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Champions! On Sunday\u00a026th February 2018, Middleton Band were crowned 2nd section champions after traveling to the Winter Gardens in Blackpool to take part in the North West Area Brass Band Championships. We are delighted to report that the band came first, winning the second section playing Ex Terra Lucem By Jonathan Bates. The band is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,87,11,4,8],"tags":[426,101,427,221,425,339,115,428,100],"yoast_head":"\n
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![<\/a><\/div>\r\n <\/div><\/figure>\r\n <\/div>\n\nYoung blood<\/h3>\nThe band was pleased to welcome our newest member Holly, who plays principal cornet in our youth band to make her contest debut with the senior band. She couldn’t have picked a better contest for her first and sealed it with a glorious victory!<\/p>\nNational Finals<\/h3>\nThe first two or three highest placed bands in each section “qualify” to represent the North West at the National Finals at the Centaur in Cheltenham in September. Middleton band will be joined at the 2nd section finals by fellow 2nd section North West bands Bollington and Flixton bands. The full results of the 2nd section contest can be found here<\/a>. To qualify to compete at the National\u00a0Finals is a tremendous achievement for any band and Middleton band are delighted to be able to represent the North\u00a0West and our hometown of Middleton at this national level. Middleton Band has previously qualified to attend the National Finals in 1983, 2002, 2007 and 2013 where they represented both the North West and Middleton well by finishing with 1st, 3rd, 1st and 4th places out of fields of around 20 bands from all over the United Kingdom.<\/p>\nMiddleton Band will now begin fundraising to meet the significant costs of transporting the band personnel and equipment to Cheltenham for the contest in September.\nIf you would like to sponsor the band or make a donation towards\u00a0our trip, you can do this by contacting any band member, our secretary<\/a> or online<\/a>\u00a0by pay pal.<\/p>\n](\"http:\/\/www.middletonband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28504504_10156312550541995_1147965215_o.jpg\"){kind=link}