A Happy New Year to all our supporters from the GUS Band. After a relaxing Christmas break for the band, it is straight into the New Year with a bang, or rather a test piece or two! This weekend on Saturday 10th January, in conjunction with the British Bandsman we are hosting a Lower Section Workshop for 3rd and 4th section bands at Eynsham Village Hall, near Witney, Oxfordshire. The band will be taken through the regional qualifying test pieces Indian Summer, (Eric Ball) and Three Haworth Impressions, (Gordon Langford) providing the chance for players and conductors to gain a greater insight into how to bring out key aspects of the music and enhance their area contest performances. Then, the following Saturday, (17th) the GUS Band is off to Pudsey, West Yorkshire, to perform a concert at the Civic Hall as part of the Leeds Best of Brass concert series. Details for these two appearances by the band plus all our upcoming concerts can be found on the Events page of this website.