Midlands Area Brass Band Championships

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  • Brian Eggleshaw

    The Midland Area Brass Band Championships Committee is sad to hear of the death today (23rd February) of Brian Eggleshaw. Brian was a long serving member of the Committee, having been Secretary for many years, before moving to Skegness. Our thoughts are with Jane and his family at difficult time.

  • Second Section Percussion

    A Triangle on a Stand is now being provided with the second second percussion. The full list of percussion being provided for the second section may be downloaded here.

  • Final Information & Percussion and Borrowed Player Forms

    Final Information To Bands: All the information you should need for the Contest is included here. Percussion Plan: please complete this form and make sure whoever is doing your draw brings a completed copy to Contest Control when we do your draw. Borrowed Players (3rd & 4th Section Bands only): if you intend to borrow…

  • Provided Percussion

    Percussion: The percussion we are providing for the Championship, First, Third and Fourth sections is listed here. The percussion for the Second Section is listed here.

  • Adjudicator Changes

    Due to personal circumstances Andrew Warriner will be unable to adjudicate at our Regional Contest. We are most grateful to Nick Garman and Chris King who have agreed to adjudicate the third and championship sections respectively. Our revised list of adjudicators is as follows: Third Section Saturday 8th March a.m. Stephanie Binns &Nick Garman First…

  • Errata

    Kapitol has issued a document listing the errata for the area test pieces.

  • New Trophy Officer

    The Midlands committee would like to thank Roger Poulter for all his hard work on behalf of our Area over the last six years, following his decision to stand down as our trophy officer due to his increasing business commitments. Our new trophy officer is Robert Stansfield and Area trophies should now be returned to…

  • Rehearsal Facilities

    We have added another rehearsal facility to the list.

  • Coach Parking

    Coach parking is on Bayton Road Industrial Estate, Colliery Lane, Exhall, Coventry, West Midlands CV7 9NW. There are no restrictions and there is room for plenty of coaches: it is a 3 minute drive from The Civic Hall. Coaches may only drop off at the back of the Civic Hall (there is room for 4…

  • Rehearsal Facilities

    We have added two additional rehearsal facilities to the list.