Articles & features: 2010 / International
2010 Spring Festival - Postcard from Blackpool
You need a little bit of luck to succeed at the Spring Festival - some you make and some you don't.
2010 Spring Festival - Grand Shield: retrospective
The Welsh take control of the Grand Shield as Tredegar and Tongwynlais triumph on Rococo Variations.
2010 Spring Festival - Senior Cup: retrospective
The last man standing on Saturday was Woodfalls, with a fine win on a potent test piece.
2010 Spring Festival - Senior Trophy: retrospective
The floodgates opened in the Spanish Hall on Saturday, but it was Beaumaris who was left high and dry in winning the Senior Trophy in fine style.
2010 Spring Festival - Presentation gallery
Selection of photographs by Ian Clowes of Goldy Solutions from this year's Spring Festival Contest
2010 Spring Festival - Grand Shield gallery
Selection of photographs by Ian Clowes of Goldy Solutions from this year's Grand Shield Contest
2010 Spring Festival - Blackpool awaits
There are some stark banding realities to be played out on the Golden Mile this weekend.
2010 Spring Festival - The Grand Shield: Contest preview and prediction
20 bands are just one step away from the big time and Symphony Hall. But which two will overcome Gregson's majestic set of variations?
2010 Spring Festival - The Senior Cup: Contest preview and prediction
There is a lot resting on the shoulders of individual players on Philip Sparke's test piece - but which bands will be able to slay his awesome dragon?
2010 Spring Festival - The Senior Trophy: Contest preview and prediction
A classic test piece will test 20 bands of varying quality in the Spanish Hall on Saturday.
2010 Spring Festival - Test piece reviews
4BR takes a closer look at the three test pices being used this weekend - from ornate rococo homage and fire breathing dragons to a mass drowning by a spurned princess.
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Vacancies
Eagley Brass Band
Back Row Cornets are needed by this forward thinking band. . .
Contests
SCABA Autumn Contest
Date: 16-Oct-2010
Venue: Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone CT20 2DZ
Concerts
Staines Brass 80th Anniversary concert
Date: 11-Sep-2010
Venue: St Peters Church, Laleham Road, Staines TW18 2DX
Professional Cards
David Stowell
Conductor and composer
