Category: Contests
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North West Areas Preparations Going Well!
As we enter the final week of rehearsals for the 2026 First Section Area Contest at Blackpool Winter Gardens this coming Sunday (March 1st), the weeks of extra Sundays and sectional rehearsals which began at the start of January are finally making sense to everyone as we put the finishing touches to performing Andrew Wainright’s…
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Red Admiral Entertainment Contest
On Sunday September 29th, the morning after many of the band finished an amazing month of performing in Brassed Off at the Octagon Theatre, we took to the stage at St Michael’s Academy in Chorley for the first ever Red Admiral Entertainment Contest. Unfortunately for us, out of the 17 bands entered in the Second…
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North West Area Brass Band Contest 2024
A very welcome, sunny February day greeted us for our 2024 North West Areas and what a great Eagley day we had! Up before 6am, all assembled in full uniform at the bandroom by 7.15am, gently warming up for fifteen minutes with our MD Chris before loading up and getting onto our luxury coach to…
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Blackpool First Section Area Contest 2023
Over the weekend of February 25th and 26th we at Eagley Band held our final contest preparation rehearsal on the Saturday evening and then took part in the First Section contest of the North West Area Brass Band Championships for the second consecutive year, staged as every February at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. It was another…
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Eagley Band – First Section Winners! Blackburn & Darwen Annual March & Hymn Tune Contest 2022
On Sunday September 25th, the town centre in Darwen was the venue and setting for the 7th Annual Blackburn & Darwen Open Air March & Hymn Tune Contest, postponed at the last minute from its original date two weeks previously as a mark of respect due to the sudden passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The…
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