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3 unusual facts about Wingates Band


Wingates Band

In 1906 it achieved the "double" by winning the British Open brass band championships and the British National championships (the latter staged at the Crystal Palace in London) in the same year.

The recent recording Nyman Brass containing arrangements of compositions by the British minimalist composer Michael Nyman.

Wingates Band is a brass band based in Wingates, a settlement near the town of Westhoughton in north-west England.



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