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The ultimate Australian box-set entertainment

Never mind old reruns of Neighbours, why not join Handsome Tim and the gang at Brassbanned as he delves into the archives for performances from the Australian National Championships — from 2008 to 2019...

Wellington
  There are performances to enjoy from some great bands — including 2019 champion Wellington Brass

Enjoy the Australian National Championships this weekend... 12 years of them in fact...

Thanks to Tim Kelly aka 'Handsome Tim' of brassbanned, you can indulge in your passion for all things brass bands this weekend with the ultimate box-set of highlights of the Australian National Championships — from 2008 to 2019.

48 hour box set

It's a non-stop 48 hours of performances over Saturday and Sunday featuring the A Grade Brass and Concert band performances, Street Marches, as well as some other contest performances.

Loyal viewers

Tim will also be asking his great band of 'loyal viewers' to take 'selfie' videos and let him know their favourite memories of any of those great events from 2008 to 2019, which he will play out on air.

Please remember that all the times shown here are Melbourne Australia, so if you are in the UK the time shown are PLUS 9 HOURS IN FRONT (9.00am BST = 18.00pm in Melbourne)

The schedule is still a work in progress as we continue our trawling of the archives. We will be live at midnight tonight (Melbourne time) and this is our plan:

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Time table

Saturday 11th April:


12:00pm: 2008 Replay (Test & OC)
12:45pm: 2010 Replay — Test (Extreme Makeover)
13:30pm: 2011 Replay — Test (Vienna Nights)
14:15pm: 2012 Replay — Test (Cambridge Variations)
15:00pm: 2013 Replay — Test (Devil and the Deep Blue Sea)
15:45pm: 2014 Replay — Test (St Magnus)
16:30pm: 2015 Replay — Test (Gallipoli)
17:00pm: 2016 Replay — Test (Albion)
18:00pm: 2017 Replay — Test (Harrison's Dream)
18:45pm: 2018 Replay — Test (Time Machine)
20:00pm: 2019 Replay — Test (Handel in the Band)
21:00pm: CONCERT BAND MARATHON
featuring NWWE, Unley, Hobart, QWO and more…

Sunday 12th April:


6:00am: STREET MARCH MARATHON
12:45pm: 2010 Replay: Own Choice Selections
13:30pm: 2011 Replay: Own Choice Selections
14:15pm: 2012 Replay: Own Choice Selections
15:00pm: 2013 Replay: Own Choice Selections
15:45pm: 2014 Replay: Own Choice Selections
16:30pm: 2015 Replay: Own Choice Selections
17:00pm: 2016 Replay: Own Choice Selections
18:00pm: 2017 Replay: Own Choice Selections
18:45pm: 2018 Replay: Own Choice Selections
20:00pm: 2019 Replay: Entire A Grade Own Choice Selections
Midnight: Finished!

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