About
Burneside Brass are a 4th Section brass band based in the village of Burneside, just out side of Kendal, Cumbria. As well as having the main competing band, we also have a training band.
The main band rehearse every Thursday evening from 7:30pm till 9:30pm at Burneside Cricket Club.
The training band rehearse every Tuesday evening from 6:30pm till 7:30pm at Burneside Cricket Club.
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1993
A chance conversation
In March 1993 the Westmorland Gazette published an article Headed "Bill puts Burneside Band on the road" accompanied by a photograph of Bill Turton and Peter Crawford. The article read: "That was until a mate (Peter) wandered into Burneside Post Office where Bill's wife is postmistress and the two made plans for a village brass band. It didn't matter that around 26 players were needed and that the instruments cost the earth. But in true Last of the Summer wine style, nothing seemed insurmountable." The article ended thus: "Bill and Peter's little scheme might have started as a little joke but the hot air turned into a strong wind just enough to fuel a Brass Band."
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2000
National registered band
In July the band unanimously decided to apply to the British Band Registry and register as a national 4th section band. Our first 'registered' contest was at Fleetwood on Sunday 1st October 2000 where we achieved an outstanding 2nd place.
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2013
Happy birthday and the National Finals
In 2013 Burneside Brass celebrated being 20 years old. As per previous years we attended the annual regional brass band contest where we were awarded 2nd place. As part of the prize we were invited to the national finals in Cheltenham in September, this was our first visit to the National finals and was the best 20th birthday present the band could have ever received.
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2019
Here we go again!
At this years annual regional brass band contest we were awarded 2nd place which includes an invite to the national finals in Cheltenham in September. This is the second time we have qualified for the National finals.
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