4BR was struck with major service issues over the last few days, as we suffered at the hands of something going wrong with our server.

Recovered

Thankfully things have recovered and we are back to normal, so apologies for having to take a trip back in time to when you had to wait each week for all brass band news, views and opinions through the aged medium of Caxton’s printed press.

Brass Band Summit

All the usual articles will be up on the 4BR site in the next few days, but for the time being why not find out more about the recent Brass Band Summit Conference held in Birmingham on the weekend at:

http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2010/1152a.asp

http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2010/1152.asp

Editorial

Our latest Editorial views are also up and ready to be digested at:

http://www.4barsrest.com/editorial/ed080.asp

Thanks for your patience on this one – let’s just hope Dame Cole of Newcastle upon Tyne recovers just as fast…