{"id":621,"date":"2022-04-02T19:36:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T18:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/?page_id=621"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:55:41","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/?page_id=621","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Summer 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have a busy schedule of engagements in the Essex area &#8211; take a look at the Calendar to find us. Please come and say hello.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">March 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday 21st March 2026 we played in the First Section at the Gordon Craig Arts &amp; Leisure Centre, Stevenage in the Regional Festival of the National Brass Band Championships.\u00a0 The set test piece was Variations on Was Lebet \u00a0by Andew Wainwright. Having drawn to play 5th out of fourteen bands we were very pleased to be placed 5th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-826\" src=\"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PHOTO-2026-03-21-23-22-20-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PHOTO-2026-03-21-23-22-20-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PHOTO-2026-03-21-23-22-20-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PHOTO-2026-03-21-23-22-20-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PHOTO-2026-03-21-23-22-20.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are provisionally placed sixth in the First Section of the London &amp; Southern Counties Region of the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">November 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are hoping to take part in the Leicester Band contest on 22nd November. If you are looking for a band to go contesting with, give us a call. The event takes part at the Ashby School in Ashby-de-la-Zouch.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer 2026 We have a busy schedule of engagements in the Essex area &#8211; take a look at the Calendar to find us. Please come and say hello.\u00a0 March 2026 On Saturday 21st March 2026 we played in the First <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/?page_id=621\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-621","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":827,"href":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621\/revisions\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tilburyband.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}