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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…
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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…
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Long Service Awards
NEMBBA was delighted to award the following long service awards at our contest last weekend. Stan Lippeatt (60 years) Audley BrassGordon Bell (40 years) Blidworth Welfare BandSarah Emblen (50 years)Sandra Kowalenko (50 years) Darley Dale & Derwent BrassRichard J Adams (50 years) Hatfield & Askern Colliery BandMargaret Curran (60 years)Mr. H McLaughlin (60 years)Dr. Robert…
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Contest Results
A big thank you to everybody who worked so hard to make this weekend’s contest a success: The full results of the contest are: Training Band Section 1) Ratby Crescendo Band (Becky Cook)2) Long Eaton Silver Prize Band (Sharon Stansfield) Best instrumentalist: Daniel Rigley (kit) Long Eaton Silver Prize Band Unregistered Band Section 1) Shirland…
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Final Information
I have now issued the final information to bands competing in our contest on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th February. Copies of all the documents send to the bands (apart from the draw) are on the Documents page.
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Percussion Provided & Long Service Awards
A list of the percussion we will be providing for each of the graded sections at our contest has been emailed to all the band secretaries. A copy may be found on our documents page. Please let Robert Stansfield know if you think we have overlooked anything. For the unregistered and training band sections,…
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Entries to the Second Section Now Closed
Please note that entries to the second section are now closed (each section is restricted to ten bands to ensure that we keep within the fire regulations concerning the number of people in the building at any one time).
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Entries Now Closed On The Sunday Of Our Contest
Entries are now closed for the third, first and championship sections on the Sunday (18th) of our February contest. My apologies to any bands who were planning to enter this contest, and whom we can no longer accommodate. We still have room for a couple more bands in the training, unregistered, fourth and second sections…
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Adjudicators For Our February Contest
I am delighted to announce that John Roberts will be adjudicating the unregistered, training band, fourth and second sections at our area test piece contest on Saturday 17th February and that Alan Morrison will adjudicating the third, first and championship sections on the Sunday. Entries to the first section are now closed, but there is…
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Long Service Awards
NEMBBA was delighted to award the following long service awards at our contest today: 60 years Rob Stew (Darley Dale Band) 50 years Dale Coleman (Moulton 77)Linda Oxley (Amington Band)Paul Robins (Long Eaton Silver Prize Band) Congratulations and thank you to all the above players for their long service to our brass band movement.
