Lion President Robert Taylor welcomes you to the Brighouse Lions website
for the
Brighouse Festival of Brass 3rd and 4th July, 2010

Youth Brass Day | Free Concert | March and Hymn Tune Contest
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March & Hymn Tune Contest

Bands march on Bethel Street to the Town Hall Square where they perform their Contest Hymn Tune and Contest March.

Bands are from Youth up to Championship level

26 bands will take part and the contest begins at 1pm. and usually the prize giving is around 7pm.

Prizes are again increased this year and once more Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) are the main sponsors with the presentation of a brand new Yamaha "Xeno" cornet for the Best Soloist.

The winners will receive an invitation to the EuroBrass 2011 Contest in the Netherlands.

2009 Champions were The Marsden Silver Prize Band.

2010 Entry

Sellers Youth Dobcross Youth Elland Youth
Clifton & Lightcliffe “B” Clifton & Lightcliffe Meltham & Meltham Mills
Marsden Silver Prize Band Elland Silver The Lindley Band
Drighlington Band The Friendly Band Easington Colliery Band
Gawthorpe Brass ’85 Band York Railway Band Spijkerpakkenband (Holland)
Grange Moor The Dearham Band (Cumbria) Boarshurst Silver
Royal Buckley (Wales) Shirland Welfare Diggle Band
The Hammonds Band Yorkshire Co-op Band Skelmanthorpe Band
Huddersfield Brass Hebden Bridge Band South Yorkshire Police Band

Sponsors are:

Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) Ltd Kershaw’s Garden Centre The Association of Band Traders
Calderdale Council Adtech Signs Weatherspoons
Blakeley’s Take-Away & Fish Restaurant Kirklees Music Mike’s Carpets Ltd.
Concept Merchandise Ltd. Daniel & Hirst Estate Agents  
Mr. & Mrs. Weyland Roberts and Brigitte Matthews