Welcome to the website for Bream Silver Band, a third
section brass band based in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
Players old and new are welcome to
come along. Rehearsals Tuesdays and Thursdays at the bandroom nr. the
Rising Sun in Bream.
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| Bream come 2nd at Weston | Bream put on a great performance at Weston Super Mare on Sunday 16th May and were just pipped at the post to come in Second in the third section. The band's performance of the revised Laudate Dominum met with tremendous applause and saw favour with adjudicator C. Brain Buckley, who commented that the top two bands should be competeing in the second section. Bream are now looking foward to preparing Philip Harper's new work 'Willow Pattern' at the national finals in September. .Click for the adjudication.... |
| Summer Events | Bream's schedule of Summer Engagements 2010 is available on the Events Page. This years duck race will be held on the 7th August 2010. |
| Bream come 2nd for the West of England Regionals |
Bream put on a tremendous performance in the third section at the
Regional contest on the 13th March in the Riveria Centre, Torquay
to take 2nd place. The set test-piece was Percy Fletcher's epic
Labour and Love, originally composed in 1913, and was the first
original composition to be used as a test piece. The band were commended
for their excellent portrail of the historic piece and will once
again journey to Harrogate.
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| Bream pull-out of GBBA | Bream Band will not attend this years GBBA. The recent poor weather has meant a significant reduction in the number of available rehearsals prior to the contest. |
| Howard's Way for Bream | Nigel Howard stepped
in at the last minute to take Bream to fourth place at the 3rd section
in the Leamington Spa contest on Sunday 22nd 2009. With resident MD
Huw Cole incapacitated with suspected swine flu, Nigel took up the
challenge and conducted the band on one rehearsal to come a very respectible
4th out of 7 bands. The band played Oceans and were placed behind
a band that played the same piece to come third in the National Finals
in October. Many people outside of the band commented that they thought the result did not reflect the great performance that the band put on. The band takes a great deal of confidence from this performance against stiff opposition and are looking to capitalise at the areas in March. |
| Last night of the Proms goes down a storm |
Bream band performed an excellent concert on Saturday night at
the Lyndey Festival's 'Last Night of the Proms' concert. Well done
to all the soloists and thanks for a brilliant night. |
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