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Alan Lawton MBE
It is with great sadness that the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) learns of the passing of our Honorary Member Alan Lawton MBE. Alan was a member of AoBBA for many years and has served with distinction until retiring from adjudicating in 2014. Alan will be remembered not only as an exceptional cornet player […]
AoBBA Adjudicator Trainee Scheme Invites Applications
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) is to increase trainee places from six to ten from September 2021. The scheme has been extraordinarily successful, and head of the trainee scheme, Martin Heartfield commented ““The adjudicator training scheme has been effectively embedded into our core activities and the Executive feels the time is right to […]
AoBBA 2021 Member Directory
We are pleased to announce that our 2021 Adjudicator Member Directory is available to download as a pdf file on our website. The member directory is a useful addition to our more extensive website and includes a complete list of our current adjudicators for use by contest promoters. For further information please go to ‘Our […]
‘An Evening of Insight into the work of an Adjudicator’
Re: Wednesday 28th April 2021, 7.30pm Brass Bands Wales (BBW) and the Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) are delighted to announce, ‘An evening of insight into the work of an adjudicator’. BBW are hosting an evening with AoBBA secretary, Nicholas Garman and Head of AoBBA’s Trainee Adjudicator Programme, Martin Heartfield who between them will […]
NEW APPOINTMENT AT AoBBA
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) announce the appointment of Sheona Wade as Vice-Chair of the association. As an international tenor horn artiste of repute and with an increasing portfolio of adjudications, the executive committee were unanimous in appointing Sheona to the position. Mark Wilkinson (Chair) commented “Sheona has been a dedicated member of […]
ADAM WHITTLE SUCCEEDS LESLEY BENTLEY AT LBBA
The Association of Brass Band Adjudicators (AoBBA) offers their congratulations to Adam Whittle on his appointment as secretary of the Leicestershire Brass Band Association (LBBA). Adam is a well-known and successful conductor currently with the Rockingham Band and has extensive experience in contest administration through his work at the Butlins Mineworkers Contest and the Yorkshire […]
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