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- NEMBBA AGM
The North East Midlands Brass Band Association’s A.G.M. will be held from 1 p.m. on Sunday 13th October at Shirland Miners’ Welfare Institute, 121-123 Main Road Shirland, Alfreton DE55 6BA.
Representatives from all brass bands within NEMBBA’s geographical area of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire are invited to attend, together with representatives from other existing member bands from outside our area (bands who contested with us last February).
The primary business of the A.G.M. is to receive our officer’s reports, to elect/re-elect our president, chairman, administration managers, treasurer, and trophy officer, and to discuss our February and November contests. Following the sad loss of John Slater earlier in the year and the retirement of Marie Smith after many years of service to NEMBBA, this year we will need to elect a new president, chairman and treasurer, although of course you are all welcome to stand for election for any of our posts. This is also an opportunity for you to make suggestions as to how NEMBBA can better support your band.
I have also emailed these details of the A.G.M. to all band secretaries for whom I have contact details, and posted the details on our Facebook page.
- Entries Closed for Our November Contest
We have now reached our capacity of 21 bands for our open own-choice test piece contest, which is being held on Sunday 3rd November 2024 at The Whitworth Centre, Station Road, Darley Dale DE4 2EQ and I need to close the contest to further entries. My apologies to those bands who are missing out, particularly to those bands who have supported our autumn contest over the last two last years.
If any bands are still interested in entering, please email me (admin@nembba.org.uk) and I will let you know if any bands withdraw.
- Dates Set for our Annual Area Test Piece Contest
Next year’s contest will be over the weekend of the 15th and 16th February 2025 at the Post Mill Centre, Market Street, South Normanton DE55 2EJ. Training Bands, Unregistered Bands, Fourth and Second Sections will play on the Saturday and Third, First and Championship Sections will play on the Sunday. Entry forms will be available after our AGM.
- Entries are now open for our Autumn contest
Entries are now open for NEMBBA’s open own-choice test piece contest, which is being held on Sunday 3rd November 2024 at The Whitworth, Dale Road North, Darley Dale DE4 2EQ, for all sections (fourth to championship) together with sections for un-registered and training bands to play a 15-minute programme. Bands do not need to become members of NEMBBA to enter.
Our adjudicator is David W. Ashworth.
For those of you who contested with us in February or at last year’s autumn contest, this contest will be run along similar lines with our aim being to run the event as flexibly as possible to enable as many bands as we can accommodate at the venue to have an enjoyable day playing music.
Copies of the entry form and the rules are on our events page. If your band wishes to enter, please complete the entry form, and post or email it to Robert Stansfield (the details are on the form). The receipt of all entries will be acknowledged by email.
The closing date for entries is 1st October 2024 unless all the contest places are taken beforehand.
If you require any further information before entering, please email Robert Stansfield for further details.
- Long Service Awards
NEMBBA was delighted to award the following long service awards at our contest last weekend.
Stan Lippeatt (60 years)
Audley Brass
Gordon Bell (40 years)Blidworth Welfare Band
Sarah Emblen (50 years)
Sandra Kowalenko (50 years)
Darley Dale & Derwent Brass
Richard J Adams (50 years)
Hatfield & Askern Colliery Band
Margaret Curran (60 years)
Mr. H McLaughlin (60 years)
Dr. Robert Brown (40 years)
Mr. M. Kilmartin (40 years)
Mr. P. Jones (25 years)
Mr. Richard Marshall (25 years)
Mr. Michael Kennedy (25 years)
Hucknall & Linby MC Brass Band
Paul Whyley (50 years)Langley Band
David H J Mynott (60 years)
Vincent Dean (50 years)
Cliff Parker (50 years)Leicestershire Co-op Band
John Randle (50 years)Matlock Band
Chris Banks (50 years)
David Batley (50 years)
Nigel Birch (50 years)
Lucy Clipsom (50 years)
Julie Dunne (50 years)
Tina Farr (50 years)
Peter G Smith (50 years)
Christopher Baldwin (25 years)
David Baldwin (25 years)
Jane Baldwin (25 years)
Carol Glossop (25 years)Newark Town Band
William Ratcliffe (60 years)
Amanda Wells (50 years)
Kevin Wells (50 years)
Hannah Falla (25 years)
Newstead Brass
Sarah Peasley (25 years)
Carrie Sudbury (25 years)
Amanda Edson (25 years)
Bob Craddock (25 years)
Pleasley Colliery Welfare Band
Martin Carlin (60 years)
Dave Marson (60 years)
Trev Milner (60 years)
Trevor Benson (50 years)
Joe Clark (50 years)
Steve Emery (50 years)
Ian Milner (50 years)
Alan Kemp (50 years)
Lynne Dennis (25 years)
Dawn Evans (25 years)
Elizabeth Pearce (25 years)
Kevin Stewart (25 years)
Karen Varley (25 years)Ratby Crescendo Band
Peter McHardy (60 years)
Lynne Plant (60 years)
Guido Damore (50 years)
Phil Hall (40 years)
Neil Kenney (40 years)
Emily Bates (25 years)
Becky Cook (25 years)Congratulations and thank you to all the above players for their long service to our brass band movement.