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Finally we're back online! Now we're back following another successful trip to Blackpool and promotion. Unfortunately, due to technical problems beyond our control Douglas Town band's website has been down since February.
Now, with the help of Douglas Borough Council's I.T. Department, we're back online.
In the meantime the band has been as busy as ever. Our annual trip to the North West Regional Brass Band Championships contest in Blackpool produced another creditable result which, following on from the band's successes of the past two years, has resulted in the promotion of Douglas Town Band to the 2nd section.

Now the band is busy preparing for the Summer season concerts. Click here to find out where you can hear the band and do come along!

Following a busy and successful month of Christmas engagements the new year started with the Annual General Meeting. Details of the officers and committee elected can be found on our AGM andContact Us pages.
The band's new committee soon got to work finalising the details of the band's next trip to the North West Regional Brass Band Championships in Blackpool. The band are now hard at work rehearsing the test piece.

An exciting end to the summer season. No sooner had the summer concert season finished than the band were hard at work in their preparations for the Nonal Finals in Harrogate. Once again Gordon Higginbottom travelled from his home in Spain to put the finishing touches to the preparations and add his special magic to the performance. The test piece Oceans, masterfully composed by Goff Richards, conveyed all the grandure, fury and diverse moods of the world's great seas. Of the 17 bands competing we were surely the only one to have actually crossed the sea to be there. The intensive rehearsals continued after our arrival in harrogate starting at 8.30am on Saturday morning. Sunday morning saw an earlier start with the first rehearsal at 8am to be ready in case we were drawn first to play. In fact we played later on but the extra preparation paid off with a very creditable 4th place. It was a great thrill to hear the name Douglas Town Band announced from the platform amongst the prize winners.

There was no rest for the band on our return, however, as we prepared for our concert with professor David King the following weekend. Another inspiring experience with one of the masters of brass playing and teaching, culminating in a superb concert which was thoroughly enjoyed by the enthusiastic audience.