Thank you to everyone who has emailed us the required information since we first published the news item; whilst at rehearsal, please check someone within your band has seen the news item and if it's not in the process of being collated, why not volunteer to pull the information together on behalf of your band? We would be very grateful please if you can get the information to us over the next couple of weeks by Saturday 13th September.

4BR will be regularly publishing the list of bands that we are still waiting to hear from. If you band's name appears below and you've sent it through, please can you send it through again to news@4barsrest.com as it doesn't appear to have reached us — thank you.

The list of bands that we've not received any information from as yet is:

First Section

Bo'ness and Carriden
Clackmannan District Brass
Glossop Old
Jersey Premier Brass
Kirkbymoorside Town
Phoenix West Midlands
Stannington

Second Section

Alder Valley Brass
Bristol East and Kingsmead
Campbeltown Brass
City of Coventry Brass
Harborough
Haslingden and Helmshore
Johnstone Silver
Point of Ayr Colliery
Slaithwaite
Tylorstown Arriva Trains
Wardle and District Anderson Brass
YBS Concert Brass

Third Section

Bath Spa
Billingham Silver
Blaenavon Town
Brighton & Hove City Brass
City of Cardiff (Melingriffith)
Dalkeith and Monktonhall Colliery
Flookburgh
Hangleton
Littleport Brass
Matlock
Oldham Band (Lees)
Pemberton Old Wigan JJB B
Rockingham
University of Warwick
Verwood Concert Brass
Wellington (Telford)

Fourth Section

Amington
Brunel Brass
Cold Ash
Crosskeys Silver
Hemel Hempstead
Irvine and Dreghorn Brass
Kirkby Lonsdale Brass
Severn Tunnel
Skelmanthorpe B
South Milford Brass
Tadley Concert Brass
Totnes
Uppermill
Wincanton Silver

Extensive coverage

As part of the coverage 4BR will be giving to the Lower Section National Finals in Harrogate on the 27th and 28th September this year, we will need as much information as possible about the competing bands to ensure that our 100,000 readers per week from all over the world will know all about your band as they prepare to take to the stage.

We therefore need your help!

Over the past few years we have tried to give as much coverage as we can to the Finals, and this year 4BR will be out in force in Harrogate to report live from the contest. All the usual coverage pre contest and post contest will be given, as well as our usual dodgy predictions and ‘live’ coverage of each performance.

Your opportunity

This is your opportunity to blow your own trumpet about your own band. Whilst at rehearsal, please check someone within your band has seen the news item and if it's not in the process of being collated, why not volunteer to pull the information together on behalf of your band? We would be very grateful please if you can get the information to us by Saturday 13th September

The run up though means that we need information on each of the bands so that they can get a full entry on the 4BR previews.

The help needed:

We therefore would like the bands competing at the Finals to help us by sending the following information to news@4barsrest.com

1. Your band logo in pixel size (200 by 150) (if we haven’t got it already)

2. A decent picture of your MD with a short biography of no more than 200 words

3. The list of your Principal Players

a) Principal Cornet
b) Principal Euphonium
c) Soprano
d) Solo Horn
e) Principal Trombone
f) Flugel
g) Baritone
h) Eb Bass
i) Bb Bass
j) Principal Percussionist

4. A short history of your band, including (no more 300 words)
a) When formed
b) Major contest achievements
c) Contest successes in 2008
d) Your bands website address if you have one

5. What the band thinks of the test piece you are playing.

If you can get all this to us by Saturday 13th September , then we will be able to put all your details up on the site. If there are any problems then please let us know through news@4barsrest.com.

Hope to hear from you all soon.