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Drighlington Brass Band

Founded in 1973, the Drighlington Brass Band is a thriving, successful and highly popular traditional Brass Band, comprising of a Championship Section Brass Band, a Youth Band and a flourishing beginners group, all based in the village of Drighlington, between Leeds & Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.

Latest News

Reintroducing our players! Some player profiles are now back online!

We are gradually piecing our website back together, and the latest feature to be brought back are the player profiles.

Learn a little bit more about the people you see on stage, simply goto to the "About Us" menu option and select Meet The Band on the left hand menu!
10 days to the Areas! Sneak peek at how we're preparing for it..

It's that time of year again! The weekend that St Georges Hall in Bradford is swamped under the strain of hundreds of thirsty musicians all battling to claim Regional Champion titles in their respective sections.

2010 sees the band back in the top flight of the Championship Section, lining up against 12 other bands (4 of which are in the top 10 in the world). In a special rundown of our preparations you can find out all about this contest and how we are preparing for the biggest battle of the year!

Click here to find out more
Family Values at Drighlington with a double dose of Davies

The latest signing to our ranks comes hot on the heels of our advertisment for Solo Horn and it's from within the band family.

We are very pleased to announce the Rhiannon Davies (wife of our newly appointed MD, Jim Davies) has agreed to join the band ready for the Yorkshire Areas in March.
Band Line-up Complete!

The band are very pleased to announce that we have secured the services of both a Solo Horn and Bb Bass player to complete our team for the Yorkshire Areas, in record time.

We'll be sure to introduce you to all the members a little nearer the time!
Introducing Our New Musical Director

The band are extremely pleased to welcome our new Musical Director, Jim Davies!

Following the departure of Kevin Belcher earlier in 2009, the band have spent considerable time and effort ensuring we found the right person, from numerous excellent applicants, to lead us into the Championship Section in 2010.

Jim brings with him an extremely high calibre history of banding, both as a player (Champion Soloist of Wales at aged 13, Granada TV Best Soloist - TWICE - and Principal Cornet with both the Cory Band and Brighouse & Rastrick), a Musical Director with Markham, EYMS and Carlton Main, and as a contest Adjudicator at some of the most prestigious contests in the UK!

We warmly welcome Jim, and his family, to the band and wish him every success as he leads us forward into 2010!

Forthcoming Events

7th March 2010
Yorkshire Regional Championships
St Georges Hall, Bradford
18th April 2010
Cafe Concert, Morley Town Hall
6th June 2010
Band Stand & Concert, Filey
12th June 2010
In Concert at St Mary's Church, Horbury
20th June 2010
Brighouse March Contest, Brighouse

Player Profiles

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Stephanie Evans

Percussion

Steph started playing percussion in her school band in Wrexham, North Wales aged 12 because her best...

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Merchandise

CD:Titanic Brass (2000)

CD: Titanic Brass (2000)

'Titanic Brass' brings a wonderful blend of old and new music, featuring our own arrangement of the movie blockbuster soundtrack "Titanic", written for the band by our Musical Director, at the time, Mark Bentham.

Friends of Drighlington Band

As a currently unsponsored, non-profit, organisation the Drighlington Band works hard to raise the funds required to maintain its ability to perform and entertain.

The Friends of Drighlington Band scheme allows you to become a part of the band 'family' and support the work of the band. For just £15 a year, you will recieve discounts on all concert tickets, invites to special private engagements, a copy of our Friends newsletter along with special discounts on all of our merchandise!