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4BR Quiz: Scorchio!!!

Find the meteorological quiz link and four great CDs will be on their way to you to enjoy...

Sunshine
  There is a link between all four elements...

Given the meteorological conditions we are experiencing at the present time, we have a little quiz to test your knowledge to win four great CDs.

Question:

All you must do is link a classic 1977 summer song by the Electric Light Orchestra, with a brilliant Billy Wilder film starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemon and Tony Curtis, the comedy duo Morecambe & Wise and the 1958 British Open Championship won by Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band?

Answers:

Answers with your reasons to be sent to: quiz@4barsrest.com
Closing date for answers: 12.00pm (midnight) on Thursday 21st July

Connect 4:

Guido van Haalen from Nijmegen in The Netherlands won our last quiz.

He spotted that the link between overtures by Antonin Dvorak and Hector Berlioz, a children's suite written by Camille Saint-Saens and a British Open test piece by Helen Perkins, was 'Carnival'.

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Moore and Lloyd

Positive Times for banding in the media

March 11 • The highly respected chief music critic of The Times has added to the recent positive flow of news about the banding world and its performers.


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Higgins

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March 11 • The newly crowned Yorkshire Area champions will join forces with Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra for a performance of Gavin Higgins' imposing 'Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra' in Huddersfield next month.


Brangwyn Hall

Welsh bands prepare for Brangwyn tests

March 11 • 35 bands will compete at the Welsh Regional Championships — and its a 11.00am start each day in Swansea.


Regent Hall Concerts - London Central Fellowship Band

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Regent Hall Concerts - Regent Hall Band of the Salvation Army

Tuesday 10 March • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - Queen Victorias Consort

Friday 13 March • Regent Hall. (The Salvation Army). 275 Oxford Street. London W1C2DJ


Regent Hall Concerts - Slide Effect Trombone Quartet

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Regent Hall Concerts - Welsh Guards Band Septet

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Chinnor Silver

March 11 • Our COMMUNITY BAND is meeting again on Monday(16th) at 11am. We welcome players of all abilities to join us for a friendly relaxed rehearsal.. Its all free including the coffee and cake.


Glossop Old Band

March 11 • Our friendly second section band are looking for a BB bass player to join us for contests, concerts and exciting new projects. Glossop Old Band is situated between Manchester and Sheffield and rich in history.


Rushden Town Band

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Alex McGee

MA BMus PGCE
Conductor & Composer


               

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