Amersham Band enjoyed a wonderful weekend at The British Open Spring Festival in Blackpool where we performed Edward Gregson’s ‘Dances & Arias’ in the Grand Shield for the first time and were thrilled to be placed 2nd and qualifying for the iconic British Open Championship at Symphony Hall, Birmingham in September! Huge congrats to EverReady Band for their win.
It also sees the band complete a consecutive hatrick of promotions from the Senior Trophy in 2023 to the Senior Cup in 2024, then the Grand Shield in 2025 and now the British Open.
Our principal euphonium player Joshua Dickens also won the prize for the best soloist. Bravo Josh – so well deserved!
As always The Spring Festival is a brilliant opportunity to meet with friends and families from other banding communities across the UK, so congratulations to all 60 bands for making such huge efforts to make this weekend so special.