Category: News
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40th Anniversary Celebration Concert
This year the band celebrates their 40th Anniversary. To mark the occasion, the band are putting together a special Anniversary concert on Saturday 19th November 2022. We will be welcoming back past players and conductors to join us to perform in a special concert. The evening will feature some of our incredible soloists, our brand […]
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Summer’s end….
With the Summer coming to a close, it’s time to update everyone on what the band has been up to and what is coming up. July saw the band playing at Bredfield village fete, an event we have done in previous years and one which the band very much enjoy. In a beautiful garden setting, […]
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Vacancy…
We have a vacancy for a 2nd Baritone player starting from September. Please see the advert below.
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Spring Events
The band’s Spring Concert was held at St Mary’s Church in Coddenham on the evening of May 21st. Musical Director, Nigel Cooper wanted to present a concert worthy of the band’s “first section champions” status and set a programme of music that was guaranteed to entertain the audience but also challenge the players. The set […]
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A little help from our friends…
Following the band’s successful weekend at the area contest in Stevenage where we walked away as ‘First Section Champions’, we have been invited to the National Finals which take place in Cheltenham this September. As you can imagine, transporting a band of 28+ players plus instruments and baggage, 185 miles across the country for a […]
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London and Southern Counties Area Contest 2022
It’s now three years since the band ventured to Stevenage for the L&SC area contest. The 2020 contest was cancelled with 8 days to go due to the growing covid pandemic with the 2021 contest also cancelled. We have been back in rehearsals since September 2021 and working hard on the first section contest piece […]
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NEMBBA Contest
On Sunday 13th February the band made the journey up to Derby to take part in the North East Midlands Brass Band Association (NEMBBA) “area test piece” contest. The contest provides an opportunity for bands to perform the test pieces they will compete with in their own area contests later in the year. With the […]
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Band room improvements
Over the summer a group of band members have been working tirelessly to improve our band room and the results are absolutely magnificent. Gone are the old dusty floors, windows full of cobwebs and broken glass, old carpets, poor lighting and the terrible acoustics. We now have a room to be proud of that should […]
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An Evening with Iwan Fox
Evening set up and reported on by Keith Moye (my apologies for its late publication, Keith) We were lucky enough to have Iwan Fox as our special guest for our latest Q+A session. Iwan has vast experience in the brass band world, having initially played for many years with Tredegar Band and now being editor […]
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An Evening with Phil Harper
On Monday 27th July, the East of England Co-op Band had organised a third band Zoom discussion, this time with Phillip Harper. Phillip is best known for being the Musical Director of Cory Band, since 2012, who have won several major titles in brass banding, including the Grand Slam titles in 2016 – the European, […]
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