| ITINERARY
2008 |
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| FEB 2 |
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Yeovil
Entertainment Contest |
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with Richard Evans |
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Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, Somerset |
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Box Office: 01935
422884 |
| FEB 9 |
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Festival of Brass |
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With Cardiff (Canton) SA Band |
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Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff |
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Contact: Barry Price 02920 711 603 / 07970
687 171 |
| FEB 16 |
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South Wales
Mineworker's Eisteddfod Entertainment Contest |
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with Richard Evans |
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Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl |
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Box Office:
01656 786996 |
| MAR 9 |
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Welsh Regional Championships |
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Brangwyn Hall, Swansea |
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Test-piece: Festival Music |
| MAR 21 |
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Good Friday Concert |
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with Treorchy Male
Choir |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| MAY 10 |
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Senior
Trophy Championship |
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With
Richard Evans |
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Winter
Gardens, Blackpool |
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Test-piece: An Epic Symphony |
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MAY 18 |
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Rehearsal: Carbon 12 |
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With Gerry
Cornelius |
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Parc & Dare
Bandroom 7:00-9:30pm |
| MAY 23 |
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A Starry
Starry Night |
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Gala
Concert in aid of Bobath Cymru |
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Making a
difference to children in Wales with cerebral palsy |
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St David's Hall, Cardiff |
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Box Office: 02920 878 500 |
| MAY 26 |
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Welsh
Brass Arts Festival Preview Concert |
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Free
Performance |
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Wales
Millennium Centre - Glanfa Foyer |
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3:00-4:00pm |
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MAY 28 |
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Rehearsal: Carbon 12 |
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Wales
Millennium Centre
6:30-9:30 |
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MAY 30 |
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Rehearsal: Carbon 12 |
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Wales
Millennium Centre
6:30-9:30 |
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JUNE 1 |
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Rehearsal: Carbon 12 |
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Wales
Millennium Centre
10:30-4:30 |
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JUNE 4 |
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Dress
Rehearsal: Carbon 12 |
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Wales
Millennium Centre |
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6:30-9:30pm |
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JUNE 5 |
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Dress
Rehearsal: Carbon 12 |
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Wales
Millennium Centre |
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6:30-9:30pm |
| JUNE 6 |
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Carbon 12
- World Premiere Performance |
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With
Welsh National Opera Company |
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Conductor: Carlo Rizzi |
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Wales
Millennium Centre - Donald Gordon Theatre |
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Box Office: 08700 40 2000 |
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JUNE 8 |
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Dress / Technical
Rehearsal: The Planets |
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Park & Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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6:30-9:30pm |
| JUNE 12 |
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Carbon 12 |
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With
Welsh National Opera Company |
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Conductor: Carlo Rizzi |
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Wales
Millennium Centre - Donald Gordon Theatre |
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Box Office: 08700 40 2000 |
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JUNE 13 |
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Welsh Brass Arts Festival 2008 |
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The Planets |
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With Catrin Finch, Serendipity female
chorus and the symphonic brass of |
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the Stadtkapelle Nuertingen &
Stadtorchester Ravensburg, Germany |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
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For full details see
www.brassbands.co.uk/festival.htm |
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JUNE 14 |
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Welsh Brass Arts Festival 2008 |
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A Night at the Opera |
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With Cor Meibion Morlais, the Vivace
Singers and the symphonic brass |
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of
the Stadtkapelle Nuertingen & Stadtorchester Ravensburg,
Germany |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
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For full details see
