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Leeds Best of Brass2013/14

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The Box O� ce is open to personal callers from10am – 6pm Monday to Saturday. Cheques shouldbe made payable to Leeds City Council. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you would like your tickets sent to you.

Tickets can also be obtained from one of our local ticket agents:

MorleyAlthams Travel Services91a Queen Street, Morley, Leeds, LS27 8DWTel: 0113 252 7752

Yeadon Yeadon Town LibraryTown Hall Square, Yeadon, Leeds, LS19 7PPTel: 0113 214 6501

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Ticket Prices & Booking Information

Ticket Prices

Black Dyke, Brighouse & Rastrick, Grimethorpe

Full price £13.50

Discounts £11.50

Brighouse & Rastrick at Leeds Town Hall

Full price £15.50 & £13.50

Discounts £13.50 & £11.50

All other concerts

Full price £11.50

Discounts £9.50

Discounts available for the over 60s, under 18s, full-time students, unwaged and LeedsCard Extra holders.

* Booking fees may apply

Join us this season for Leeds Best of Brass, acclaimed as the fi nest seriesof brass band concerts in the world.

Saturday 30 November 2013Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Tredegar Town BandWe are pleased to welcome 2013 Welsh Open Champion Tredegar Town Band to our series. With roots going back to 1849 the band has proudly represented its community throughout the brass banding world for 135 years. 2010 was a truly historic year with the band claiming no less than seven major domestic and national titles, culminating with the unique double feat of winning the Grand Shield and the British Open Championship in the same year.

Saturday 14 December 2013Yeadon Town Hall, 7.30pm

Hepworth BandThere has long been a strong tradition of brass bands and music making in the Holme Valley and Hepworth Band has been a part of this since its formation in 1882. It has recently appointed the Danish conductor Stig Mærsk as its new resident Musical Director. The band promotes its own annual concert series and performs further afi eld in concert series, staged productions and with some of the country’s leading choirs.

Saturday 18 January 2014Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Black Dyke BandBlack Dyke is the most successful contesting band in the world, having won the British Open no fewer than twenty-nine times and the National Championships twenty-two times. Black Dyke is also the most recorded band in the world with over 300 recordings to date.

Saturday 5 April 2014Yeadon Town Hall, 7.30pm

Reg Vardy BandFormed in 1910 as the Craghead Colliery band in County Durham, the band was sponsored by Ever Ready in 1968 and in 2003 it signed a new deal with the Reg Vardy Group. Following this, for the fi rst time in its history, it fi nished in the top ten in every major contest for two consecutive years. Thirty three times North of England Regional Champion, the Reg Vardy Band was the 2011 winner of the Grand Shield.

Saturday 12 April 2014Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Cory BandHailing from the Rhondda Valley in South Wales Cory Band was formed in 1884 as Ton Temperance. Under the leadership of Robert Childs, the band became prolifi c in its contest success. Under new Musical Director Philip Harper the band won the 2013 European Brass Band Championship. Cory is recognised as one of Wales’s fi nest and most innovative music ensembles. Its numerous CD recordings and live concert performances have received worldwide acclaim.

Saturday 26 April 2014Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Carlton Main FrickleyColliery Band2013 Yorkshire Area Champion Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band hails from the small pit village of South Emsall. During the band’s long and successful history, it has won virtually every honour that it is possible to win; European Champion, British Champion, Granada Band of the Year, BBC Best of Brass Champion, British Open Champion, Spring Festival Grand Shield Champion, and Yorkshire Area Champion.

Saturday 15 February 2014Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Brighouse & Rastrick BandBrighouse & Rastrick is regarded by many as the best and most consistent ‘public subscription band’ in the world. The band was formed over 125 years ago through public donations given by the townsfolk of the adjacent villages of Brighouse and Rastrick. The band is proud of its continued success independent of sponsorship.

Saturday 15 March 2014Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Grimethorpe Colliery BandThe Grimethorpe Colliery Band was formed in 1917 as a leisure activity for the workmen at the colliery. International fame came to the band with the making of the 1995 fi lm Brassed O� . The band recently became the fi rst ever brass band to be an ensemble-in-residence at the Royal College of Music in London. In 2010 Grimethorpe enforced its reputation as the UK’s leader in brass band entertainment by winning Brass in Concert title for a record fi � eenth time.

Saturday 29 March 2014Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Leyland Band2013 North West Area Champion the Leyland Band was established in 1946 in the heart of industrial Lancashire as the Leyland Motors Band. Now an independent group of some thirty musicians, the band has retained its local connection and now proudly bears the name of its home town. The band has rightly earned its reputation as an unrivalled concert entertainer by producing dynamic and unique performances both at home and abroad.

Saturday 19 October 2013Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Virtuosi GUS BandWe are pleased to welcome back to our series the 2013 Butlins Mineworks Champion the Virtuosi GUS Band. Formed in 1933 as the Munn and Felton Works Band it has enjoyed sustained contest success over the years having won no less than six national titles, the British Open Championship and being proclaimed World Champion. In 2013 the band is celebrating80 years of outstanding music making and a story which had its beginning in a small Northamptonshire shoe factory.

Sunday 3 November 2013Leeds Town Hall, 3pm*

Brighouse & Rastrick Band*Please note this concert takes place at Leeds Town Hall at 3pm

We are excited this year to hold one of our Best of Brass concerts at Leeds Town Hall. Brighouse & Rastrick is regarded by many as the best and most consistent ‘public subscription band’ in the world. The band was formed over 125 years ago through public donations given by the townsfolk of the adjacent villages of Brighouse and Rastrick. The band, National Champion of Great Britain 2010 and 2011, is proud of its continued success independent of sponsorship.

Saturday 9 November 2013Morley Town Hall, 7.30pm

Rothwell Temperance BandRothwell Temperance is a relatively young band. Formed in 1984, it began contesting in 1989. It quickly made a name for itself at the big contests winning the 2006 International Masters, qualifying for the National Finals in 2008 and winning the 2009 Grand Shield and Yorkshire Area Championship. The band can also be heard at Leeds Town Hall on Thursday 19 December performing in the Lord Mayor’s Carol Concerts.