Friary Brass Band

BUTLIN'S MINEWORKERS CONTEST: Happy New Year! Skegness may not be everyone’s choice for a weekend break in January, but in recent years it has become the perfect way for Friary Guildford to start the New Year’s contest season. With around 80 competing bands and their supporters, Butlin’s was packed to capacity. As well as competing in the usual contest over two days, Friary – winners of the ‘Most Entertaining Band’ award last year and in 2015 - had been invited to stage the