The Oxfordshire & District Brass Band Association has released details of their annual Entertainment Contest that takes place at Marlborough School in Woodstock on Sunday 14th October.

The popular event is growing in popularity year-on-year. The adjudicators will be Russell Gray (music) and Mareika Gray (entertainment)

This is turning into a great contest, but we usually have spare capacity which we'd really like to fill if possibleContest Secretary David Roberts

Great contest

Contest Secretary David Roberts told 4BR: "This is turning into a great contest, but we usually have spare capacity which we'd really like to fill if possible.

We've already got entries from bands from as far away as Yorkshire, so don't hang around."

The closing date for entries is 15th September.

This is turning into a great contest, but we usually have spare capacity which we'd really like to fill if possibleContest Secretary David Roberts

Two halves

The contest will be run in two halves, with unregistered, Fourth and Third Section bands amalgamated in the morning followed by their results. The Second, First and Championships bands amalgamated in the afternoon with their results at the end of the day.

More details

For more details on the contest head to: www.odbba.org