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Bitburg Launch!

Over the weekend we launched this year’s Bitburg trip! Final details are being put in place but the basic information at the time of writing is as follows:

Dates – 7th – 11th July 2017. It is proposed that we will do the trip in cars or perhaps a minibus leaving Dover around 8am on Friday 7th July, returning to Dover at around 7pm on Tuesday 11th.

Cost – TBC. Full travel from Dover will be in the region of £200 -£250. Hotel only (ie those not travelling from the UK or making their own way) to be in the region of €120 – €140. This includes travel (where applicable), 4 nights B&B in Bitburg and other meals at the Haus Der Jugend

Schedule – TBC. Around three performances per day. Likely to be similar to previous years

Programme – TBC

Conductor – Andy Wooler

If you are interested in joining us please feel free to get in touch. coronationbrass@hotmail.com

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Bitburg 2017

We’re getting ready to launch this year’s Bitburg trip! Once again we’ll be participating in the European Folklore Festival in Bitburg, Germany this July. The dates are:

Friday 7th July – Tuesday 11th July leaving Dover on the Friday morning and returning on Tuesday evening.

All other details will be announced shortly – watch this space!

Andy Wooler

We’re delighted to announce that plans are coming together nicely for this year’s Bitburg trip and that Andy Wooler has been appointed as conductor for this year.

For those of you who don’t know Andy, he comes with a wealth of experience having spent many years as a military musician with the Band of 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment. He studied at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall and as well as working as a professional musician he also conducted Mid Sussex Brass and Uckfield Concert Brass where he was mentored by Ken Dennison.

He was the first pupil Tim Lord taught from scratch and is a veteran of many Bitburg trips from days gone by!

He lives in Germany where he is a trumpeter with the Bayer Symphoniker and Cologne Concert Brass where he also conducts the Academy Band

Bitburg 2016!

Today we launch the 2016 Bitburg trip! As our German friends like to say, it’s the same procedure this year and we are hoping to have a full band travelling to Bitburg in July. Further details will be posted here over the coming months, but the basics are as follows:

Dates: Friday July 8th – Tuesday July 12th

We will perform two or three concerts each day as part of the European Folklore Festival. Accommodation will be provided at Hotel Louis Muller (4 nights B&B)

Cost: TBC

If you would like further information please get in touch coronationbrass@hotmail.com

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