120+ reasons why Mass Brass IV delivered and entertained its audience Last Saturday (07 March), over 120 brass band players, plus families and spectators descended on Uppermill Civic Hall for what was Saddleworth’s biggest night in the brass banding calendar. Like previous Mass Brass nights, the four bands gave us yet another great concert.
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Mass Brass IV: Saddleworth’s Brass Banding Bonanza Goes Forth
May the fourth Mass Brass be with you on Saturday Once upon a time, in a part of Saddleworth far far away, an enterprising brass band hit upon the idea of a concert featuring themselves and three other brass bands. Three others from the Saddleworth area, from Junction 22 of the M62 right down to…
Countdown to the North West Regional Championships
The road to success at regional level, and ultimately national level at Boarshurst Band Club With only days to go till the North West Regional Championships, 78 bands across the region treated live audiences and adjudicators to a sneak preview of their test piece. At various school halls and band clubs, the preview evenings and…
Dobcross Youth Band: Sunday Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club (13 October 2019)
Dobcross Youth Band dazzle in a truly spectacular concert In the brass banding world, this weekend was dominated by Philip Harper’s successful defence of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain Championship Section title. According to reports from the Royal Albert Hall national final, The Cory Band were unstoppable. Similarly unstoppable, 199 miles north…
Mass Brass 3: Saddleworth’s Brass Banding Bonanza
Why Dobcross Youth, Delph, Diggle, and Boarshurst Silver bands gave us 120 reasons to enjoy Saddleworth’s biggest night in brass band music At Saddleworth Civic Hall, brass banding nights seldom get any bigger than the annual Mass Brass concert in Uppermill. Apart from any of Saddleworth’s bands hiring The Roly Polys as a support act,…
A Saddleworth Sweep in the North West Regional Championships
Boarshurst Silver Band lead the way among Saddleworth bands in the 2019 North West Regional Brass Band Championships Blackpool’s Winter Gardens proved to be a happy hunting ground for some of Saddleworth’s brass bands. With thousands of brass band players and spectators descending on the iconic venue, the North West Regionals have a vibrant atmosphere…
Dobcross Youth Band: A Special Sunday Brass Night at the Boarshurst Band Club
Dobcross Youth Band’s video stars sparkle in a thrilling concert – with over 18,000 viewers “I heard them on my wireless back in ’92/Roy Newsome’s programme blasting Punchinello too…*” In 1979, Buggles topped the charts with Video Killed The Radio Star. On the 01 August 1981, it was the first song to be played on…
Saddleworth’s Super Weekend of Brass Banding
Two eagerly awaited concerts in Uppermill and Greenfield Four Saddleworth bands feature in massed concert at Uppermill Civic Hall; Championship Section band to play at Boarshurst Band Club. Lovers of brass band music should get themselves down to Saddleworth on Saturday or Sunday – or at least spend the whole weekend in any of the villages. Firstly,…
Dobcross Youth Band: Sunday Afternoon Brass at the Boarshurst Band Club
Stunning performance kicks off 2017 concert season Having the honour of opening this year’s programme of concerts at Boarshurst Band Club was a fairly well known local band. One a short bus or taxi ride from the venue, and one of the finest youth bands in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
