Norway
4BR has just returned from a snowbound Bergen where over 70 bands took part in their National Championships at the iconic Griegallen.
Find out just how the contests panned put in our postcard and retrospectives.
http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/default.asp?year=2010&f=2010%20norwegian
Action Research
Closer to home, Malcolm Wood provides a preview of this Sunday’s Action Research Entertainment Contest in Blackpool, as 4BR once again prepares to head to the Winter Gardens to listen to the very best youth bands in the UK strut their stuff.
http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2010/1099.asp
X Factor
The latest X Factor article, Chris Thomas ooks at the 10 composer’s who 4BR thinks could well be the men and women who could be at the forefront of brass band composition over the next few years.
http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2010/1100.asp
The contest that never was
Meanwhile, Iwan Fox looks back at the curious case of the contest that never was – the 1980 Welsh Regional Contest, which had it all – intrigue, double dealing and one heck of a crook at the centre of it all…
http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2010/1102.asp
Editorial
4BR’s strong opinions come to the fore once again as we publish our February Editorial:
http://www.4barsrest.com/editorial/ed076.asp
Comments
And opinions and comment are always on the extra strong side with the latest 4BR comments. See just what gets people’s gander up.
http://www.4barsrest.com/comments/116.asp
4BR Money List
The 4BR money List is also published for the first time this season.
