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Dennis
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by Dennis »

Who is going to be at NABBA in 2 weeks?
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Neo_Bri
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by Neo_Bri »

What is NABBA?
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JohnL
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by JohnL »

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Neo_Bri
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by Neo_Bri »

That's cool. Wish I was closer.
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bbocaner
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by bbocaner »

I'm going. Unfortunately, it didn't work out for my band to go again this year, but I'm helping out another local band on tuba (!!) and I will be taking some photos again. Which group do you play with?
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Dennis
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by Dennis »

I'm with the Cincinnati Brass Band. Who are you playing with?
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davebb
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by davebb »

Will there be a livestream ?
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Mikebmiller
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by Mikebmiller »

[quote="Neo Bri"]What is NABBA?[/quote]

It's a Fred Flinstone thing - Nabba Dabba Doo!
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bbocaner
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by bbocaner »

I ordinarily play with Brass of the Potomac but I'm playing with Rockville Brass Band at this year's contest.
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BassBonePete
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by BassBonePete »

I will be at NABBA playing with the Cincinnati Brass Band. Hi Dennis, glad to see you on here.
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Molefsky
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by Molefsky »

We're considering NABBA for 2019. Were you Cinci guys playing at DFOB this year?
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SwissTbone
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by SwissTbone »

Finally some brass band talking on Trombonechat :-)

What where this years test pieces?

How is the brass band level over there?
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Kingfan
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by Kingfan »

[quote="Dennis"]I'm with the Cincinnati Brass Band. Who are you playing with?[/quote]

I think my old buddy Tod Steen joined that band in the last year or so. We played in a college jazz band with John Fedchock when we were all in high school.
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Molefsky
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by Molefsky »

[quote="cozzagiorgi"]Finally some brass band talking on Trombonechat :-)

What where this years test pieces?

How is the brass band level over there?[/quote]

http://nabba.org/championships/test.html

Championship As If a Voice Were In Them

1st Section Diversions on a Bass Theme

2nd Section Frontier Vision

3rd Section Lake of the Moon

The quality is increasing as more bands join the ranks across the US. 1st section was particularly competitive. Some of the bands really need to move up to Championship while others down to 2nd.
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SwissTbone
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by SwissTbone »

[quote="Molefsky"]<QUOTE author="cozzagiorgi" post_id="65127" time="1533799888" user_id="62">
Finally some brass band talking on Trombonechat :-)

What where this years test pieces?

How is the brass band level over there?[/quote]

http://nabba.org/championships/test.html

Championship As If a Voice Were In Them

1st Section Diversions on a Bass Theme

2nd Section Frontier Vision

3rd Section Lake of the Moon

The quality is increasing as more bands join the ranks across the US. 1st section was particularly competitive. Some of the bands really need to move up to Championship while others down to 2nd.
</QUOTE>

Cool pieces!

Is there a sytem where bands have to go up or down in sections according to their results?
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Molefsky
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by Molefsky »

There used to be but I don't think it's enforced anymore. This is a bit of a dilemma for our group being so new; we're not sure where to enter for our first year of competition.