www.brassbands.co.uk/festival.htm |
| JUNE 19 |
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Carbon 12 |
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With
Welsh National Opera Company |
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Conductor: Carlo Rizzi |
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Birmingham Hippodrome |
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Box Office: 0870 730 1234 |
| JUNE 23
to JULY 9 |
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Royal Nova Scotia International
Tattoo |
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Parc & Dare
Brass |
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Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada |
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www.nstattoo.ca |
| JUNE
26 |
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Carbon 12
- Free Performance |
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With
Welsh National Opera Company |
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Conductor: Gerry Cornelius |
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Rhondda Fach Sports Centre, Tylorstown |
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Box
Office: 01443 773 112 |
| AUG 3 |
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Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru |
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With Richard Evans |
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Cardiff, Location TBC |
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Live Televised Event |
| AUG 9 |
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Wales-Japan Club International Festival of Brass |
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With Senzoku Gakuen College of Music Band,
Japan |
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Conductors: Richard Evans and Dr Robert Childs |
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Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff |
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Contact: 07765 678 189 |
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| ITINERARY
2007 |
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|
| FEB 10 |
|
Yeovil
Entertainment Contest |
| |
|
with Richard Evans |
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|
Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, Somerset |
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Box Office: 01935
422884 |
| FEB 17 |
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South Wales
Mineworker's Eisteddfod Entertainment Contest |
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with Richard Evans |
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Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl |
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Box Office:
01656 786996 |
| MAR 18 |
|
Welsh Regional Championships |
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Brangwyn Hall, Swansea |
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Test-piece: Isaiah 40 |
| MAR 24 |
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Electric
Brass |
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with
Catrin Finch & Steve Bingham |
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Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Powys |
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01686 625 007 |
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www.brassbands.co.uk/electricbrass.htm |
| MAR 29 |
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Electric
Brass |
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with
Catrin Finch & Steve Bingham |
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Wales Millennium Centre - Weston Theatre |
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08700 40 2000 |
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www.brassbands.co.uk/electricbrass.htm |
| MAR 30 |
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Electric
Brass |
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with
Catrin Finch & Steve Bingham |
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Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea |
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01792 602 060 |
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www.brassbands.co.uk/electricbrass.htm |
| APR 6 |
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Good Friday Concert |
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with Treorchy Male
Choir |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| MAY 19 |
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Senior
Trophy Championship |
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Winter
Gardens, Blackpool |
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Test-piece: Ballet for Band |
| MAY 28 |
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Welsh
Brass Arts Festival Preview Concert |
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Wales
Millennium Centre - Glanfa Foyer |
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3:00-4:00pm |
| JUNE
15-20 |
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Welsh
Brass Arts Festival 2007 |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
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For full details see www.brassbands.co.uk/festival.htm |
| JUNE 15 |
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A Night
at the Musicals / A Night at the Sands |
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with Peter Karrie |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
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www.brassbands.co.uk/festival.htm |
| JUNE 16 |
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World
Dances |
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with
Joji Hirota and the Japanese Taiko Drummers |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
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www.brassbands.co.uk/festival.htm |
| JUNE 23
to JULY 9 |
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Royal Nova Scotia International
Tattoo |
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Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada |
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www.nstattoo.ca |
| OCT 4 |
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A Man &
His Music |
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with Peter Karrie |
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Blackwood Miner's Institute, Blackwood,
Caerphilly |
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Box Office: 01495 227 206 |
| OCT 21 |
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The
