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1990 European Championships - A Section

Date:
Saturday, May 5, 1990

Venue:
Falkirk Town Hall, Falkirk

Test piece:
The Essence of Time, Peter Graham

Adjudicator(s):
Peter Graham, Jappie Dijkstra, Roy Newsome

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1Black Dyke Mills
Harmony Music
D. King12/699[1]+99[1]=198
2Whitburn
Blitz
P. Parkes8/197[2]+92[5]=189
3De Waldsang [Holland]
Cloudcatcher Fells
R. van der Velde9/393[5]+94[3]=187
4BB Treize Etoiles [Switzerland]
Dances and Arias
R. Evans6/495[3]+90[8]=185
5CWS (Glasgow)
Contest Music
J. Hudson4/1194[4]+91[7]=185
6Eikanger Bjørsvik Musikklag [Norway]
Partita
H. Snell1/588[8]+97[2]=185
7Parc & Dare
John O'Gaunt
G. Whitham5/1091[6]+92[5]=183
8Ila Brass [Norway]
Dances and Arias
R. Farr7/989[7]+94[3]=183
9Scottish Brewers Newtongrange
Year of the Dragon
R. Wiffen11/786[9]+88[10]=174
10BB Willebroek [Belgium]
Frontier
F. Violet2/1282[10]+90[8]=172
11Strabane Concert [N. Ireland]
Pageantry
H. Gault3/279[11]+85[11]=164
12Conservatoire d'Esch [Luxembourg]
Trittico
F. Harles10/877[12]+83[12]=160

[SW] Set Work
[OC] Own Choice

Prizes:

1st Prize: £2000 plus The Boosey and Hawkes European Trophy
2nd Prize: £1500 plus The Besson Salver
3rd Prize: £1000 plus The Boosey and Hawkes European Cup
4th Prize: £750 plus the North Midlands Committee Trophy
5th Prize: £500 plus the North Midlands Association's Shield

Each band who did not come in the prizes received a Sovereign cornet.
 



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