Holidays are over!
That’s it – our 4 week post-contest holiday season is over! We now start preparing for Music for Youth on July 8th, and for our annual European Tour! This year we are off to the Lake Garda area of Italy! … Read More
European Championship 2016 – 2nd place!
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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
European Contest – Concert
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As part of the European Championship weekend, we were invited to perform a joint concert with a local youth band – L’Harmonie Municpale de La Gorgue… This did mean a rather early – or late depending on your point of … Read More
British National Youth Champions 2016!
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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
Blackpool – what a result!!!!!
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On the weekend of the 12th to 14th of February, the band travelled to Blackpool for the National Youth Entertainment Championships in attempt to reclaim the title as the most entertaining youth band in the country. After hours of rehearsing … Read More
National Entertainment Champions of Great Britain, 2016
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It’s that time of year again – The National Entertainment Youth Brass band Championship of Great Britain. It means a trip to Blackpool in early February, which isn’t for the faint of heart! It can be bitterly cold on that … Read More
Butlins Mineworkers 2016
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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
British Open Youth Championships 2016
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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
European Youth Championships 2015
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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
National Champions – again!
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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