Welcome to the home page of Brackley & District Band.
The band rehearses on a Monday evening (7.30 to 9.30) and Friday evening (7.45 to 9.45) at the band club in Brackley. We are a contesting/concert band and are currently graded 1st Section in the Midlands Area. We are a friendly band who enjoy making music and performing, so if you play a brass instrument and want to have a blow, or are just visiting the area, then please do come along. No pressure to join I promise!
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Latest news...
Summer Jobs Announced
Tuesday April 14th - The engagements list has been updated with this summer's upcoming concerts and contests. These include some Brackley Music Festival events (Our joint concert with the Junior Band, a community Songs of Praise, and 6PAC with Helen Barrett), a couple of local village fetes (Weedon Lois and Weston, and Charlton-cum-Newbottle), and a couple of contests (Wychavon and Pontins). The Engagements page has more details. more...
Cholsey Band Needs Help!
Thursday March 26th - Cholsey need help in most areas for jobs:
- Newbury Bandstand, 31st May
- RAF Lyneham, 6th June
- Woodcote Steam Rally, 11th/12th July
Contact Nellie or Swifty Karen Swift744@btinternet.com - thank you!
Area Results
Sunday March 15th - The senior band came 8th out of 16 in the First Section at the Midland Area contest in Bedworth on Saturday playing Pentacle, which was agreed by all to be a very hard piece. This was Jason's first contest with us as MD since re-joining the band a few months ago. Apart from Bedworth who just pipped us, compared to our other local rivals we did rather well, and can finally write off last year's result as a blip. It was a lot of work to only come mid-table (9 rehearsals in the last 2 weeks!) and some in the band were a little disappointed, but I think on the whole we are relieved to be staying up in the 1st section and are in a position for things to start looking up again. If Steve's sums are right, it should leave us 13/19 in the table. more... photos...
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