2012 News
 | Second place at the Wessex winter contest!1 December 2012 NFB played at the Wessex Winter Contest in Weymouth on Saturday. In our final contest as a fourth section band before promotion next year, we played Diamond Heritage by Darrol Barry and came in second place. We also finished 11th in the overall standings, beating three bands with higher national gradings. A decent result! Looking forward to next year. |
 | Training Band13 November 2012 New Forest Brass Training Band have performed their first ever concert! Before joining the band earlier this year, many of the training band members had never played a musical instrument, so they did very well to give a public performance within such a short period of time. Well done everyone! The training band played Another Day, Oh When the Saints, and Guava Guy, followed by a mini-concert from the senior band. If If you are interested in joining the training band, or know of anyone who would like to come, then please contact us! |
 | NFB help celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee4 June 2012 New Forest Brass played twice this weekend for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Hythe and West End. In Hythe on Saturday, we performed a short concert on the waterside, although unfortunately it was cut short by the rain. The weather was much better on Monday, when we entertained a large crowd at Hatch Grange, West End, who had gathered to watch one of the Jubilee Beacons being lit. |
 | New Forest Training Band is born!2 May 2012 New Forest Brass have launched a new training band, which meets from 6.30-7.30 on Tuesday evenings at Applemore College. All players of any age and any standard are welcome to come and learn to play a brass instrument, with guidance from Ian and members of the senior band. Instruments are available for loan to training band members. If you are interested in coming along, or know of anyone who would like to come, then please contact us! |
 | New Forest promoted to third section!11 March 2012 New Forest Brass will be playing in the third section at next year's West of England championships! After being handed the number 1 draw, we had an early start. Our performance of the English Folk Song Suite, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, was awarded 10th place out of 25 bands. While not as high as we had hoped, we have the best 3-year aggregate score in the 4th section, so will be promoted for next year. Well done NFB! |
 | Concert with New Forest Big Band25 February 2012 New Forest Brass performed a concert at the Waterside Theatre on Saturday. A large audience enjoyed a range of music, including Streets of London, Wallace and Gromit, English Folk Song Suite and Saint-Saens Variations. The concert also included classic big band and swing numbers from New Forest Big Band. |