Tag: Great Barr Brass
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Brass Band Play Day
Join Steve Pritchard-Jones and the wonderful West Midlands Police Band as they lead an open day of playing a selection of band pieces at St Matthew’s Church this May. Members of my band, Great Barr Brass, also play with the police band, and there’s an outside chance I’ll be picking up a trombone and playing…
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Brass Band Carols
Didn’t we have a wonderful time this evening at The Avion, where Great Barr Brass led carolling for a packed pub. Thank you to everybody who came out to join in, and to the staff and management of the pub for hosting us. On another note, thanks too to Steve Pritchard-Jones who sat in with…
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Hold very tight please
Brass bands clearly have something in common with brass monkeys – an aversion to low temperatures. So it was last Sunday we found ourselves stomping our feet to keep warm and wearing more than the usual number of layers at Aldridge Transport Museum in Aldridge. Great Barr Brass performed two sets of traditional carols, Christmas…
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Stick-wiggling
I am delighted to confirm that I have taken up the baton with Great Barr Brass this month – conducting a brass band is a completely new experience to me and I’m very grateful to the band for their faith in my ability to learn and improve as we hit the busy season before Christmas.…