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2015 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Venue:
Winter Gardens, Blackpool

Test piece:
Arabian Nights - Fantasy on Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade for Brass Band

Adjudicator(s):
Stephen Roberts & Rob Wiffen

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Rothwell Temperance David Roberts 4 -
2 Woodfalls Dr Robert Childs 19 -
3 Whitburn Professor Nicholas Childs 10 -
4 Virtuosi GUS Adam Cooke 9 -
5 Reg Vardy Russell Gray 14 -
6 Marsden Silver Prize Glyn Williams 3 -
7 Northop Silver Thomas Wyss 11 -
8 Camborne Town John Berryman 7 -
9 Hepworth Mark Peacock 18 -
10 East Yorkshire Motor Services Alan Morrison 1 -
11 Tongwynlais Temperance Christopher Bond 2 -
12 Mount Charles David Stowell 8 -
13 Pemberton Old Wigan DW Kevin Gibbs 15 -
14 Burry Port Town Nigel Seaman 20 -
15 Wingates Paul Andrews 13 -
16 Aldbourne Jonathan Pippen 16 -
17 Unite the Union (City of Sheffield) David Hirst 5 -
18 Redbridge Alan Duguid 12 -
19 Thoresby Colliery Brian Grant 6 -
20 Kingdom Brass Eoin Tonner 17 -

Rothwell Temperance & Woodfalls promoted to British Open

Unite the Union (City of Sheffield, Redbridge, Thoresby Colliery, Kingdom Brass relegated to Senior Cup

Best Instrumentalist: Brett Baker, trombone, Woodfalls 



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Stuart Black

BA (Hons) Music
Conductor, Teacher, Flugel soloist


               

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