Tag: Contests
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National Brass Band Finals 2025 (2nd Section)
Cheltenham – Saturday 13th September Having qualified for the 2025 National Finals by finishing Runners-Up at the North West Area contest in Blackpool in February, much of our Summer and early September rehearsals were taken up preparing for our appearance at the finals, held in Cheltenham over the weekend of September 13th and 14th. The…
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North West Areas Regional Championships Success, Invitation To 2025 Nationals
On Sunday 23rd February we took to the famous stage of the Opera House in Blackpool Winter Gardens once again to compete in the 2025 North West Areas Regional Brass Band Championships. With a large Second Section of 18 bands again this year (we achieved 4th place last February) we again had a very early…
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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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2019 French Open Championships Third Place And 500 Euros!
We have just returned from a fantastic weekend in Amboise, winning 500 Euros at the 2019 French Open Brass Band Championships in Amboise by virtue of finishing Third Place in the Second Section of the contest this weekend. For the past twenty five years the annual French Brass Band Championships have taken place at the…
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Great Performance And Result At Blackpool!
Sunday February 24th saw every almost every adult brass band based in Lancashire and Greater Manchester head over to Blackpool Winter Gardens for the annual North West Area Brass Band Championships and we at Eagley were no exception! Having been promoted to the Second Section just a year ago, the band could have been forgiven for…
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