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7/11/2010 5:48:01 PM - 003042745873
thanks for a great day at Durham really enjoyed it...............see you Wednesday x
7/11/2010 12:25:46 PM - 003042341669
Thanks to all at Billingham Band for making our day at Durham Miners Gala 2010 one we'll remember for a long time and for making us feel so welcome..... all the very best for a successful day at next week's contest at the DLI Museum.Cheers,Evelyn and John,Bonchester Brass.
8/27/2009 11:09:20 AM - 002082690384
Hello everyone and welcome to the new website!

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Welcome

Welcome to the home of Billingham Silver Band on the Internet! We are a traditional British Brass Band, based in Norton, near Billingham, in the North East of England. The band rehearse on Sunday mornings from 10am to 12noon and also on Wednesday evenings from 7pm to 9pm. Why not drop in and see us if you are in the area? Check out the About Us page for directions on how to find us, all brass enthusiasts are welcome! We hope you enjoy our web site, why not stay a while and have a look around? If you want to get the best out of the site, have a look at our How to Use page. We're also on Facebook & Twitter so why not follow us to keep up to date? Check the links in the Favourite sites section further down on the left for links to our other sites. We hope you come back soon!

Latest updates

DLI CONTEST

We were placed 4th out of the 6 bands competing in the higher section of the Durham Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest today. Great result for the band and a good day out! Photos coming soon in the Pictures section...

DURHAM MINERS GALA

A great day out today in Durham for the Miners' Gala. Photos have been added to the Pictures section. We're back in Durham next week for the Durham Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest at the DLI Museum!

CHEQUE PRESENTATION

Our Secretary Bill presents the cheque for just over £600 to Rob Colgrave of the Great North Air Ambulance, along with officials from the Elm Tree Social Club, following our charity concert there in April (click the Attachment below).
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DURHAM MINERS GALA

We'll be joining forces this year with Bonchester Brass for Durham Miners Gala. Bonchester are from the borders and we welcome them with open arms for some support on the biggest marching event of the year!

SUMMER PROGRAMME IS READY TO GO

We've just added another event to our summer programme. We'll be playing at Tesco Extra in Stockton on Sunday 16th May from 10am-12pm.

CHARITY CONCERT TOTAL

We collected just over £600 at last week's charity concert with Andrew Holmes, all proceeds to the Great North Air Ambulance!

ANDREW HOLMES CONCERT

Tomorrow night (Wed) is our charity concert in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance at the Elm Tree Club in Stockton, featuring guest soloist Andrew Holmes. The concert is now sold out and it looks to be a great night!

REGIONALS RESULT

Not a great day for the band, as we were placed 7th (last) in the 2nd Section at Darlington today. Newly promoted to the 2nd section, it was a very difficult piece for us, but as ever we are proud to compete with all our own players and we gave it everything we had!

REGIONALS ARE HERE!

After months of practicing and numerous sectional and full band practices, we're almost ready for the Regionals, which take place tomorrow. Final practice is tonight, excitement is building!

SUMMER PROGRAMME

Much of our summer programme is now in place. Head over to the Events Calendar for details!

ANDREW HOLMES PLAYS AGAIN

We're delighted that Andrew Holmes, Flugel Horn player with Grimethorpe Colliery Band, has agreed to join us again for what has now become an annual event - our charity concert at the Elm Tree Social Club in early April. Andrew will play several solo pieces, joined by the band with all proceeds going to the Great North Air Ambulance.

FUNDING GRANT

The band have received a £2,000 grant, after applying to Stockton Council's Youth Opportunity Fund. The money goes towards the infrastructure needed to support a new National Lottery funding application, which we are in the process of completing.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A very Happy New Year to all of our website visitors! The band are back in action in our first performance of 2010 this Sunday for the Butterwick Memorial Service in Stockton Parish Church. See the Event Calendar for details.

CHRISTMAS WISHES

The band's programme of Christmas-themed performances is now complete, and we're now having a break until the New Year. We'd like to wish all of our website visitors a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

XMAS CONCERT TICKETS

Don't forget to get your tickets for the band's Annual Christmas Concert at Norton Sports Complex on 16th December. Tickets are priced at £3 and you can get these from band members, the club itself, or by emailing us!

DBBA RESULT

Disappointed to come 4th out of 5 bands in Section B of the Durham Brass Band Association Contest today, we gave a good performance.

DBBA CONTEST

We'll be competing at the Durham Brass Band Association Grading Contest this weekend on Sunday, we're all ready to play Suite Gothique - let's hope it goes well!

DESPERATE MEASURES

The band lead the Remembrance parade this morning in Thornaby, and had a special guest playing bass drum, have a look at the photo to see who it was!
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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

It's Remembrance Sunday this weekend and the band will be leading the parade in Thornaby. Note also that our next event in Hartlepool on 15th November has now been cancelled.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Planning for the band's annual Christmas Concert is now underway. Set the date in your diary - Wednesday 16th December at the Norton Sports Complex. More info to follow later...

GOOD LUCK!

Good luck to our percussionist Katie Lamb, who goes off to York University next week!

QUARTET WIN

The band entered a quartet into the Durham Brass Band Association Solo / Ensemble competition at the weekend and were delighted to win 2nd place! Well done to Colin, Ray, Gill & Helen.

NEW WEB SITE!

The switchover has happened, welcome to the new website! We hope you enjoy the new site, have a look around and let us know what you think!

NOW ON TWITTER

After having launched our Facebook fan page a couple of months ago, the band now have a page on Twitter. You can link to it from our Favourite sites list on the left!

