Category: News
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Summer 2021 – Preparing For Our Return To Playing (Plus A Little Nostalgia!)
After fifteen months without a single rehearsal (sectional or full), concert, broadcast, recording or even playing a single note in our new bandroom in Bolton town centre, now that pandemic restrictions are being lifted we are finally able to look forward to making music as a band once again. We can’t wait! Due to the…
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MD’s 2020 Review
As every conductor and musical director in the world who has been asked by their bands, orchestras, choirs and varied ensembles to write some end of year thoughts for their websites and social media platforms, it is almost impossible to know where to start after a wholly unexpected, surreal and unique year for us all.…
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SKY ARTS BRASS BAND PROGRAMME FEATURING OUR MD WINS THE BAFTA!
As featured earlier on our website, on June 4th 2020 it had been announced by BAFTA, the British Academy of Film, Television and Arts, that the first programme in the recent Sky Arts “Battle of The Brass Bands” series was nominated for a prestigious 2020 BAFTA award in the ‘Sound-Factual’ category for television craft. The…
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Eagley Band – The 2020 Video Series!
Towards the very end of 2019, Eagley Band was one of the bands which performed a full concert ‘live’ to the world via the internet from Boarshurst Bandroom one Sunday evening. The programme featured sixteen works performed equally, either side of a short interval. Once again at absolute full strength without a single dep or…
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Pandemic Robs Eagley of National Title Opportunity In Our 170th Year
Today’s official announcement by the organisers of the National Brass Championship Finals of Great Britain that this year’s 2020 finals, scheduled to take place in late September down in Cheltenham, have definitely been cancelled due to the pandemic has, on the surface, come as no real surprise to anyone. It was a decision which, although…
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