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We are back in business again!! Finally we have performed our first concert for very nearly two years with our Remembrance Concert in St Mary’s Church in Martham. The band was supported with songs and readings by the children of the Martham Academy Choral Society who performed superbly. They are a credit to the school,

Norfolk Wherry Brass is pleased to announce that following the latest easing of Covid19 restrictions meaningful rehearsals have now commenced. Sadly during the pandemic Ian Clarke (Chunky), our chairman, decided to call a halt to his playing days and although he will help us however he can, he has left the band. We have elected

After 15months with nothing more than a couple of 6 players maximum rehearsals, the brakes finally came off last night and a dozen players met for our first step towards ‘normality’. Covid restrictions were in force and maintained. It was great to see friends again and hear them playing live music. Beris kicked off the

The Committee of Norfolk Wherry Brass have ‘a duty of care’ to both the public and it’s members. With this very much to the fore we have decided to cancel all future activity, including rehearsals, until it is considered safe to do so in the new year. We are aware that this will be disappointing to

On Sunday 23rd February, Norfolk Wherry Brass (MD Eddie Baker) had a day preparing for this year’s London & Southern Counties Regional Brass Band Championships, to be held in Stevenage on Saturday 21st March. The band, who were 4th Section National Champions as recently as 2012, have gone through a few tough years and are

An excellent training day for the band as we continue our preparation for the Area Contest in Stevenage next month. We had the very experienced Music Director and Adjudicator Michael Fowles spend the day with us working on ‘Neverland’ which is the nominated test piece for this year’s contest. Every member of the band from