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We made our annual trip to Skegness again this year, and the threat of snow didn’t materialise!Our performance of Philip Harper’s Beyond the Tamar received highly positive reviews, but a ninth Mineworkers title eluded us as we were pipped to … Read More

What a fantastic end to an amazing Youth Band contesting season!We came second in the European Championship – one point away from the winner, Young Brass Band Willebroek from Belgium. We were absolutely delighted that our own Siobhan Bates took … Read More

Youth Brass 2000 complete the Grand Slam of British Youth Championships! We did it – by winning the National Youth Championships we’ve pulled off a hat trick, winning this contest three years in a row and completing the 2016 grand … Read More

It’s early January, and we’re off to take part in the annual National Mineworkers Brass Band Festival at the Butlins Skyline Centre, Skegness. This is a major event in the banding calendar which actually takes place over the whole weekend. … Read More

We had our annual trip up the M6 to Preston, to take part in the youth section of the “Brass at the Guild” contest in Preston, Lancs. We have won this contest for the last three years – could we do … Read More

Having won the Nationals back in March, off we set to Freiburg in Germany to represent England in the European Championships (Youth Section). This was probably one of the toughest ever contests we had entered, as we were up against … Read More

We did it again – we are the National Champion Youth Band for the second year running! A really difficult test piece in The Saga of Tyrfing, and we were up against some pretty serious opposition. We pulled it off though, … Read More

It’s Butlins again! Unfortunately we didn’t manage to take that huge rose bowl home with us this time, but we still had a great time. A day at the Skyline Centre is certainly worth making the trip for!Many thanks to … Read More