DBBA TEST PIECE

The test piece for the forthcoming Durham Brass Band Association Annual Grading Contest in November is "Suite Gothique", a classical piece written for the organ by Leon Boellmann, arranged for brass band by Eric Ball. It's a tough piece for the band, we've started practicing already!

CONTEST SUCCESS

On Sunday 19th July, the band competed in the Annual Durham Brass Band League Entertainment Contest at the Durham Light Infantry Museum and were delighted to receive 3rd place out of the 5 bands competing. We won the new "Besson Challenge Cup" and received £150 total in prizes. The adjudicator commented on how much he liked the choice of music and confident playing. We also won the honour of being the highest place "Section B" band competing.

Pictures

46th Billingham International Folklore Festival opening ceremony

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Ropner Park

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Durham Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest 2009

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Videos


Billingham Silver Band - Blaze Away
A compilation of still photos to some of the band's music, put together by band member Mike.

Durham Miners Gala July 2009: All the bands queueing to start

Durham Miner's Gala Saturday 11th July 2009 #3 Billingham Silver Band
Mining the past - guardian.co.uk

Billingham Silver Band - Stockton Scout's Parade 08

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The Independent on Sunday was the latest national newspaper to give brass bands their 15 minutes of fame on the weekend...
2010 Open racks ups QI trivia
Stephen Fry will enjoy the amount of 'Quite Interesting' facts to come out of the 2010 British Open...
14 and out for the season at Darley Dale
Dronfield complete the 2010 concert season at Darley Dale Cricket Club by raising funds for two great charities.
Mentor scheme set for airing
THE NABBC Mentoring Scheme is under the spotlight in Yorkshire this weekend.
Fairey announce Bridgewater programme
English National champion and British Open runner up announce their Bridgewater Hall programme.
Result: Exmouth Brass Band Festival
A rejuvenated Soundhouse Brass takes Exmouth title.
Clifton & Lightcliffe entries required
The Clifton & Lightcliffe annual slow melody and ensemble contest is open for entrants - so get them in quick.
Long trek to Harrogate
The Deiniolen Band will be making a 16 mile trek with a difference to help raise funds for their trip to Harrogate next month.
Radio: Listen to the Band
Frank Renton plays plenty of new music next month
Results: 2010 British Open Championships
History is made in Birmingham as Tredegar takes British Open title to add to its Grand Shield success.
Death of Robert Anthony Bowden
After an extremely short battle with pancreatitis Robert suddenly passed away on 20th August 2010 aged 21.
Live: 2010 British Open Championships
Draw and live coverage of the 2010 British Open Championships, Saturday 4 September from Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
4BR at the 158th British Open Championships
4BR starts its comprehensive coverage with our usual video introduction, a special Open interview with Garry Cutt and an adjudication discussion with Steven Mead.
TOR announce re-organisation of business
TOR Designs and Handley Band Uniforms re-organise
All bets on at British Open
The pundits have made their choices, but will any of them prove to be in agreement with the three men in the box on Saturday?
British Open trivia taster
Just a few odd facts about things associated (very loosely at times) with this year's 158th British Open.
Open test under discussion
If you want to find out more about this weekend's British Open test piece, Dr Stephen Allen has been discussing it on youtube...
Insolvency for Tor Design
Tor Designs & Marketing Ltd has filed for insolvency.
From LA to Manchester for Tovey
Bramwell Tovey will be making a transatlantic trip from LA to Manchester to conduct the National Youth Brass Band.
Brass Band Summit Report
If you want to find out more about the recent Brass Band Summit in Birmingham, the official report is now out.
Legacy of brass in Ostend
The European Championships in Ostend have given the world something not even Liverpool or Beijing managed...
Sop goes missing at Thornton's
Beware a bloke with a 'used' sop for sale - it may not be quite what it seems...
GBBA Contest is closing fast!
Get your entries in for the Gloucester Brass Band Association contest - the closing date is approaching fast!
Radio: Bandstand
More great music to enjoy from Michael and Val Fryer in Teesdale.
Pope set for brass accompaniment
Pope Benedict XVI should enjoy a taste of Scottish banding on his forthcoming visit to Glasgow.
Blidworth first to open up for Harrogate
Blidworth Welfare Band is the first contender for Harrogate to open their doors for a sneak Nationals preview.
4BR Quiz: Fantastic music prize up for grabs!
We have a fantastic new prize up for grabs this week in the 4BR Quiz. All you have to do is get the answer right...

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Brass Bands

Brass Bands
The Brass Band ring links the web sites of brass bands. These are primarily the British style of band originating and most numerous in the UK, but with many others now in Europe, Japan, Australasia and North America.
The Colchester Band
Details of this traditional brass band dating back to 1860.
Brass Band Kappel
Homepage der Brass Band Kappel SO.
The Waltham St. Lawrence Silver Band
A friendly, non-contesting traditional British brass band based in the Berkshire village of Waltham St.
Tapton Youth Brass Band
Tapton Youth Brass Band is open to all young people in the Sheffield area.
Musikgesellschaft 'Galmihorn' Muenster
Schweizer Brassband aus dem Walliser Bergdorf Muenster
Delph Band Homepage
Delph Bands Homepage, Everything you need to know about Delph Band, Events, Bandmembers, Openings and much more!!
Bellshill Salvation Army Band
Website for the Bellshill Senior Band of the Salvation Army
zenithbrass.org
Youth Brass Band in the Troy, MI area using symphonic brass instruments.
Renaissance Brass
Located in the northwestern section of Arizona's Salt River Valley in the retirement communities of Sun City and Sun City west. The band is formatted to the British Brass Band instrumentation and f...
DJR Music
I will arrange/compose any type of music to fit your bands requirement.

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