The band made the long journey to Stevenage on Saturday 19th March in order to compete in the 2nd Section of the Regional Qualifying Contest for 2022. This was organised by the London and Southern Counties Region of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain and, due to the Covid pandemic, is the first to take place in this… Read more »
It was a good day at the office for the the band at the scaba Spring Contest at Reigate College yesterday. In its first contest performance since January 2020 the band, competing in the 2nd section, came 2nd in both the test piece and the march competitions. The contest was held as one open section section and out of all… Read more »
After being unable to play at all last Christmas, the band had its first Christmas engagement this year playing carols at The Forum Shopping Centre in Sittingbourne. It was a late afternoon start on a week day, so with our retired members, rest days, others rescheduling their work day, and one a guest player we managed to put out enough… Read more »
The Band completed its, and Brenchley Gardens’ Covid truncated 2021 summer with an excellent performance in front of a large and thoroughly appreciative audience. The weather, which had threatened to put a damper on things, held off and it was pleasantly warm throughout the concert. The Band delivered a varied and entertaining sixteen piece programme starting with Dan Price’s Starburst… Read more »
After missing 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, the band was delighted to be able to play once again on Deal Bandstand. This was only the band’s second public performance in a year and a half and so it was such a delight to be able to perform in front of a large and knowledgeable audience. Thanks must go to… Read more »
The Covid pandemic has affected all walks of life and has put live music on hold since March 2020. Thankfully, the band members are all well and were all able to start rehearsing together a few weeks ago. For its first concert since December 2019, the band played in front of Broadstairs Bandstand on Sunday 11th July 2021 (Social Distancing… Read more »
On 24th 2021 the band was delighted to have its first indoor rehearsal since the end of March 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic meant that bands and other musical groups have been unable to rehearse or perform during this period and so, it was with great anticipation that everyone turned up at Larkfied Village Hall for a fully Covid safe, socially… Read more »
The band have not rehearsed together since Lockdown began and we’ve all missed each others’ company. We decided to do a virtual recording to remind ourselves of what we love about playing together and this is the result. We hope that you like it
The band has 75 video clips on YouTube dating back to 1990. Follow the link if you would like to see some of them (if the link doesn’t take you straight there, please copy and paste it). https://www.youtube.com/user/BAESYSTEMSBrass/videos
The band is looking forward to competing at the Butlin’s Mineworkers Open National Brass Band Festival over the weekend of 11th and 12th January 2020. This is the first time that the band has attended the festival which, years ago, was solely for Colliery bands. However, the demise of the coal industry lead to Butlin’s opening the festival up to the… Read more »
