Welcome to nabbabridge.org, the official site of The Brass Band Bridge, The Official Publication of the North American Brass Band Association. This website is part of the Official NABBA Website and contains information about The Brass Band Bridge.
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Our goal is to produce the highest quality publication that will inform NABBA members frequently and in-depth. To do this I rely on you, our membership, to provide me with news, materials for review, communications, photographs, scholarly articles, and advertisements on all aspects relating to and for the benefit of brass bands and their members in North America. Materials must be submitted as Microsoft Word documents and photos must be submitted as JPEG files (300 dpi resolution, no smaller than approximately 600 x 450 in size). Materials may be edited for content. Please send items for inclusion in The Brass Band Bridge to me at the following address:
Below you will find links to all of the currently available copies of The Brass Band Bridge as well as summaries of their contents. Please take the time to read the page of tips on downloading, viewing and printing The Brass Band Bridge so you can get the most out of the publication. Also, at the bottom of this page are links to copies of the official NABBA logo which may be used by NABBA bands on NABBA member websites and programs provided a link to the NABBA website (www.nabba.org) is given on the band's website or the URL of the NABBA website (www.nabba.org) is printed in the program. Finally, if you are planning to submit an advertisement to The Brass Band Bridge or wish to submit materials for The Brass Band Bridge, download Advertising Guidelines and Style Sheet for Writers.
Thanks to the considerable efforts of NABBA Archivist Diana Herak, all issues of The Brass Band Bridge have been scanned and are in the process of being uploaded for viewing and download - all issues, that is, except for Issue 73. If you happen to have a copy of Issue 73 which would complete our archive of Bridge issues, please let us know so we can include it.
Check back here frequently for new copies of The Brass Band Bridge which will appear regularly; together, let us enjoy anew building bridges between our North American brass bands and their members.
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