Champions! ​ Foresters Brass take the title at the Midlands Area contest. ​ What a weekend! Foresters Brass are the Midlands First Section Champion Band after delivering a stunning rendition of "Land of the Long White Cloud." ​ In an extremely tough field with strong bands, Foresters left it late to claim the first section area win in over 20 years, with a 15 draw out of 16 bands total. The adjudicators spoke to a full Bedworth Civic Hall before their verdicts, citing t

​ On Saturday, 11th March, Foresters will once again take to the stage at Bedworth Civic Hall in a bid to secure an invitation for the Brass Band National Finals. ​ The test piece this year is Philip Sparke's Aotearoa, or Land of the Long White Cloud, a reference to New Zealand. ​ As with all banding, we have had a reconfiguration of our players and seats within the band to give us the best possible chance to deliver a true account of this exciting piece.