{"id":398,"date":"2025-02-23T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/?p=398"},"modified":"2025-05-11T15:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T14:30:56","slug":"north-west-area-contest-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/north-west-area-contest-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"North West Area Contest 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The band was proud to take part in the <strong>North West Area Championships<\/strong>, held at the <strong>Winter Gardens in Blackpool<\/strong> this February. A key event in the brass banding calendar, the contest brings together ensembles from across the region to compete in a celebration of musical talent and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hawk-Green-Band-Blackpool-2025-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-399\" style=\"width:493px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hawk-Green-Band-Blackpool-2025-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hawk-Green-Band-Blackpool-2025-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hawk-Green-Band-Blackpool-2025-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hawk-Green-Band-Blackpool-2025-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hawk-Green-Band-Blackpool-2025.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, we performed <strong>&#8220;Friendly Takeover&#8221; by Oliver Waespi<\/strong>\u2014a dynamic and challenging test piece that pushed us musically and technically. Under the baton of our musical director, we delivered a spirited performance that we had worked hard to prepare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the final result was disappointing, the day was still an immensely rewarding experience for the band. We enjoyed the opportunity to perform in the Second Section following last years promotion and to support our friends in fellow bands throughout the day. As always, it was also a chance to bond as a group and take in the unique atmosphere that makes contesting in Blackpool so memorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all who supported us on the day, both in the hall and behind the scenes in the lead up to the event. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The band was proud to take part in the North West Area Championships, held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool this February. A key event in the brass banding calendar, the contest brings together ensembles from across the region to compete in a celebration of musical talent and commitment. This year, we performed &#8220;Friendly Takeover&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawkgreenband.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}