New Zealand Brass Band Championships - Livestreamed

ttf_DaveBb · Post by **ttf_DaveBb** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:04 pm

Various events from the NZ Band Champs will be livestreamed by the irrepressible media juggernaut www.brassbanned.com , starting tonight (Wednesday) at 7:00pm (NZ Time) with the Invitational Slow Melody.

Here's their streaming page
http://brassbanned.5stream.com/

Here's the website for the champs
http://2017contest.brass.nz/
With any luck they will publish a schedule for the band events (not there yet). Brassbanned will probably publish a schedule on their site first anyway.

Event Times (all New Zealand time)
Champion of Champions event for soloists: Thurs 7:00pm (?)

Band events:
Grade   Test event   Own choice event
A (8 bands)   Fri 5:00pm to 9:30pm   Sat 5:00pm to 9:30pm
B (9 bands)   Fri 8:30am to 1:20pm   Sat 9:00am to 1:00pm
C (6 bands)   Fri 3:30pm to 5:30pm   Sat 1:30pm to 3:30pm
D (2 bands)      Sat 9:50am to 11:20am
Youth (1 band)       Fri 3:00pm to 3:30pm

"Champion Brass" concert, Sunday 2:00pm

These events won't be available later on Youtube as the music publishers are still trying to get their head around the internet.

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:23 pm

Not having YouTube rebroadcasts is a bummer for those of us on the other side of the World. I watched as much of the Australian championships as I could last weekend, but at 3 AM (5 PM Australia time) I was ready to fall asleep, so I missed all the evening stuff. Same thing happened last year for New Zealand.

Good luck to all of you participating. I'll see what I can.

ttf_DaveBb · Post by **ttf_DaveBb** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:59 pm

B Grade test is on now for next 3 hours

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 2:01 pm

Are you performing in anything?

I'm watching.

ttf_DaveBb · Post by **ttf_DaveBb** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:55 pm

Hi Bruce
No - I watching from my work desktop at the moment.
The group I play in isn't serious enough to travel to the national contest. One day when I have more time I might do it more seriously.

Dave

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:03 pm

I have to say, I'm watching some C grade bands that could outplay other countries' B or even A grade bands. These guys are terrific.

Tay-tay, if you are following, did you play this year?

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:03 pm

I have to say, I'm watching some C grade bands that could outplay other countries' B or even A grade bands. These guys are terrific.

Tay-tay, if you are following, did you play this year?