Tameside Council set to host annual Youth Festival this weekend, Sunday 25th November. Tameside Council is to host its annual Youth Brass Festival for the eleventh year, as the provision of financial support for the development of the brass band movement in Tameside continues. The Festival, to be held at Tameside Hippodrome, Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, will feature eleven Youth Bands from the world of brass, with young players aged 18 or under competing for total prize money of £3,400. Adjudicating will be Richard Marshall. The competition gets under way with the first band performing at 11.00 am with music continuing throughout the afternoon, culminating in the presentation of prizes by The Civic Mayor of Tameside, Councillor Mike Smith.Tickets will be on sale on the door, priced at £4.00 for adults and £3.00 for children/concessions. The festival concludes a programme of brass band music for 2007, beginning with the Open Brass Band Championships in March and the recent British Open Solo & Quartet Championships held in Dukinfield.For further details please telephone Louise Atkinson, Senior Arts & Event Manager on 0161 342 4144.
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Tameside Youth Brass Festival
Tameside Council set to host annual Youth Festival this weekend, Sunday 25th November. Tameside Council is to host its annual Youth Brass Festival for the eleventh year, as the provision of financial support for the development of the brass band movement in Tameside continues. The Festival, to be held at Tameside Hippodrome, Oldham Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, will feature eleven Youth Bands from the world of brass, with young players aged 18 or under competing for total prize money of £3,400. Adjudicating will be Richard Marshall. The competition gets under way with the first band performing at 11.00 am with music continuing throughout the afternoon, culminating in the presentation of prizes by The Civic Mayor of Tameside, Councillor Mike Smith.Tickets will be on sale on the door, priced at £4.00 for adults and £3.00 for children/concessions. The festival concludes a programme of brass band music for 2007, beginning with the Open Brass Band Championships in March and the recent British Open Solo & Quartet Championships held in Dukinfield.For further details please telephone Louise Atkinson, Senior Arts & Event Manager on 0161 342 4144.
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Best of luck to those involved. We are very lucky in Tameside to have a high calibre of brass bands.
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