On Sunday 31st October, 10 players from Castleton Brass attended the East Anglian Brass Band Association’s Brass Training Day, with tutors from Cory band. It was a fantastic day enjoyed by all, and we’d like to thank the EABBA and Cory for all their hard work to make it such a brilliant day.
10 players from Castleton Brass attended the East Anglian Brass Band Association’s Brass Training Day on 20th October, with tutors from Foden’s band. It was a fantastic day enjoyed by all, and we’d like to thank the EABBA and Foden’s for all their hard work to make it such a brilliant day.
On Sunday 17th March, the band travelled to Stevenage for the annual London and Southern Counties Brass Band Contest. We played in the 2nd Section, against 17 other bands, and are proud to announce that we came 8th! The band played really well, and we would like to thank everyone for all of their hard work and determination, but especially Pete, our Musical Director. Our result means that we have also secured our position in the 2nd section for 2020.
On Sunday 18th March 2018, Castleton Brass will once again be heading to the Regional Contest in Stevenage. This time, following our promotion last year, we will be competing in the Second Section. We’re hoping to make history as the first band to win the Fourth, Third and Second Sections in consecutive years at the London and Southern Counties Contest. As added encouragement, the band have recently been featured in the Diss Express newspaper.
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On Sunday 17th September 2017, Castleton Brass competed in the National Brass Band Championships in Cheltenham. It was the third year running that we qualified, but the first time we qualified in the Third Section. We are extremely proud that the band claimed Fourth place!
We would like to thank everyone who supported us on our journey to this success, and we look forward to the new challenges that the Second Section brings in March 2018.