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Held on
Sunday 6th April 2008, all seventeen of
the bands entered fought their way through the worst
snowfall to hit the South East of England for 20
years, in order to take part in this event. Apart
from the start being delayed by 45 minutes, the
contest was a great success.
Section
winners were Fairlop Brass (1st Section),
Thundersley Brass (2nd Section) and the
Godalming Band (3rd Section). SCABA
youth bands were represented by Shanklin Town Youth
Brass, however, no Championship Section bands took
part this year.
With 20
performances, the audience enjoyed a wide variety of
marches and own-choice test pieces, as did
Adjudicator Steve Pritchard-Jones.
Results
First Section
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Place |
Draw |
Band |
March |
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Test Piece |
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1 |
5 |
Fairlop Brass |
New Colonial March |
187 |
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Three-Part Invention (Kenneth Downie) |
191 |
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2 |
3 |
BAE SYSTEMS Brass |
Ravenswood |
184 |
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Sinfonietta for Brass Band (James Curnow)
|
190 |
|
3 |
2 |
Thundersley Brass |
Ravenswood |
186 |
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Fantasy (Joop Van Dijk) |
189 |
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4 |
6 |
Uckfield Concert Brass |
The Middy |
189 |
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Rhapsody in Brass (Dean Goffin) |
188 |
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5 |
8 |
Brackley & District |
Punchinello |
190 |
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James Cook – Circumnavigator (Gilbrt Vinter)
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187 |
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6 |
4 |
Brighton & Hove City |
NFB |
188 |
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Symphony of Marches (Gilbert Vinter) |
186 |
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7 |
7 |
Crystal Palace |
Castell Caerdydd |
191 |
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Land of the Long White Cloud (Philip Sparke) |
185 |
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8 |
1 |
Betteshanger Welfare Brass |
Slaidburn |
185 |
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Kaleidoscope (Philip Sparke) |
184 |
Withdrawn: Chichester City; Friary
Guildford
Best Bass Section: Thundersley Brass
Best Horn Section: BAE SYSTEMS Brass
Best Tenor Trombone: Mark Skuse,
Thundersley Brass
Best Bass Trombone: Jonathan Veal, BAE
SYSTEMS Brass
Conductor’s Prize: Kevin Jordan, Fairlop
Brass
Second Section
|
Place |
Draw |
Band |
March |
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Test Piece |
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1 |
1 |
Thundersley Brass |
Goldcrest |
186 |
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Purcell Variations (Kenneth Downie) |
187 |
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2 |
5 |
LGB Brass |
Blaze Away |
184 |
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The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper) |
186 |
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3 |
6 |
Uckfield Concert Brass |
The Contestor |
185 |
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The Dark Side of the Moon (Paul Lovatt-Cooper) |
185 |
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4 |
4 |
Epping Forest |
Mephistopheles |
187 |
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Shine As The Light (Peter Graham) |
184 |
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5 |
3 |
Shanklin Town Brass |
Punchinello |
183 |
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Dimensions (Peter Graham) |
183 |
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6 |
2 |
Yiewsley & West Drayton |
The Contestor |
182 |
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Laudate Dominum (Edward Gregson) |
182 |
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7 |
7 |
Battle Town |
Ravenswood |
181 |
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Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton) |
181 |
Best Instrumentalist: David Howell, Solo
Horn, Thundersley Brass
Best Trombone Section: LGB Brass
Conductor’s Prize: Ian Stewart, LGB Brass
Youth & Third Section
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Place |
Draw |
Band |
March |
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Test Piece |
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1 |
4 |
Godalming |
Westward Ho |
178 |
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Hinemoa (Gareth Wood) |
183 |
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2 |
5 |
Shanklin Town Brass |
Castell Caerdydd |
177 |
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Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton) |
182 |
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3 |
3 |
Cobham |
The Victors Return |
181 |
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Little Suite for Brass (Malcolm Arnold) |
181 |
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4 |
2 |
Snowdown Colliery Brass |
Goldcrest |
180 |
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Four Cities Symphony (Rodney Newton) |
180 |
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5 |
1 |
Shanklin Town Youth Brass |
Slaidburn |
179 |
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Stantonbury Festival (Ray Steadman-Allan) |
179 |
Withdrawn: Haslemere Town; Hangleton Youth
Best Instrumentalist: Keith Rowling,
Flugel Horn, Godalming
Best Horn Section: Cobham
Conductor’s Prize: David Wright, Godalming
Highest Placed Youth Band: Shanklin Town
Youth Brass
Youth Best Instrumentalist: James Sparkes,
Repiano Cornet, Shanklin Town Youth Brass
Youth Conductor’s Prize: Malcolm Lewis,
Shanklin Town Youth Brass
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