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Congratulations Desi Graham!

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  • posted on October 10, 2020March 15, 2021
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A massive congratulations to Desi Graham on receiving an Order of the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020. Desi has been a player/conductor/supporter of Third
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Request for further questionnaire feedback

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  • posted on October 4, 2020March 15, 2021
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A massive thank you to all 29 bands who completed our questionnaire.  Your feedback has already been invaluable to us.  We have finished collating all the information and have attached it
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Online evenings with Michael Fowles!

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  • posted on October 3, 2020March 15, 2021
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BBL Zoom meeting 02 Oct 20

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  • posted on September 30, 2020March 15, 2021
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The details for our Zoom meeting have been sent out today to everyone who has confirmed they are attending. If your rep doesn’t receive them, please let me know so we can get it sorted for
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COVID-19 advice to NI Brass Bands

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  • posted on September 14, 2020March 15, 2021
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We are aware of guidance released today by Brass Bands England (BBE) regarding advice from the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the exemption of Youth Groups from their
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Funding opportunities and other news

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  • posted on September 5, 2020March 15, 2021
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The Arts Council NI “Organisations Emergency Programme” is now open again.  You can find information about it and other Arts Council funding
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News from the BBL Executive

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  • posted on September 1, 2020March 15, 2021
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Last night (31st August) the BBL Executive held another productive Zoom meeting and discussed a variety of topics including the following: COVID-19The BBL are still working with the
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COVID-19 Update – 14th August 2020

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  • posted on August 18, 2020March 15, 2021
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As most of you will be aware, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) and Brass Bands England (BBE) released updated guidance today for non-professional musicians.
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BBL Update 05 Aug 2020

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  • posted on August 14, 2020March 15, 2021
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Following advice issued to ourselves yesterday by the Public Health Authority in Northern Ireland and today’s publication of Arts Council NI’s “Reopening the Arts in Northern
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Band Questionnaire for affiliated AND unaffiliated bands

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  • posted on July 26, 2020March 15, 2021
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At the last BBL delegate meeting, it was raised that bands would like the BBL to collate feedback about different issues affecting bands. In order to do this, we have written the following Band
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