{"id":2175556,"date":"2026-10-02T05:21:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2175556"},"modified":"2026-10-02T05:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T02:21:38","slug":"verwood-concert-brass-band-bids-to-become-national-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2175556","title":{"rendered":"Verwood Concert Brass band bids to become national champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cornet player Jan Tiller said the band had risen through the ranks<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A brass band is making final preparations for its first bid to become national champions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dorset’s Verwood Concert Brass will play at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Saturday 3 October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is the first time the 162-year-old group has qualified for the Championship Section National Finals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Third cornet player Jan Tiller, who joined the band in 1980, said she had seen it rise from the fourth tier to the highest rank of band competitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She said: “The analogy is like AFC Bournemouth going through the leagues and joining the Premier League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“[We’re] playing against some of the best bands in the world – the Black Dyke Mills, the Foden’s, the Cory and the list goes on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“My late husband always believed there was something special with Verwood and it just needed the right people to keep us moving up through the sections.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The band has previously only reached the lower tiers of the national finals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Saturday, Tiller will share the famous London venue with the country’s top 20 ensembles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She added: “For me, it’s a dream come true. I attended the national finals as a supporter for many, many years. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’ve never, ever believed I might actually walk out on that stage.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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All finalists will play Philip Sparke’s ‘A Road Less Travelled By’, with judges sitting behind a curtain in order to remain impartial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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