Durham County Brass Band Association   2010 The junior and senior band had another successful visit to Blackhall for the annual solo, duet and quartet 2010 contest. We repeated last years success with seven class wins out of 9 classes
Bandsman's Choice Thank's to all who attended the concert and we hope you enjoyed listening as much as we enjoyed playing. The next concert at Kirkby is on the  31st July with the Himmighausen Band followed by the 17th September which is a musical tour of the world.
Whit Friday Marches 2010. Severn stops this year and an excellent day with a 3rd place at Delph and 10th overall out of a field of 137 Bands. The band were saddened to hear of the tragic accident  and our condolences go to the family.
	Geoff Marshall Geoff unexpectedly passed away in April 2010, doing what he enjoyed most when he was not playing in the band. He was on the top of a hill taking a break from one of his favorite walks in West Yorkshire. His dry sense of humor, musical knowledge  and playing talent will be missed by all the members of the band. You didn't hear it Geoff, but a full band played really well at your last gig,
Area Finals - Darlington Sunday 21 March, and up to Darlington for the area finals. We were encouraged by Stape's win in the 4th section and well done to them. We  worked our socks off at rehearsals to prepare George Llyod's 'English Heritage' and it paid of with a fifth place in the championship section, which for us was a result we were very pleased with,
Scottish Open Championship All the way up to Perth for this years Scottish Open. We had a great time and enjoyed everything except the result. We played below par and had no issues with the result, so we can put the whole thing down to experience. The concert hall was great, the hotel was brilliant with excellent staff and the company in the hotel, 'Pemberton Old Band', help us to drown our sorrows and finish a disappointing day with a good laugh.

Malton Contest Our local contest, just down the road from Kirkby. The contest is going through a sticky patch at the moment with a small but very determined entry. We drew second on in class 'A' and thought we played well. Alan Hope was in the box and he thought so too. We won Best March, best solo (sop) and 1st overall to win the contest in a section with four bands playing. Never mind perhaps more will turn up next year, and with a change of venue across the river in Norton, with a lot better acoustic, it should be more enjoyable to play..

Durham County Brass Band Association   2010  Let's just say our  players from both the junior and senior bands did exceptionally well. We took 1st place in 7 out of the 9 classes so a very well done to all our players. Thank's to the association for a very well run competition and we look forward to next year.