News
What's going on at Daventry Brass at the moment? Read on to find out!
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| 05/11/2011 | Daventry Brass is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Stradling as our new Musical Director. Visit our conductors page for more details. | |
| 12/03/2011 |
Topping off a good year of contesting since the Areas last year, Daventry Brass came away from the Midland Area Championships as the Champion Third Section Band! Performing "A Little Light Music" by Philip Whilby, the secret to our success came from keeping to the title of the music. Our performance attracted a number of very positive remarks from the adjudicators, including "Much to admire, thankyou" and "Thank you MD - well rehearsed. Very Enjoyable." With the completion of the band hall only months away, it's fantastic to have some fresh silverware to show off! With an exciting line of jobs booked this year, The National Finals in Cheltenham is truly the icing on the cake!4barsrest have an article here, including an interview with our very own MD!A full gallery will be posted as soon as the excitement has died down and photos can be collected, but for now, this picture of Nigel and Steph (trombone) says it all: |  |
| 20/09/2010 |
Daventry Brass wins 2nd place and best percussion at the Wychavon Festival of Brass 2010! Building on our win at Weston, we were won 2nd place and awarded best percussion section at the Wychavon Festival of Brass 2010 on Sunday 19th September. With a rousing opener in the form of “March: Assignment”, we followed this with an outstanding solo from our Principal Cornet, Chris North, performing his own transcription of the popular “Melody in F”. In a moment of reflection the audience were treated to Sir Dean Goffin’s “Meditation: Light of the World”, before our Grand Finale, “Ol’ Man River”, in which our percussion section were given a real chance to shine, and shine they did, winning the best percussion section prize! The festival, now in its 21st year, is an entertainments contest which made for a refreshing break from the monotony of 16+ varying interpretations of the same test piece with some bands even attempting some choreography to enhance their performance. All of the bands taking part played well and performed an excellent selection of music, and were well received by the audience. To sum up: a fantastic day and a fantastic result! Once again thanks to the players and Nigel for standing in the middle and wagging (one day we'll work out why he does this) who all worked hard together to put on an excellent performance. Julie provided the most quotable comments of the day, with “we’ll be known as the band with the best knockers” (referring to the “knocking” effect in Light of the World, of course…). |
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| 11/09/2010 | New items added to the calendar for 2011, check them out here! | |
| 16/05/2010 | Daventry Brass returns from Weston Super Mare with silverware! 1st place in the 3rd section and a great day out for all. Full write up here | |
| 15/03/2010 | The band would like to thank Hannah, Annette, Hugo and Abigail for their help this year at the areas. We hope to see you all again very soon! | |
| 30/11/2009 | On Sunday, Daventry Brass supported and competed in the Leicestershire Open Brass Band Contest. The contest has been a regular fixture for us for a number of years now, and due to its own choice format, provides a great opportunity for bands to pick music they enjoy, and for the listener to enjoy a wide variety of performances from a range of repertoires. We chose a piece entitled “Northern Landscapes” by Peter Graham, a piece we achieved 1st Place at the Areas and a trip to the Finals with in 2003. This year, our hard work was rewarded with two fantastic results; out of 8 bands we were placed 3rd and to top this off, Hannah won the Best Instrumentalist prize! You can’t leave us now Hannah, you’ll have to defend your title! A fantastic day and thanks go to Nigel for his hard work and dedication to get the best out the band and of course to the band who’ve all practiced hard. With the contest now over, the band will turn its attention to the upcoming British Legion Concert on 12th December 2009 and the other Christmas commitments following on from it. |
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| 18/05/2009 | The band would like to congratulate Hannah on her engagement to Phil (announced last Friday)! | |
| 07/05/2009 | Engagements list updated. Check it out by visiting our events page. | |
| 16/03/2009 | With the Area Contest now over, the Band is now working hard and looking forward to a serious of great concerts coming up soon - check our events page for a complete list as we get it. | |
| 22/12/2008 | The Band would like to thank everyone who has supported over the last year, and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We have had a fantastic year with some incredible concerts and good times. Here's to 2009! | |
| 14/10/2008 | New style gallery up along with a total of 5 new galleries plus some cool shoots added for the Everdon Fete in 2007... check um out here! Webmaster | |
| 12/10/2008 | The Band is very pleased with the way the concert went on Friday, the audience were great participants and fun was had by a few on the bowling green! (pics soon). While you're visiting, why not check out our new Meet The Players Page Here? Webmaster | |
| 30/09/2008 | We've been round the band with bits of paper and gradually the profiles are coming in! I've updated the backrow just for now (place to be, obviously!) hope you like it! More changes and updates very soon! Check out the new, revised Meet The Players Page Here Webmaster | |
| 13/09/2007 | Galleries uploaded! Including some new ones from this year! Of course all the old ones are still there, especially the archives! | |
| 06/09/2007 | New Website goes live! I must apologise to you all about how infrequently the website has been updated, life is now stable and the site will be getting updated as soon as we get anything to update, so keep checking back for new events and vacancies. We hope you enjoy the new website, and all feedback is welcome! - Webmaster | |
| 19/11/2006 | Open Brass Band Contest at Guthlaxton College, Leicester. This was our first contest since being promoted up into the 2nd Section, we are proud to announce our result of 4th out of 11 entered bands! The Test Piece was own choice and we played Oceans by Goff Richards. This is a great result for the band and just the confidence booster needed for the areas next year! | |
| 31/01/2006 | Following the departure of Paul Northey as MD, Daventry Brass is pleased to announce the appointment of Nigel Howard. | |
| 23/11/2005 | National Finals in Harrogate Playing the Test Piece Gaulifry by Phillip Harper Daventry Brass came 8th out of 19 bands | |
| 06/03/2005 | Midlands Regional 3rd Section Championship (Burton on Trent). For the second time in 3 years Daventry Brass has been invited to attend the National Brass Band Finals in Harrogate. Having played off of an early draw (number 2 out of 19) we where awarded 3rd place. Over the coming months the band will we organising various events to raise funds to help pay for the band to attend. In addition to attending the Finals from January 2006 Daventry Brass is promoted to the 2nd Section. | |
| 19/09/2003 | National Finals in Dundee In March 2003, Daventry Brass became Midlands Regional 3rd Section Champions. This was the first time in the bands history and only the fourth time the band has qualified for the Finals. It is a great honour for the band, not only are they representing the town and county but the Midlands Region. To raise money for the band to go the contest, the band organised a sponsored cycle ride. For more information and pictures of the ride and the finals, please visit our gallery. |