Peforming Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, 7pm Standish Band - Haigh Hall Stowmarket Concert Band - Nicholas Everitt Park, Oulton Broad, 2pm-4.30pm Summerbridge & Dacre Silver Band - Recreation Field, Pateley Bridge, 3pm Sussex Brass - Hever Castle, 1pm Taverham Band - North Elmham Flower Festival - North Elmham Church, 2pm Thanet Concert Band - Memorial Bandstand, Deal, 2pm Tideswell Band - Eyam Delph, 2pm Weston Brass - Princess Hall, Burnham-on-Sea, 7.45pm Whitehaven Brass Band - Eskdale Outward Bound School Fete, 12pm Wilton and District Youth Band - Wimborne St Giles Fete, 12pm Woking Band - Ashby Lammas, Staines, 3pm Workshop 2001 Final Concert - Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, 7pm. Details: contact Clare - 01522 856045. 27 August Blewbury Brass Band - Didcot Hospital Fete, Didcot, 1pm Brio Brass - Lake Harriet Bandshell, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 7pm BT Band - The Bandstand, St James's Park, London, 3pm-4.30pm and 6pm-7.30pm Camborne Town Band - Porthleven, 7.30pm Chadderton Band - Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, 2pm. Details: 01298 23114 City of Bristol Band - The Princess, Burnham-on-Sea, 7.45pm Ellesborough Silver Band - Fete - Cholesbury, 2pm Fodens Coutois Band - Brass Explosion - McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Mansfield, 2.30pm Foss Dyke Band + Ransome Band + Red & Greys Marching and Concert Band - "Brass Explosion 2001" and Fireworks Finale - The Riverside Park, Newark, 6.30pm Hitchin Band - Kent Garden Show, Whitbread Hop Farm, Kent Langley Park Colliery Band - Town Park bandstand, Beamish Museum, 2pm Manx Concert Brass - Villa Marina Royal Hall, Douglas, 8pm Menai Bridge Band Porthaethwy - Amlwch Port, Amlwch, 12.30pm Minden Band, Queens Divison - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm New Buckenham Silver Band - Fete - New Buckenham, 2pm Newcastle Brown Ale Brass Band - Newcastle Races, Gosforth Reeth Brass Band - Reeth Sports, 1pm St Keverne Band - Newlyn Fish Festival Shirland Welfare Training Band - Brass Explosion - McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Mansfield, 12pm Shrewton Silver Band - Easterton Village Fete, 2pm-4.30pm Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band - Littlewick Green Show, Maidenhead, 2.15pm 28 August Minden Band, Queens Divison - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Shanklin Town Brass Band - Rylstone Gardens, Isle of Wight, 8pm 29 August Minden Band, Queens Divison - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Reeth Brass Band - Reeth Show 30 August Band Of The Island Of Jersey - Howard Davis Park, 8pm Freckleton Band - Coach & Horses Concert (Ponky's), 8pm Leone Band - Feast of the Nativity of Our Lady - Xaghra Village, Malta, 9.30pm. For more information, contact Saviour Tabone email: garbo@mail.global.net.mt Minden Band, Queens Divison - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 11am Slaidburn Silver Band - Brass At The Bounty, Hark To Bounty Inn, Slaidburn 7.15 pm 31 August Brass Band Burgermusik Luzern B Band - Kurplatz Luzern, Switzerland, 8.15pm Minden Band, Queens Divison - The Bandstand, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, 3pm Torbay Brass Band - Princess Gardens, Torquay, 8pm