We're loving the coverage of EBBC 2024, a great piece by Philip Sparke ! Please make sure our flugel player @BrassedOffCave (who is there "networking") and our two conductors @CBondComposer and @thorntoneuph (adjudicating tomorrow) get back safely! #wobplay#ebbc2024
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**VACANCY**
The GUS Band would like to invite applications for the role of Soprano Cornet.
Please get in contact via the details in the advert if you are interested or have any questions.
Rehearsals are 8-10pm on Mondays and Thursdays in Northampton. thegusband.com
Programme now confirmed for @TheGUSBand performing at Morley Town Hall on Sat 16 Oct. From Somewhere Over the Rainbow to Sing Sing Sing.
Tickets >> bit.ly/2Xy4ypd
Here's a photo from what seems like a lifetime ago, the morning of the band's last outing, the Midlands Area victory 2020 (our 6th win in 7 years 🎉🎉)
Our thanks go to lloydshipp and Your Logo Here for supplying the… instagram.com/p/B-ztal1ADr_/…
Congratulations @TheGUSBand - Midlands Area champions for the 23rd time, plus four South Midlands titles makes it a 27th title overall - 3rd on the all-time winners list covering all areas. And off a number 1 draw this year too! 😮
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The band are excited to once again perform our fantastic entertainment set from Butlins, composed by the band's Associate Music Consultant mikesheppard1, as well as the regional area contest set work, Philip Sparke's… instagram.com/p/B9C7wujgv0W/…
Here are a few shots of the band's final rehearsal last night...
We're all set and ready to rumble 💪
Good luck to all of the other competitors today. Play well (but not too well 😉)
#uptheGUS @ Royal Albert Hall instagram.com/p/B3gyN2pgftp/…
The GUS Band are having an open rehearsal on Thursday 10th Oct from 7:30pm at Northampton High School, NN4 6UU.
If you've never been to a GUS rehearsal then now's your chance to come and watch Chris Jean's put the… instagram.com/p/B3XiDlVAJMr/…
***TONIGHT***
Tickets are going well for our "Last Night of the Proms" concert tonight. We will be playing the usual classics you've come to expect as well as new repetoire.
Pay on the door, or in advance from:
The Heritage Centre, Rothwell, or
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