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1988 Spring Festival - Grand Shield

Date:
Saturday, May 7, 1988

Venue:
Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Test piece:
Un Vie De Matelot (A Sailor's Life), Robert Farnon

Adjudicator(s):
James Scott, Dennis Masters

Pos Band Conductor Dr Pts
1CWS (Glasgow)H. Snell21195
2Sellers College BrassP. McCann2193
3Agnes StreetE. Ruddock18192
4Stalybridge & Jones & BrotherT. Walmsley16190
5NewhamM. White14189
6St. AustellD. Greenwood17185
7Airquick (Newark) RansomeD. W. James4-
8AveleyM. Heartfield13-
9Blackburn & DarwenA. Evans22-
10British AerospaceE. Landon1-
11British TelecomJ. Maines9-
12Camborne TownS. Sykes6-
13Cinderford SwanbrookC. L. Chappell3-
14Coventry School of MusicL. Pepper19-
15Greenall's BreweryG. Clough23-
16Hall's Oxford ConcertL. Morgan8-
17Hammond's Sauce WorksR. Evans7-
18Hurley Moate DobcrossP. Weston10-' 19LockwoodP. Kitson15-
20Priest LindleyN. Jowett20-
21Rhodian BrassM. Slater12-
22Robert's BakeryC. Cranson23-
23RockinghamG. O' Connor11-
24Stalybridge & Jones & BrotherT. Walmsley16-
25Yorkley OnwardB. Howard5-

CWS Glasgow and Sellers College Brass qualified for the 1988 British Open.
Prizes:

1st: £400 Plus the Grand Challenge Shield.
2nd: £300 Plus the Midlands Music Trophy.
3rd: £200
4th: £150 



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Alan Duguid

BA (Hons), PGDipMus, PGCE
Conductor, Composer, Adjudicator (ABBA)


               

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