Cordell Project - Parc & Dare Brass 10 Piece |
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with Dawson Smith
and The Exiles |
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Phoenix Arts,
Leicester |
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Tel: 0116 255 4854 |
| OCT 27 |
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Parc &
Dare Band In Concert |
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Theatr Hafren,
Newtown, Powys |
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Tel: 01686 625 007 |
| NOV 4 |
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Harry &
Margaret Mortimer Championships |
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with Richard Evans |
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Pontins, Prestatyn, North Wales |
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Test-piece: Partita |
| NOV 30 |
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A Man &
His Music |
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with Peter Karrie |
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Congress Theatre, Cwmbran |
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Box Office: 01633 868 239 |
| DEC 7 |
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The Glory of
Christmas |
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with The
Richard Williams Singers, Gentlemen Songsters & Treorchy Comprehensive
Senior School Choir |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| DEC 14-17 |
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Deutsche Festliche
Konzert Tour |
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with Stadtorchester Ravensburg & Stadtkapelle
Nuertingen |
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Ravensburg & Nuertingen, Germany |
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www.stadtorchester-ravensburg.de /
www.stadtkapelle-nuertingen.de |
| DEC 21 |
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The
Wonder of
Christmas |
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with Spotlight Theatre Company a Cor Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Bodringallt |
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Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
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| ITINERARY
2006 |
|
|
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|
|
| FEB 18 |
|
South Wales
Mineworker's Eisteddfod Entertainment Contest |
| |
|
Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl |
| |
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Box Office:
01656 786996 |
| MAR 2 |
|
Recording
Session |
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Alexander
Cordell Project |
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with Dawson Smith (www.dawsonsmith.com) |
| MAR 19 |
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Welsh Regional Championships |
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Brangwyn Hall, Swansea |
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Test-piece: Journey to the Centre of the Earth |
| APR 14 |
|
Good Friday Concert |
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with Treorchy Male
Choir |
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Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| MAY 6 |
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South East Wales Brass Band
Championships |
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Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre |
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Test-piece: Own Choice |
| MAY 13 |
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Senior
Trophy Championship |
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Winter
Gardens, Blackpool |
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Test-piece: Essence of Time |
| MAY 29 |
|
Welsh
Brass Arts Festival Preview Concert |
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Wales
Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay |
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3:00-4:00pm |
| JUNE 10 |
|
Pencampwriaethau Band Pres Radio Cymru |
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BBC Radio
Cymru Recording |
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Ysgol
Gyfun Rhydywaun, Aberdare |
| JUNE
12-17 |
|
Welsh
Brass Arts Festival |
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Parc & Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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For full details see www.brassbands.co.uk/festival.htm |
| JUNE 16 |
|
Welsh Brass Arts Festival:
"Electric Brass" Premiere |
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with
Catrin Finch, Steve Bingham, Gareth Rhys-Davies |
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& Only
Men Aloud! |
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Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| JUNE 17 |
|
Welsh Brass Arts Festival:
"Big Anthem Fawr" |
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with the
Stadtorchester Ravensburg & Helen May |
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Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| JUNE 24 to JULY 9 |
|
Royal Nova Scotia International
Tattoo |
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|
Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada |
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|
www.nstattoo.ca |
| SEPT 9 |
|
Electric
Brass |
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|
Royal
Academy of Music, London |
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|
www.brassbands.co.uk/electricbrass.htm |
| OCT 7 |
|
West Wales Brass Band
Championships |
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Ammanford |
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Test-piece: Own Choice |
| OCT 14 &
15 |
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Rehearsal with Major Peter Parkes |
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Parc & Dare Bandroom / Parc & Dare Theatre |
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|
Les Franc Juges |
| OCT 21 |
|
Last
Night of the Proms |
| |
|
with
The Richard Williams Singers, The Gentlemen Songsters |
| |
|
& Helen
May |
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|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
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Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| OCT 28 |
|
National
Brass Band Championships of Great Britain |
| |
|
Royal
Albert Hall, London |
| |
|
Test-piece: Judges of the Secret Court |
| NOV 18 |
|
South
East Wales Brass Band
Championships |
| |
|
Parc &
Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Test-piece: Chivalry |
