News
BBC Young Musician of the Year
Congratulations to 12 year old trombonist Peter Moore, from Stalybridge who has become the youngest ever BBC Young Musician of the Year! Details, pictures and video are on the BBC site.
"Brassed Off" at Oldham Coliseum
Oldham Coliseum is planning a run of the play of the film "Brassed Off", featuring local bands.
Read the review of the previous production. Check the Oldham Coliseum web-site for details
Great Northern Brass Arts Festival - Saturday 6th September 2008
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Full etails on 4barsrest.com
Evening concert:
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Black Dyke Band
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Fodens Richardson Band
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Brighouse & Rastrick Band
Afternoon:
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Wingates Band
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National Childres's Brass Band of Great Britain
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The Fairey Band
Daytime or evening tickets from Bridgewater Hall box office: 0161 907 9000
Web-Site Re-Design
The Whit Friday web-site has been re-designed to make the navigation easier and to make it quicker to load. If you have any comments or suggestions about the new design or the site content then please e-mail.
Paul Wood
We are sad to hear of the sudden death, shortly before Christmas, of Paul Wood in Lees.
Paul was a trombonist in Oldham, Wingates and Rochdale in the 1970s and 1980s. He had a sandwich shop in Lees in later years as well as a spell at the Railway Pub in Greenfield.
He was aged 50.
Stuart Speding is sponsoring the central championship third prize for 2007 and 2008 as a Christmas present for his father Alan Speding. The family travel from Slough to be in Saddleworth on Whit Friday.
Please support the contests by taking out adverts in the programmes, supporting the local fund-raising or making use of the services of these sponsors.