Whit Friday Brass Band Contest Delph
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Whit Friday Brass Band Contest Delph
Image: © Paul Anderson Taken: 16 May 2008
This is the competition ring very late in the evening in the centre of Delph where Tartan Brass are seen playing during the annual Whit Friday Brass Band Contest. See Tartan Brass march through the village of Delph http://youtube.com/watch?v=bVW1HrRwuY8&feature=related From the earliest recorded contest in 1884, the event has grown in popularity. This year well over a hundred brass bands participated in some twenty different contests at venues scattered around the moorland villages and towns on the western edge of the Pennines. It is possible to look in at several contests during the evening but with over 100 bus-loads of bandsmen about and with many of the local roads closed to traffic plus the inevitable parking problems, it pays not to be over-ambitious. Image Image Image Image Image Image For more information about Whit Friday Brass Band Contest click on http://www.whitfriday.brassbands.saddleworth.org/
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