| DEC 15 |
|
The Glory of
Christmas |
| |
|
with The
Richard Williams Singers, Gentlemen Songsters & Porth County Community
School Choir & Brass Band |
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|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| DEC 16 |
|
The Glory of
Christmas |
| |
|
with The
Richard Williams Singers, Gentlemen Songsters & Treorchy Comprehensive
Senior School Choir |
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|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
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|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| DEC 22 |
|
Christmas
Carols |
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5:00-8:00pm |
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|
Tesco Store, Talbot
Green |
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| ITINERARY
2005 |
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| FEB 10 |
|
"Vive la Differénce" |
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with L'Orchestre de
Cuivres de Franche-Comte & RCT Youth Band |
| |
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Park Hall, Cwmparc |
| FEB 19 |
|
South Wales
Mineworker's Eisteddfod Entertainment Contest |
| |
|
Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl |
| |
|
Box Office:
01656 786996 |
| MAR 12 |
|
Welsh Regional Championships |
| |
|
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea |
| |
|
Test-piece: Comedy
Overture |
| MAR 25 |
|
Good Friday Concert |
| |
|
with Treorchy Male
Choir |
| |
|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| MAY 1 |
|
Promotional Concert |
| |
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Wales Millennium
Centre, Cardiff Bay |
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3:00-4:00pm |
| MAY 7 |
|
VE Day 60th
Anniversary Tribute |
| |
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with The Band of
Her Majesty's
Grenadier Guards |
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Parc and Dare
Theatre, Treorchy |
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Box Office: 01443 773
112 |
| MAY 21 |
|
South East Wales Brass Band
Championships |
| |
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Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre |
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Test-piece: Own Choice |
| JUNE 9 |
|
"Brass Tracks / Wedi
7" |
| |
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S4C Recording Session |
| |
|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| JUNE 10 |
|
Welsh Brass Arts Festival:
"Brass Tracks" Premiere |
| |
|
A Night at the Movies |
| |
|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| JUNE 11 |
|
Welsh Brass Arts Festival:
"Last Night of the Proms" |
| |
|
Richard Williams
Singers' 40th Anniversary Celebration |
| |
|
with The Richard
Williams Singers, Gentlemen Songsters & Helen May |
| |
|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| JUNE 16 |
|
"Brass Tracks"
Tour |
| |
|
A Night at the Movies
|
| |
|
The Welfare, Ystradgynlais |
| |
|
Box Office:
01639
843163 |
| JUNE 17 |
|
"Brass Tracks"
Tour |
| |
|
A Night at the Movies |
| |
|
Taliesin Arts Centre,
Swansea |
| |
|
Box Office:
01792
295238 |
| JUNE 18 |
|
"Brass Tracks"
Tour |
| |
|
A Night at the Movies |
| |
|
Loughborough Town
Hall, Leicestershire |
| |
|
Box Office:
(01509) 231914 |
| JUNE 24 to JULY 9 |
|
Nova Scotia International
Tattoo |
| |
|
Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada |
| |
|
www.nstattoo.ca |
| AUG 1 |
|
Rehearsal
with Ray Farr |
| |
|
Parc &
Dare Bandroom |
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Pageantry |
| AUG 25 |
|
International Event with Montserrat Choir (St Kitts Caribbean)
|
| |
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Coliseum
Theatre, Aberdare |
| |
|
Box
Office: 01685 881 188 |
| SEPT 25 |
|
National Brass Band
Championships National Finals |
| |
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Convention Centre,
Harrogate |
| |
|
Test-piece: Pageantry |
| OCT 1 |
|
"East Meets West" |
| |
|
with the Russian
Cossack State Dance Company |
| |
|
Parc and Dare
Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| OCT 30 |
|
Hand of
Friendship Project Concert |
| |
|
Coal
Exchange, Cardiff |
| |
|
Contact:
01443 776 195 |
| NOV 19 |
|
South East Wales Brass Band Championships |
| |
|
Park + Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Test-piece: Salome |
| DEC 2 |
|
Christmas
Lights Ceremony |
| |
|
with
Alvin Stardust |
| |
|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| DEC 17 |
|
The Glory of
Christmas |
| |
|
with The
Richard Williams Singers & Gentlemen Songsters |
| |
|
Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| DEC 19 |
|
Christmas
Carols |
| |
|
5:00-8:00pm |
| |
|
Tesco
Store, Talbot Green |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| ITINERARY 2004 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| FEB 21 |
|
Entertainment Contest |
| |
|
Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl |
| |
|
Box Office: 01656 786996 |
| FEB 28 |
|
St. David's Day Concert |
| |
|
with Cor Meibion Cwm Rhondda &
Ton Pentre Junior School Choir |
| |
|
Park & Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| MAR 13 |
|
Welsh Regional Championships |
| |
|
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea |
| |
|
Test-piece: Coventry
Variations |
| APRIL 9 |
|
Good Friday Concert (with
Treorchy Male Choir) |
| |
|
Park + Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| MAY 15 |
|
South East Wales Brass Band
Championships |
| |
|
Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre |
| |
|
Test-piece: Own Choice -
Paganini Variations |
| JUNE 4 |
|
Welsh Brass Arts Festival:
"Brass & Voices" |
| |
|
with Denise Leigh & Pendyrus
Male Choir |
| |
|
Park + Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| JUNE 5 |
|
Welsh Brass Arts Festival:
"D-Day: 60th Anniversary Tribute" |
| |
|
with Beverley Humphreys,
Rhondda Sea Cadets & RCT Youth Brass Band |
| |
|
Park + Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |
| JUNE 24 to JULY 8 |
|
Nova Scotia International
Tattoo |
| |
|
Metro Centre, Halifax, Nova
Scotia, Canada |
| |
|
www.nstattoo.ca |
| SEPT 11 |
|
National Brass Band Championship Finals
|
| |
|
Harrogate Convention Centre |
| |
|
Test-piece: The King of Elfland’s Daughter |
| OCT 2 |
|
West Wales Brass Band Championships |
| |
|
Ammanford |
| |
|
Test-piece: Own Choice |
| NOV 13 |
|
South East Wales Brass Band Championships |
| |
|
Park + Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Test-piece: Diversions On A Bass Theme |
| DEC 11 |
|
Christmas Concert (with The Richard Williams Singers) |
| |
|
Park + Dare Theatre, Treorchy |
| |
|
Box Office: 01443 773 112 |