I'm trying to be organised and sort my diary out (mainly so we can actually get some holidays sorted in advance for 2005). Does anyone know the dates for any of the following? Rhyl Festival of Brass 2005 Wilkinsons Open (St Helens) 2005 Fleetwood 2005 Pontins 2005
Don't know........ but how about all the contest dates for 2005 be put in the tmp library? Be very handy!
ah well done Sarah for spotting the deliberate mistake ...i meant Wilkinsons St Helens and Fleetwood Contest hehe will change my original post as well :biggrin:
Rhyl Festival of Brass - 26 June Youth and 4th section Rhyl Festival of Brass - 3 July 3rd, 2nd, and Open sections Entertainment contest Not on the ibew website: Pontins 2005 - Friday 28 to Monday 31 October Also not on the ibew website: Great Northern Brass Arts Festival, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 3 September 2005 Going off the last 2 years, I would guess that the St Helens Wilkinsons Contest will be on 20 November 2005. Also, just to remind people: RNCM Festival of Brass 21-23 January Butlins Contest 21-24 January Brass at the Guild Open Contest, Preston Guild Hall 6 February North West Area Contest 13 March Tameside Open Contest 3 April TMP Band at Hadleigh Temple Salvation Army - 9 April (Saturday) Besson National Youth Band Championships RNCM 10 April (may affect the turnout for the TMP Band on 9 April?) Buxton Brass Band Festival (own-choice contest) 1 May Grand Shield, Senior Cup and Senior Trophy Contests , Blackpool 7 May (Saturday) Whit Friday Band Contests 20 May All-England Masters (or whatever it's called now) Cambridge 29 May Wigan Brass & Bierfest March and Hymn-tune Contest 5 June French Open Brass Band Contest, Amboise 10 - 12 June British Open, Symphony Hall Birmingham 17 September (Saturday) Lower Section National Championships, Harrogate 24 - 25 September (so keep that weekend free, Rachel!) National Championships Championship Section, Royal Albert Hall, London 15 October (Saturday)
possibly the same as last years? ;-) (your band will be sent details through of times nearer the time I'd imagine!) (and no, I cant remember.... 10am start though.... 3 halls.... one with a ghost in it, which us banders have yet to scare off with the music we play....)
The Yorkshire Areas are on the weekend of 5 / 6 March. I don't know which sections are on which day, though. The Midland Areas are on the same weekend (5 /6 March), and also on the following weekend 12 /13 March, so they must have a lot of bands taking part. Again I do not know which sections are being held on which days. The Scottish, Welsh, and West of England Areas are all on the weekend of 12 / 13 March, but all sections of the North West Areas are squeezed into a single day of the same weekend (Sunday 13 March). The London and Southern Counties Areas also take place on a single day, Saturday 19 March. Apologies if I have missed anyone out.
Just realised - I missed out the Northern Areas. Sorry. To add insult to injury, I don't know when they are, either. Sorry again.
Hi Brian L & SC is over 2 days 19th & 20th March. 3rd & 1st section on the 19th, and 4th, 2nd & Champ on the 20th. Lucky, otherwise they would never manage to fit in the upwards of 30 bands in the 4th section
I think it is 1st sc on the 5th, ch and 3rd on the 6th, 2nd on the 12th and 4th on the 13th. Unfortunate that the 4th section is the same as the NW areas as I wanted to go and support my sisters band in the 4th sc
Last year they swapped the section times round, I think due to complaints from bands in the later sections! I did hear someone say they were going to rotate it around every year, last year the 1st section started fairly early and the 4th section was later on. I imagine the championship section will remain in the afternoon but who knows!
