The season opens where the arguing is loudest: the Victorian State Band Championships, 15 and 16 August. Every brass band, every grade, ranked top to bottom. Tip blind In the Bar before the first chair scrapes the stage, then re-tip live In the Box while the adjudicator scribbles.
Three titles on the line: best In the Bar, best In the Box, and The Big Tip, whose winner becomes the first Top Bell in history. Founding members of The Bell Curve, this is your moment.
