News

The minutes of our recent AGM may be read here.

At our AGM today, we elected a new chair, Barbara Dunscombe, and treasurer, Mike Wildman, who takes over from Marie Smith, who has retired after nearly 30 years service, and becomes a life member of the committee. Our other officers were re-elected unopposed. Our new committee members are listed here.

Thank you to those bands who sent a representative to the meeting.

The adjudicators for next year’s Midlands regional contest are:

Andrew Warriner
David Hirst
Derek Renshaw
James Holt
Stephanie Binns
Steven Mead
Steve Pritchard Jones

Details of which sections they will be adjudicating will be announced in due course.

The 2025 regional test pieces are:

Championship Section	Diversions (Derek Bourgeois)
First Section	Introduction, Elegy & Caprice (Morley Calvert)
Second Section	Friendly Takeover (Oliver Waespi)
Third Section	Arkansas (Jacob de Haan)
Fourth Section	I, Daedalus (Andrea Price)

One representative from each of the Midland Region Bands are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting, which will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday 9^th November at Stonebroom Community Centre DE55 6LJ.

If you intend to send a representative to the meeting, could you please let our Midland Regional Secretary, Lesley Bentley know their name and the band they represent, by Friday 1^st November.

Thank you.