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scaba's annual Entertainment contest returns to The Hawth in Crawley this Sunday, 19th May.
18 bands will each play a 24 minute concert programme; the first band will be on stage at 9.55am.
Tickets...

at this moment in time, its the last one....

As far as I'm aware, the point of the Spring Festival is to qualify for the Open, so yes it is totally realistic to ask bands to play 'Open' pieces, no...

What would be a more realistic test for the Open qualifying contest than the last Open test piece? :-?

Why?
Whether or not you agree with what he said, at least he said something this year (!). Surely honest feedback is a good thing, even if you don't like it or agree with it.....

And on that...

so close! Such a great project, I really hope you guys make the target

1 band isn't a 'total' lack...
the top section entries have been poor for several years, the venue doesn't appear to have anything to do with it.

Great review of the first night HERE.
Tonight's sold out but there are still tickets left for the two shows on Saturday; we've already spotted a few friends from other local bands in the audience...

maybe its that pesky free on-site parking?
or the total lack of stairs to slog up between warm-up, registration and stage?
or the inconvenient location near the middle of the scaba catchment area...

^ which makes for entertaining reading as long as you don't expect too much accuracy!
Not sure how a town closer to the Country's second biggest airport than to any coastline can be 'over the...

full results from the scaba Spring contest held at The Hawth, Crawley today:
Adjudicator Michael Fowles

Third section1. Brighton & Hove City Brass (Matthew Hackett)
2. Sussex Brass (Hastings)...

Defintely not just choral; he's written several pieces for wind band (the first, Ghost Train, is nearly 20 years old!) and there's several BB arrangements of his music out there now.

As for...

there's no poll..... :confused:

I actually quite like it, in a nostalgic kind of way, but I'm glad I won't have to play it....
I really hope the rumoured new Gregson for top section is true, I love his writing.

Triumphant Rhapsody was the 1st section finals piece in 2009 so we're unlikely to see that again any time soon.
Variations on a Ninth hasn't been set for anything in at least 10 years, and its...

Extreme Makeover :)

Thanks guys. I had a long chat with a supplier today about Bessons and feeling much more positive now..... jenny I'd be really interested to hear how you get on too :)
(oh, and I was wrong about...

Cheers guys, but I'm specifically after info on Sovereigns...... I may have got the wrong end of the stick, but I had the impression the build quality of Sovereigns has suffered more than the...

Has anyone bought a new Sovereign in the last couple of years?
Trying to find out if the basic design has changed at all, and what's the build quality like these days? (am I right in thinking...

Just Music has it

:)

Don't get me wrong, I don't like the situation with Kapitol and the new registry any more than you do, and would personally have loved to see a significant number of bands organise themselves to act...

Disagree, sorry.
The Regionals are part of the Nationals Championships of GB which are owned by Kapitol. Like it or not, any band entering that contest (which includes the Regionals as well as...

Is it disciplinary action though? IF the rumour is true, I just read it to mean Kapitol are enforcing their rule about bands being registered - if a band wasn't registered with BBPL then they...

Kapitol own the National championships and the rules that govern them. The rules clearly stated that English bands entering the areas must be registered with the new BBPL, therefore any bands...

some of us want to know what the finals pieces are first!