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Success at the Midlands Area

By Dave Rutt ⋅ March 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

2008 has seen Carlton Brass in the First Section for the very first time in its history, and so the band was expecting a tough task at this year’s area contest in Bedworth. The chosen test piece, James Cook Circumnavigator by Gilbert Vinter, was a difficult piece and we had spent many extra rehearsals polishing our performance.

The 2005 Area Contest - Special Report

By Dave Rutt ⋅ March 26, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

A report from our special correspondent Phil (he knows cos he was there)
Areas day 2005 had arrived. Three months of practice on Vaughan Williams’ Variatiations for Brass Band behind us and we were off to Burton-on-Trent Town Hall to play it one last time.
The day was certainly a memorable one, full of laughter, tragedy, fights, [...]

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