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2024 is the Golden year for Liss Band as its 50th anniversary nears https://www.farnhamherald.com/news/top- ... ars-659823

-Nigel

Local brass band [appeals] for 'lapsed' players to join them https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/2 ... yers-join/

It's taken some months, but The Brass Band Portal's page of tweets by brass bands is finally back up. Non-ascii characters don't work yet (a WIP) but it now means you can see tweets again without an X account. https://www.bandsman.co.uk/cgi-bin/pa ... ge=twitter

-Nigel

West Somerset Brass Band's tribute to Peter Wilson https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk ... er-wilson/

Consett Brass director on its 50th festive season https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/ ... ve-season/

Newstead Brass facing insolvency on [its] 50th anniversary https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/newst ... 51945.html

Hellesdon and Sprowston Brass sees instruments stolen https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/23 ... ts-stolen/

Foden's Band to be featured on Radio 3 'Music Matters' https://www.fodensband.co.uk/foden-s-to ... ic-matters

Otterbourne Brass (19/9/23)
Otterbourne, HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom
Section 1
2nd trombone, bass; all players welcome
Roger Burke
rogerburke2@aol.com
http://www.otterbournebrass.org.uk

Although the Brass Band Portal is not removing its Twitter (X) feed, with the uncertainty over the platform's future, tweets (Xes??) will also appear, for a trial period, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/the.brass.band.portal/

Let's see how it goes.

-Nigel

Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band (18/7/23)
Radstock, SOMERSET, United Kingdom
Section 3
Solo cornet, repiano, 2nd cornet, 2nd trombone, bass trombone, percussion
Sharon James
hello@msnrsb.org.uk
https://www.msnrsb.org.uk

Merv Allison signs off after 82 years of brass band playing

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kapiti-news/ ... 2LAG4SP6M/

The future of a Whit Friday contest is under review as a complaint made:

https://saddind.co.uk/future-of-whit-fr ... aint-made/