The scaba team met over Zoom on 18th October to discuss plans and our membership offer for 2021, and the recent announcement by Kapitol Promotions that the next event in the National Championships will be the Finals in September/October 2021, for which our Region currently has no qualified bands. Minutes of the meeting have been…
Continue ReadingThe weekend of 16th/17th March saw the culmination of this year’s Regional qualifying contests for the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, with our local bands heading to Stevenage for the London & Southern Counties regional contests. The Third Section started the LSC contest on Saturday morning, and scaba was represented by 5 bands…
Continue ReadingBrass banders all over the country are being asked to #swabforsykes in support of former Tredegar trombone star Stephen Sykes who is battling the blood cancer Hodgkins Lymphoma. Every 20 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer such as Leukemia, Lymphoma or Myeloma. Registering and having a swab done to be…
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The number one band in L&SC has a vacancy for a solo trombone player. The band has a varied diary of contests and concerts in the local area and further afield. More info can be found on www.friaryguildfordband.co.uk Rehearsals are Mondays & Wednesdays 8–10pm in Woking, Surrey, within easy reach of the M25 and M3…
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Friary Guildford cemented its position as the South’s number one band on Sunday, retaining the title of London & Southern Counties Regional Champions at Stevenage and securing a return to the National Finals at the Royal Albert Hall for the fourth successive year. Despite being drawn as the first band to play – never a…
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