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2016 Region: London & Southern Counties - Championship Section

Date:
Sunday, March 20, 2016

Venue:
Arts & Leisure Centre, Stevenage

Test piece:
Cambridge Variations, Philip Sparke

Adjudicator(s):
Ewan EAston & Stephen Roberts

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1 Friary Guildford Chris King 1
2 Wantage Silver Craig Patterson 11
3 Redbridge Brass Alan Duguid 3
4 East London Brass Jayne Murrill 4
5 Thundersley Brass Nigel Taken 12
6 Zone One Brass Richard Ward 9
7 Regent Brass Paul Archibald 2
8 Haverhill Silver Mark Ager 6
9 Medway Melvin White 5
10 Staines Brass Jonathan Pippen 7
11 Ipswich & Norwich Co-op Nigel Cooper 8
12 Sandhurst Silver Andrew Porter 10

Qualifiers:

Friary Guildford, Wantage Silver

Best Cornet: Zone One Brass
Best Tenor Horn: East London Brass
Best Trombone Section: Redbridge
Best Euphonium: Redbridge 



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Contest: Whit Friday March Contests

Friday 29 May • Saddleworth & Tameside OL3


Chinnor Silver

March 23 • Our COMMUNITY BAND are meeting again on Monday (30th) at 11am and we welcome players of all abilities to join us in a friendly relaxed rehearsal.. It does not affect your main band and is all free including the cake and coffee.


wantage silver band

March 23 • Wantage Concert Brass, (3rd place 1st Section 2026 (L&SC), are looking for a solo euphonium, bass trombone, and cornet. We have our own Band Hall complex complete with Bar at OX12 8FR. We rehearse on Tuesdays and Fridays 19:30 - 21:30. Check us out now.


wantage silver band

March 23 • Wantage Band (Champ Section) have a SECOND CORNET seat vacant from May. The band placed 3rd at the L&SC Area and look forward to the Grand Shield in a few weeks. Then Wallace & Gromit, concerts in Stroud and Marlborough and Market Place Brass - exciting!


Ian Holmes

BA (hons), PGDip (RCM), ARCM, ALCM
Conductor, piano accompanist and educator


               

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